Solar panels take up space that would be better for letting in sunlight. Water in the morning or evening, but don't water the leaves, just the soil around the base, as wet leaves can scorch
(, Tue 9 May 2023, 16:09, archived)
Water butt with submersible pump connected to a smart socket, tray watering with little float shutoff valves and a more ambitious project to link arduino soil moisture sensors to electrically operated water valves that I never got round to finishing
(, Tue 9 May 2023, 17:13, archived)
But I think a little trickle feed solar panel with a storage battery for the pump/droppers and a small heating element to stop it getting totally freezing in winter.
(, Tue 9 May 2023, 17:33, archived)
(, Tue 9 May 2023, 17:34, archived)
Plus my greenhouse heater was a bitcoin mining ASIC in a home made water resistant server enclosure so solar panels wouldn't really have cut it.
(, Tue 9 May 2023, 23:07, archived)