• Shadow@lemmy.caOP
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      Main vine on the wall is a passionflower. It consumes about 2L of water a day so I’m starting to think of ways to automate it.

      From left to right: Grapefruit tree, Basil, Aloe, Jade, Drosera Capensi, Aloe. The big pot on the right hosts the passionflower.

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        Simply glorious, well done. Are these choices purely aesthetic, or do they compliment each other in some way? Thanks for sharing, btw.

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          Thanks! Passion flower has always been my favorite. Basil because I like Pesto. The rest were gifts and now they’re here.

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      Let’s do some math together!

      • 6 lights rated at 42w each = 252w which I run for 10 hours a day, so we’re looking at 2100wh per day AKA 2.5kwh per day.
      • 2.5 kwh * 30 = 75kwh per month.
      • 75kwh * my residential rate of $0.0959 per kwh = $7.20 per month

      Given they also make my office nice and bright when I’m working in here, that’s a reasonable cost in my mind.

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        Wowww the fuck, I pay 0.4523€ per kWh, so for me it would be 33.92€ which is ~36$. Roughly 2% of my income each month. Yeaah…

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          Oof. Yeah I’d be seriously reevaluating my energy consumption at those prices.

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            Yeah I’m not “into” house plants that much, but I’ve been evaluating what to do because I’d love to have them. The problem I have is that I live in an apartment that only has windows on one side, and while it is enough light for general living, roughly 70% of the apartment is not suitable for most plants due to very low light.

            Combined with me having a very random sleep pattern which I can’t really “fix”, I have to have the blinds down a lot to be able to sleep properly, making the situation even worse. So honestly I’m thinking of using plastic plants in the darker areas to have at least a bit of greenery there.

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              @Azzu
              Sansevieria. Put them wherever. Give them a couple days by the window on rotation when you think of it. They come in different sizes/styles.

              I have one in a bathroom with a small, frosted, tree-shaded window that’s usually hidden by the shower curtain. I’ve forgotten to water it for weeks at a time. They’re fairly hardy. :blobfoxcrylaugh:
              @Shadow

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      That’s my first question. I estimate that light would cost me about $30-40 a month to run with current electricity prices but I’ve wanted to do this with sugar snap peas for so long. I want flowers and things to eat in the winter!

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        I posted the math if you’re curious. For it to cost $30/month you’d have to pay $0.47/kwh. That’s some pretty pricy electricity.

        I’m lucky to live in BC and we’ve got some of the cheapest power (lots of hydro) in North America.

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          Ha I paid $0.45 this past winter after you include all the delivery and other surcharges. You’re very lucky and I cannot wait to install solar panels