Oh yeah, that was the other bit, automation. Unless you already have a bunch of arduino sitting around and feel like banging your head against for fun, just get a Raspberry Pi and run Mycodo. Ivr got it in my cab, @pufferfishfiend os running it. Fully open source free software, get yourself a level of control and customizability you can’t get in the high end industrial systems on the cheap at home. I’ve watered and checked on my plants from a beach 6 hours of driving and 4 boats from home. And you can have that remote access without having to let creepy Orwellian google or amazon into your grow room!
I keep saying I’m gonna finish writing up my guide to a Mycodo build, and hopefully I really mean it this time. I’ve gotta get my next one put together sometime this month so I’ll document it and get it up at some point. There’s a bunch of info on it in my grow thread already though…