KonaRain

First in my Youtube feed..
A brand new video..

(I've not been following this thread, so my apologies if this product has been discussed.  The size of the thread is too intimidating to try to go back and read it from the beginning.)
 
This showed up in my Facebook feed today:  SmartFlower.  It looks intriguing, but the big question I have is how much it might cost.  I could imagine a high-rise office or condo rooftop with a "garden" of SmartFlowers tracking the sun.  They also have a FAQ with more information.
 
The Austrian company seems to have geared its info toward the Euro market, addressing such things as sub-zero temps, frost and snow.  Would it be any less appropriate/effective in Thailand's tropical climate?
 
Is this a realistic product, or just a gimmicky "feel good, look nice" product?

(I've not been following this thread, so my apologies if this product has been discussed.  The size of the thread is too intimidating to try to go back and read it from the beginning.)
 
This showed up in my Facebook feed today:  SmartFlower.  It looks intriguing, but the big question I have is how much it might cost.  I could imagine a high-rise office or condo rooftop with a "garden" of SmartFlowers tracking the sun.  They also have a FAQ with more information.
 
The Austrian company seems to have geared its info toward the Euro market, addressing such things as sub-zero temps, frost and snow.  Would it be any less appropriate/effective in Thailand's tropical climate?
 
Is this a realistic product, or just a gimmicky "feel good, look nice" product?

Lots of full sine wave inverters on google etc.
I have modified sine wave.. $45 for 500 watts.a full sine wave might cost $75 for 500 watts.. 1000 watts maybe 4000 baht+.
Definitely worthwhile..
Alohs, Gents..

Casey Neistat youtube guy with 5million subscribers uses phantom 4 and mavic which folds into your pocket.. phan 4 is a bit more serious and expensive.. I'm sure you know..
Aloha

Great, I'm gonma get a propane water heater, cause I live in da clouds..

I have 20 or so ungrafted trees all around my house.. all within throwing (seed) range. There are also some on our road, along with a few flowering ungrafted trees. Very few, with very few fruit. Two avos is a blessing when that's all there is..
Don't leave trees ungrafted, though it's good to use seed stock, but graft "em, unless You like da shade trees..
There are also, Winter pears, and Summer pears.
I have a big root stock tree that grew four big trunks after being cut down. I could graft different scions to each trunk, but would be sure to have the same fruiting season on each.
Or not..
Aloha

I think Trump knows about Thailand.. I'll tweet him, and remind him that LOS doesn't let people just stay and work without penalty. (I don't think da wall will be built though)
Aloha

Sounds like 5 years should have lots of fruit.. I wonder if Sharwils would do good, developed in Hawaii at same latitude as C Mai, but its not as hot. Looks like a long way still to go before a super avo in Thailand is found. I'd say: ask Your neighbors or fellow farmers but You Guys are the Pioneers! If I find what works great over here in a hot area, I'll let You know, and get some scions..
Aloha and good growing!

Not bad, smoothie but I would use triple black soymilk, or make your own Cashew milk Avacado smoothie. In Brazil they call Avacado smoothie Vida!

Fruitlovers, nice page.. I was growing a loquat from seed, and now see that I might graft the rootstock.. Thanks guys..
Alohz

I guess that covers it..
Sharwil is pretty rich, not watery with a tiny seed. Done through old fashioned hybrid..
Da best!

The 250W panels I bought second hand 8 months old were about $61 each. And they will be getting cheaper, and even the 310 W  panels too.
Bought another 24 x 250W panels recently and will install 18 of them, the max. the second identical Midnite controller will handle.
This will make 9kw.  Even with the existing 18 panels the aircon can run all day and the batts are still fully charged by sundown.   22kwh per day with the aircon running is typical collection at present.  

The farmers in Hawaii graft for consistency. No time wasted..

He 'boasted' 5,000 is da limit as stated..
Alohs

 
I see many folks seeming to confuse privacy with security. Like they feel more secure if a post is private. My advice is never feel
secure about ANYTHING ever posted online, no exceptions. Any sense of security you derive from anything online that you believe
is not to be shared with others is nothing more than a false sense of security. Of course it goes without saying to never post anything
online you don't want to share with the world. Just like never tell any secrets! Same same, but different!

I probably could have just said Brad in kona hawaii, definitely not where the OP thought this could go..?? Alohz

Check my F.B. under Brad Goodman Kailua Kona..
I've learned to click on mutual friends.. aloha

One thing that I set out to find this year was how many metres above sea level an Avocado tree needs to be in order to fruit without grafting. I have been up and down many mountains around Chiang Mai searching for trees and talking to owners and last week a local Avocado grafter confirmed my conclusion that you need to be above 500 metres.

Close to Your altitude? tho I'm told plants do adapt pretty well.
Alohz

https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2016/12/12/bill-gates-launches-1-billion-breakthrough-energy-investment-fund/
20 year plan, hurry..
Alohz

Wow, thanks..
Re: Solar Panels, hard to beat $1 per watt..
Aloha, Boys..

None of your answers click my disk..

The moon, the closest since my birth,

Nov, '48, is actually 3-400 kilometers closer than usual. Why would a slightly higher tide make people have to move for a day or two. May have been a tidal surge from down under, or a result of coming, and coming again sea level rise..

whatever.. Aloha

42f. at my unheated cabin in Hawaii, high altitude, place.

No complaints at latitude 20 from You Guys. kidding if course , I wanted to say no flip flops, cause I'm older, but their not so good, and can be googled .

I like the UPS idea, dark, soap in eyes..

I know..

My friends started Solar in Hawaii, Water and PV in 1979, and I learned about the brass sandwich panels earlier , which are very efficient, and 98% wet, instead of pipes over a black background..more later.

coiled black hose can work in Morning Sun

photo is just an experiment,I was never able to upload.. Windows phone

thanks and Aloha to You All

Sorry, like doesn't make it visible to others.. share does but you can control that with privacy settings.  A world symbol is public, but the little people holding hands is friends only and when I try to share it, it warns  me that only your common friends can see it. (again)

Aloha