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I was just wondering, how do you do a guerilla grow in a tent, under lights?

Yea! The KISS Principle is what I had in mind for this project from the very beginning. I just wanted some "educated guesses" on light distribution. Distributing multi lights into a rectilinear space is child's play, but a rotating circle just presents a whole new set of variables! For...

When I started this thread, last night, I was worried that nobody was going to respond. I guess it was just a "Left Coast" thing (last night for me was "Zero Dark Thirty" for everybody else). Once the sun came up on the East Coast, the ideas started pouring in. Thanks to everyone! Anyone else?

This project is taking on a life of it's own - it's turning into Frankenstien. But seriousely, 12 sq. ft. is plenty enough for little old me!

Well, the Lazy Susan would be turning really slow (I'm talking about minutes per revolution, not RPM), I can make it go as slow as I want - that shouldn't be a problem. Do plants get dizzy? LOL, I thought about that very same thing.

I'm with you on this one. I think it's easier to "evenly distribute" the light than it is to make each plant rotate individually.

I hear that!

That's my "Plan B", except that the center light is just off-set a little bit.

I know that in Vert growing, you want to drop the light right in the center; with the plants closely surrounding the light. But in this scenario the "center" is about 24" from the perimeter; that's just too far (according to my understanding of "The Inverse Square Law".

I've been thinking about this sucker for a long time. It just sounds easier to me to power-up a Lazy Susan than it would be to build a light mover (I would never buy one 'cause I'm too cheap - but that's another story).

Yes, it's about a 4' circle. That means the light would have to "spread out" 2' just to reach the perimeter. Remember, half the distance means 4 times the light energy (The Inverse Square Law).

I'm having trouble with my FlashPlayer, so I couldn't watch that video. What are you showing me - some kind of Light Mover? Yea, I know, slow is better for a light mover. I plan on propeling my "Lazy Susan" with a Bar-B-Que Rottiserie motor hooked to a small "Drive Wheel", operating as a "Rim...

Yes, I understand the concept. But I don't know what that means. I'm trying to use the photons as efficiently as possible.

I had one other bright idea, but it is a little more complicated. I hang one light near the center (just off-set a bit) to cover 3 sq.ft. Then divide the remaining 9 sq.ft. into two 4 1/2sq.ft. bands and hang the 3 remaining lights at 120 degrees apart on a 37.09" diameter. I don't really...

Yea! The Lazy Susan is really the heart of the whole project. It's my version of "The poor man's answer to the Light Mover".

Thaks for your reply! Yes, the "Lazy Susan" would turn inside a close fitting cylinder or "drum" enclosure, covered with good reflective materiel.

Thanks for your reply! The whole point of my using smaller bulbs is to get the benefit of "multiple points of light". Half the distance equals four times the light energy.

Using a single light would be easy - just aim it at the center, right? Let's say we have a 12 sq.ft. circlular grow space with 4 150watt Ceramic Metal Halide bulbs to work with. The more I think about this, the more complicated it becomes! I'm no math whiz, so my thinking here is just, sort...

To make a long story short; a Perpetual Grow just means always having something ready in Veg mode, to replace whatever you harvest out of Flower mode. You do this over and over again. That way you just keep on going without any "Downtime". A more sophisticated Perpetual Grow might have 8...

You could burn a candle, or an oil lamp.