looking to grow on a wheel? help me

johnny12r

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that's one of the small one you can buy with a 600w cool tube and 60 small plants his last yield was 1.5 pounds. that's 1.13 grams per watt.with very little veg time and 7 week flower time.
 

johnny12r

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i grow in hempy buckets right now and really like them but i think i can fill the pvc with perlite and just rotate the wheel a little bit a few times a day by hand and just feed the whole wheel 1 time a day or so.i think i can put 48 plants in the wheel with a eye 1000w super hps .they can get get 3 ft tall each i'm thinking 1-2 pounds off the wheel every 8 weeks?
 

johnny12r

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well i'm heading tohome depot to see what they have for elbows and tee's .i still need to find some way to let this thing be spun?
 
i dont think just turning it a few times a day will work. its called orbitropism, coined by omega gardens. the plants at the top if allowed to hang used down without moving will bend up against gravity no matter where the light is. i am experiencing this in my topsy turvy grow right now, thats why they run the wheel moving all the time.
 

johnny12r

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i found how i'm going to rotate this ,i have an ice machine motor(its strong and spins slow) i'm going to use a belt drive to turn the wheel i was thinking if it is always turning slow to make 2 full turns a day.would that be good or should it turn faster? thanks
 

johnny12r

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i went to the store today .. the 3 inch drain stuff is lighter and less money then Schedule 40.. so 16, 45 degree elbows ,16, T's and 8 10 ft 3inch pvc is $120. i still need 2 steel ring's and spokes (i'll be using threaded rod i think) once its all together i'm thinking 2 sets of roller skate wheels in each ring attached to something to hold the whole thing up.(i will have to build a reservoir tank too).i need a cool tube ,perlite and 48 clones and i'll be ready
 
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