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Re:Show HN: GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot by motardo on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:05AM (#14644963)
When MOSFETs get hot, that usually means the gate voltage is too low. It looks like your driving the MOSFET gate through a resistor voltage divider. It would be better to drive the gate straight from the PI's GPIO pin. Also a flyback protection diode would be a very good idea.

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