Inside a 30-Printer Plant Pot Farm
Thirty-odd printers in a Pennsylvania garage, four hours a pot, spool changes at 11pm. What running a 3D print farm actually involves, failures included.
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Do 3D Printed Pots Need Drainage? (Yes, and Here’s the Fix)
A string of pearls went to mush in a pot we sold in 2019, and we spent that winter redrawing every file. Why sealed printed planters are worse than sealed ceramic, and three ways to fix one.
Is PLA Safe for Plants? What 30 Printers Taught Us
Eight years of printed pots, thousands of orders, and one softened planter in a sunroom. Here is what PLA actually does in soil, in heat, and in your window.
Is PLA Toxic? A Plain-English Answer for Plant People
Four different questions hide inside “is PLA toxic,” and they have four different answers. Here’s the one that’s actually worth worrying about, and the two words we refuse to use.