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Plant Rotators
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I think it is just a platform that spins around, allowing your plants to get equal amounts of light. I would love to build something that would spin a 4x4 table in that manner...
Wacky Tobacky
Active member
why not.... a light mover?
why move all your plants when you can just move your light.
why move all your plants when you can just move your light.
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Guest
Wacky Tobacky said:
the rotating platforms are good for small spaces. The circular rotating light movers take up a shit load of room from what ive seen.
tdmaker2
Member
Life Light Tec's
Life Light Tec's
These rotating lights from lifelighttec.com use science. They prove that plants indeed see light different than we do. Or you could say that most of us don't understand how light is seen or used by plants.
I was a non-believer at first and even wondered why anyone would want to have something spinning almost like a helicopter unattended in their home, closet, or wherever.
Well, I've seen the fact as these are becoming very popular in the Bay Area. The two light rotators cost about $700 bucks and spin at 1 revolution per second.
Plants grow much differently...they grow wider than tall. It's common to see a plant about 10-12" tall with 25 or more nodes...seriously.
Using two 600s hps this system will seriously produce. Veg 9 plants for two weeks then flower. You'll end up with 2.5-3lbs in a 4x4 ebb and flow tray. Without Co2...FOR REAL!
I've got two now...look for a grow room diary soon...
Life Light Tec's
These rotating lights from lifelighttec.com use science. They prove that plants indeed see light different than we do. Or you could say that most of us don't understand how light is seen or used by plants.
I was a non-believer at first and even wondered why anyone would want to have something spinning almost like a helicopter unattended in their home, closet, or wherever.
Well, I've seen the fact as these are becoming very popular in the Bay Area. The two light rotators cost about $700 bucks and spin at 1 revolution per second.
Plants grow much differently...they grow wider than tall. It's common to see a plant about 10-12" tall with 25 or more nodes...seriously.
Using two 600s hps this system will seriously produce. Veg 9 plants for two weeks then flower. You'll end up with 2.5-3lbs in a 4x4 ebb and flow tray. Without Co2...FOR REAL!
I've got two now...look for a grow room diary soon...
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Guest
tdmaker, are you able to place those lights really close to the tops of the plants without burn?
holla@yoboy
Member
you know the turntables at walmart in the checkout lines that the plastic bags are mounted on, one of those would be sick for a 5-8 bucket dwc setup with a 1kw sitting over top. in a large grow moving plants would be easier then moving lights too. imo. moving the lights is difficult in a grow with 4 or more lights when you have all kinds of ducting. problem is it would be very difficult to set up an auto topping system if your big res. wasnt on the turntable. but if you setup a 4X4 tray then you already got your nice big resivior below your tray
tdmaker2 give us a link so we can hav a look at the spinning lites, it'll look like a firework a 1 rev per sec, i'd better not get one i'll end up chopping my head off 
if u look at them it'll giv u a fit, cud play som music and hav a weed disco BOOGIE OOGIE!
Shop or web like please.
if u look at them it'll giv u a fit, cud play som music and hav a weed disco BOOGIE OOGIE!
Shop or web like please.
These look pretty cool
http://www.global-merchants.com/home/planturn.htm
they hold 15kg and spin 1 revolution every 2 minutes.
http://www.global-merchants.com/home/planturn.htm
they hold 15kg and spin 1 revolution every 2 minutes.
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Guest
Those look cool as hell but only if your plants arent "intertwined" with each other lol,a lot of folks know what I mean.I keep my flowering space full,full to a point where sometimes its put together like a jigsaw puzzle,ahhh those branches will fit nicely in between these two lol..
Ono Nadagin
Active member
spinning the plants is just not an option for so many... it is preety much limiting you to a non hydro grow or a hand fed hydro... the problem with circular movers is they dont cover the foot print of most grows as well as a track mover, when was the last time you saw a rond grow space....
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Guest
Actually,its been years and years since I've seen any rond whatsoever not to mention a rond in a growroom lol!
holla@yoboy
Member
Ono Nadagin said:
it wouldnt limit you to dirt at all. you could setup a dwc, or ebb and flow just as if it was sitting stationary. and why would the room have to be round just because your spinning your plants. thats saying your room is the exact dimesions of your plants foot print. i would think the best way to do it would be 2 3X6 e&f tables side by side. so your setup would be 6X6 with 2 1kws sitting caddy cornered overhead.
it wouldnt apply to rooms with some dimensions but large grows it would be better then using light movers in my opinion, plus safer. i dont know though, ive never seen in it done. maybe ill be a first some day
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tdmaker2
Member
here guys...
here guys...
Here are some links to a hydro dealer I found with them online:
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL9.html
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL11.html
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL10.html
The first link is of the two light spinner and is by far the most affordable as you can use your own ballast. The others listed must use the digital ballasts from the company as they are located in the rotator's arms. They cost upwards of 2400$. That online price of the two light spinner for 596.00$ is a fantastic price and not very much over the store's cost.
Indica Sativa: Yes, the lights can be placed very close to the plants because the spinners move quickly enough that the plants do not burn. Also, the fan motion cools by convection.
These are the real deal folks. The two light spinner with 2 600s and a large yielding variety should easily get close to 3lbs with only 9 plants and two weeks of veg time. I've actually spoken with the inventor as he hired my ex-boss. I was a skeptic and not believer, but I've seen the "light" now.
The physics behind it is much like opening a blender at high speed. These spinners actually throw "Photons" (the smallest particles of light) in all directions. Which is much different than a stationary light. It is much better than getting any type of plant mover as these do nothing to the light source. The spinners actually splatter the entire grow room with light particles. As they are thrown around the grow area, they reach every surface. That is why plants grown with these grow wider than tall, and they node out like crazy. I've seen a SSH mother plant that was placed under the two light spinner. She was about 3 feet tall and had about 16 braches since she was bent over and tied down early in her life. After a two week veg she finished with over 50 tops and was about 3.5 feet wide. She finished about 8 inch taller than when she was initially put in.
here is the company's website:
www.lifelighttec.com
here guys...
Here are some links to a hydro dealer I found with them online:
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL9.html
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL11.html
http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/LL10.html
The first link is of the two light spinner and is by far the most affordable as you can use your own ballast. The others listed must use the digital ballasts from the company as they are located in the rotator's arms. They cost upwards of 2400$. That online price of the two light spinner for 596.00$ is a fantastic price and not very much over the store's cost.
Indica Sativa: Yes, the lights can be placed very close to the plants because the spinners move quickly enough that the plants do not burn. Also, the fan motion cools by convection.
These are the real deal folks. The two light spinner with 2 600s and a large yielding variety should easily get close to 3lbs with only 9 plants and two weeks of veg time. I've actually spoken with the inventor as he hired my ex-boss. I was a skeptic and not believer, but I've seen the "light" now.
The physics behind it is much like opening a blender at high speed. These spinners actually throw "Photons" (the smallest particles of light) in all directions. Which is much different than a stationary light. It is much better than getting any type of plant mover as these do nothing to the light source. The spinners actually splatter the entire grow room with light particles. As they are thrown around the grow area, they reach every surface. That is why plants grown with these grow wider than tall, and they node out like crazy. I've seen a SSH mother plant that was placed under the two light spinner. She was about 3 feet tall and had about 16 braches since she was bent over and tied down early in her life. After a two week veg she finished with over 50 tops and was about 3.5 feet wide. She finished about 8 inch taller than when she was initially put in.
here is the company's website:
www.lifelighttec.com
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Guest
i've seen the life lite spinners at my hydro shop. i didn't really payem a whole lotta attention. that's a ton of dough for a lite set up. but, hey , if they could revolutionize
yields i'd like to know more.
i'd hafta see it first tho. later
yields i'd like to know more.
i'd hafta see it first tho. later
thats a bit trixter, the lamps will be self cooling but the heat just comes off them into yr room, u've still got to get the heat out of yr room.
G
Guest
but i betya the canopy temp is cooler than stationary lights!
but ya still gotta spend.
i wanna see a grow done and weighed.
but ya still gotta spend.
i wanna see a grow done and weighed.
S
screwdriver
"Thowing" photons thats funny!
Something moving that fast that can be thrown? I think that may break something in physics.
The solar powered one is cool.
Something moving that fast that can be thrown? I think that may break something in physics.
The solar powered one is cool.
