Indoor Electric Turntable

[Chester]

I want to try an electric turntable that rotates the plant at approximately 1 rpm. My thought is that this will counteract the effect of shadows ... Appreciate any opinions or has anyone tried it before ...

 

[JM]

[video=youtube;Ft7--6Xc-jM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7--6Xc-jM[/video]

 

[DABaracuss]

[video=youtube;Ft7--6Xc-jM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7--6Xc-jM[/video]

Hmm I have a cam in my tent ..ill set up a couple hard drives to record so i can watch them grow ..and play the vid at 3 or 4x speed that will be fun and give a brotha something to do maybe make a spoof grow vid lol

 

[TaNg]

On the wheels of soil. Could throw a few light mix puns in there to lol.

 

[Chester]

Those plants looked to be turning and they looked very healthy ... anyone ever try it ?

Thanks for the vid JM ...

 

[Chester]

Here's a question for some of you deep thinkers ... Would having the plant rotate serve the same purpose (shadow mitigation) as having the plant stationery w/ the light moving around it ?

 

[namvet25]

Move plants or move the lights,same thing.

 

[Chester]

Move plants or move the lights,same thing.

I would agree if the plants or lights were moving horizontally ... but having the plant revolve under a light that covers the canopy w/in the core would seem to have the same leaves shading the same leaves ...

 

[DABaracuss]

Yea i think it would be better or easier to move the light and not the plants on a turntable ..i just turn my pots daily.

 

[nomis]

I'm into this idea, and i think good for small closet like mine with only one or two plants. Also maybe a good idea for LED's users where light spectrum is not optimized or mixed well at certain points on the plant.

Here's a 'cake turntable' with speed of 0-9 RPM and supposedly holds 100 pounds.

Mix that with the camera idea above and you've got the makings of a killer youtube video. :thumbs: