i want to do a 'mini stadium' with one 400W/600w and 6" white square pots.

[DIGITALHIPPY]

anyone have any ideas?
im worried about the pots being sideways and soil spilling everywhere.
also worried about gravity and 1/2 soil being wet and other 1/2 crusted dry...
i dont care about numbers... ill take enough clones to make it work.

these r the pots in working with..

 

[wantaknow]

look at my thread semi collisem or as some called it the stairway to heaven

 

[MaryUWannaPixie]

I don't think the pots need to be sideways. You could just tilt them at a 45* angle. Or raise and stagger them. Like a stairway, I think that is what wantaknow is talking about but I haven't seen his thread.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

I don't think the pots need to be sideways. You could just tilt them at a 45* angle. Or raise and stagger them. Like a stairway, I think that is what wantaknow is talking about but I haven't seen his thread.

exactly 45* ....
im working on a system...ill be like a dish in the middle...





im going to make a square base in the middle to put a hinge on, ill have 4 of these triangles.. and ill use hooks to hold them at the top so i can lay them flat to trim and water, and work. then titlt back up to grow...
im taking clones for this today....

good idea man!

 

[LiLWaynE]

interesting

 

[-ShutterBug-]

I second that.

Interesting

 

[Daemon]

Third, I'm in!!

 

[MyGreenToe]

Any updates on this? I'd love to see the complete unit with all four wedges!

 

[Prof Sublime]

Yeah this is definetly interesting. I wish I had the room to grow all those plants.
Lets see some growth. Woot Woot

 

[rocky_mtns]

that's awesome you made those wedges, i'm def. gonna come back to check on this one!

 

[Bigtimer7]

ya thats sweet dude... lets see this sucker running.... i wanna see how you hinge it up.. sounds cool! Good job nice inovation

 

[RedwoodGrower]

AWESOME!!! i need more pics....

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

interesting

this is now getting intresting...

looking good. im getting another set of 4 hinges, ill put 2 hinges on each panel on the corners, the bottom beam is torquing sideways...
FYI took 6-7 2x2x10 boards to put this together. so 15$.. another 20$ in screws, hinges, and eyehooks, its looking like a cheap project. expensive part was the white square pots i already have. this frame holds 52 plants for a super-mini scrog... not too many numbers, but it should max-out the potential of a single 400W. upgrading to a 600W is possible if the plants allow for such things.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

no replies yet huh?

ok maybe u need some more pics.

fan ill use in middle and the upgrade to double hinges. i need to wait a few hours to lights on to install it. im going to do 12/12 from seed.

 

[hoosierdaddy]

I think it's friggin awesome.
How are you going to hang the light? Vert?

 

[FunkBomb]

Cool idea indeed. Your wooden mechanism to hold the containers is a pretty nice looking one. Best of luck

-Funk

 

[LiLWaynE]

interesting is right DH

interesting is right DH

good idea overall. If it were my invention, i would have made that middle square a little bit bigger to prevent light burnage- 12/12 from seed isnt a bad idea though and might work. Are you using a cool tube? A cool tube almost seems extremely necessary for this task, since your plants are clearly going to be filling that pyramid up...

also, what about the run-off? you should implement some sort of plastic "water slide" that sits behind/underneath the pots and drains into a rubbermaid..

I like how you have the hooks on it so you can open it up if/when need be..

all in all, good thinking. you are a true thinker -

once you perfect it, file for a patent and take out some ads in high times and slang the damn thang, or go the risky route and make and sell them on ebay without a patent... until then, let that mind flow ...

 

[CheifnBud2]

Angle is a little extreme, i guess your gonna lay them flat every time you water them. Even then the water will travel downwards despite the orientation of the pots.

 

[Smoke68]

Interesting Ineed

Interesting Ineed

no replies yet huh?

ok maybe u need some more pics.

fan ill use in middle and the upgrade to double hinges. i need to wait a few hours to lights on to install it. im going to do 12/12 from seed.

thanks for the pics!
That's one of the more interesting fans I have seen used on a grow! I am assuming that this is to be at the bottom of the inverted pyramid. Are you possibly going to be making this into a cool tube of sorts?
One thing to consider if you have not already; how much straight pull will the hinges at the top of each inverted triangle take? You have to imagine that each pot will weigh around ¿2.5-3.5? pounds depending on medium used and size of plant. At ¿14? plants per tri, and each at 3 pounds, there is 42 pounds on each tri, all at a cool 45*, also pulling 90* away from the epicenter. It would seem that the latches should be adequate, but once again, a small oversight could be detrimental. You don't want a $1 piece to be the demise of a grow
What size/type of lighting?
Soil or coco?
So can you give any more specs on the grow idea?
Peace!
Smoke68

 

[tngreen]

very inventive DH! ive been designing a very similar setup for the new cab and can't decide on a layout. too many options! i like this though, it will give me some new angles to think about. not sure if i missed it but how far away would the pots be from the light? doesn't a 400w need to be something like 20 or so cm away from the plants? keep us updated for sure!