Simple DIY Hydroponics net pot/basket from recycled bottles

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introSimple DIY Hydroponics net pot/basket from recycled bottles

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bottle opening is used to suspend over the holes in a aeroponics/hydroponics setup. I demonstrated here without going through a hole so that you can see what it should look like cross section. You should typically fit this pot over the holes in your hydroponic setup and then fill the plants, followed by carefully filling the growing medium around it.

step 1Material and tools

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step 2Cut the mesh

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step 3 ie one end of the nylon mesh tube

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step ! ake off the plastic rin" around the root of the bottle openin"#
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step $Cut out soda bottle top

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step %Insert bottle openin" to the nylon mesh tube

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step &Done'
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