Mario Seed Starter Tray - Self Watering by Fletch

Fletch

Household>Garden

Print Profile(10)

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X1 Carbon

P1S

P1P

X1E

A1 mini

3x2 - PLA - No AMS

Designer

6.7 h

3 plates

5.0(36)

Humidity Dome

Designer

52 min

1 plate

5.0(2)

1x1 - PLA - No AMS

Designer

1.8 h

2 plates

5.0(10)

2x2 - PLA - No AMS

Designer

4.8 h

3 plates

5.0(8)

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Description

Spring has started, so that means it's time to get the greenhouse ready for some fresh veggies! I wanted to do some thing a little fun and different this year, so I decided to make some Mario themed seed starters for getting the plants ready. These pots are self watering, so you don't have to worry about watering them every day.

Place a cotton ball or any wicking type material in the bottom part of the small pot. Screw the bottom onto the pot, add some dirt and seed, add a little water to the dirt, and you're ready to go. Make sure the water stays below main pot, so that the wicking material stays wet and keeps your plants happy!

When you're ready to transplant, unscrew the bottom of the pot and push up!

Update

A profile for a humidity dome has been added. I decided to go with individual domes for each pot after a lot of experimenting. It somehow came out requiring less plastic and print time when printing 6 at a time vs a single dome covering the entire 3x2 tray. I recommend letting the build plate cool before trying to remove as it is only 2 surfaces and single wall. The print speed is turned down a lot to improve clarity.

Comment & Rating (99)

@Elloria

This was fun to print and all the bottoms screwed in perfectly. Thank you!

The designer has replied

@vidkun

I could be wrong but I think you have the bottom pieces screwed in upside down…if you flip them over and screw into bottom of pipe the wicking sections should be sticking out of the bottom with the slits accessible to the water inside the brick layer so it keeps watering…something like my chicken scratch side view drawing ;)

@Fletch16

Replying to @vidkun :

Yep, what @vidkun described is the correct orientation if you want to take advantage of the wicking and self-watering. I never even thought to check if it could be screwed in that way. If you don't care about the self-watering, the pictured orientation works too but it might more difficult to unscrew when it comes time to transplant. The print looks like it turned out great!

@alquimiadeideas

Print Profile

1x1 - PLA - No AMS

Amazing desing! Great print of my A1 Ive use Green Black Sunlu filament.

The designer has replied

@Fletch16

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! That's an interesting color, I haven't tried multicolor filaments, I might need to take a look at some.

@ME3DPrint

Thanks. Adds a bit of "itsa mario" to planting seeds....

@user_4040102525

Print Profile

3x2 - PLA - No AMS

Printed Perfectly. Thanks so much for sharing your design. I'll be printing more for sure!!!

@user_2319244112

Print Profile

3x2 - PLA - No AMS

Turned out great! I do wish I had used the smooth plate as I think the pipes would look better without the texture. Nothing to do with the model, just an FYI for future printers.