Seed Matrix: Prebuilt vs DIY

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I am keen to build a few seed matrices.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007786404433.html

Ray's prebuilt is appealing, but expensive. Thoughts on:

3mm corflute (1200x900 from bunnings - $8) and just a string of seeds? Mounting the seeds with a few zip ties at top/middle and have them sit flat on the corflute - no drilling etc. Much, much cheaper than the prebuilt by Ray (albeit harder to store/more fiddly)

Anyone tried this? Can you see any issues with this approach?
 
Ive build one with 14,000 seed pixels.

If i had my time again i would have bought pre-made. You can do it yourself, but it takes a long long time and very fiddly. You also need more than a few cable ties to keep everything straight. I used about 3000 cable ties, and i could really add another 1000-2000 more to make it a bit better. I have seeds at 3cm spacing and have a cable tie at every 10 seeds, every 5 would be better.

The cost different isn't that much, and way worse if you factor in your own time/sanity.
 
I have 2x 10meter ones at 1.8m tall,
i have the seeds attached to mesh, and every up/down/up/down is a removable section, that ive allready pre soldered wires too.

the mesh is so i can roll it up for easy storage. and less damage with the wind.
 

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Johnnyboy said:
Ive build one with 14,000 seed pixels.

If i had my time again i would have bought pre-made. You can do it yourself, but it takes a long long time and very fiddly. You also need more than a few cable ties to keep everything straight. I used about 3000 cable ties, and i could really add another 1000-2000 more to make it a bit better. I have seeds at 3cm spacing and have a cable tie at every 10 seeds, every 5 would be better.

The cost different isn't that much, and way worse if you factor in your own time/sanity.
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Cheers for the insight.

Cost is almost double so I was hoping to go bigger for less. But might keep my sanity and just settle for half the size instead.
 
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