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Eleplant indoor hydroponic planter Ever thought of growing your own salad leaves, kitchen herbs or micro-greens in a simple and clean and convenient way? The Eleplant is a fun way to do so using only repurposed household waste materials. The interactive nature of the Ele-head pump will encourage you to maintain your growing produce; and can help introduce children to the joy of growing your own food. It takes about 10-15 minutes to build your Eleplant from scratch - ready to sow or plant your first crops. Step 1: Collect your materials You will need the following materials to build your Eleplant: 1 x 2 litre plastic drinks bottle (empty) with its cap 1 x pump unit from a handwash/soap dispenser 1 x plastic tube approx 1 cm in diameter and 5-10cm long (here I have used a the outer part of a syringe from a childrens medicine bottle) 1 x ping-pong ball 1 x tight weave dishcloth (e.g. J-Cloth) Stiff card or thin plastic (for the ears) Sellotape and/or white insulating tape Plasticine, blu-tack or plaster-of-paris to fill the ping-pong ball plus A craft knife Sharp scissors A permanent marker pen (e.g. Sharpie) Step 2: Cut the bottle into three pieces and remove the screw-collar from the pump Using the scissors, cut around the base of the bottle approximately 10 cm from the bottom to form the reservoir section. Then cut around the remaining section approximately 12-14 cm from the top to form the planter section. Remove the screw cap and retain it but discard the middle part of the bottle. Then, using the craft knife, carefully cut the screw-collar from the pump unit to remove this bulk, and discard it. Be careful not to cut into the pump component itself or it will leak and fail! Step 3: Affix the pump and the filling tube Using the craft knife, carefully make two cross-type cuts in the sides of the inverted planter section, just where the top curves in towards the middle. Make these on opposite sides, one for the pump and one for the filling tube. They need to be just b