Rack-mount hydroponics
rack-mount hydroponics early 2026 i started growing lettuce in a spare server cabinet. this is, for many reasons, a terrible idea. here’s how i did it. backstory for reasons i won’t explain here (because i genuinely can’t) we ended up with two whole 42u rack cabinets when we only really needed about 10u. also, it seems like the door frame for this room was installed after these were wheeled in so simply pushing the extra one out without taking it apart isn’t going to work. as fun as it sounds to go out and hoard 42u’s worth of equipment to fill the void of my empty cabinet, i simply have no interest in running any of it. i want less computer, not more. in fact i’ve always dreamed of quitting computers and starting a farm. growing lettuce in the extra server cabinet just seemed like a…
