I've been fooling around all Sunday evening, trying to find a way to construct a hoist for the base of the plants. Since the lights are in a fixed position, it is the plants that will be moving up and down as the situation requires. It would also be handy to be able to lower all the plants when tending to them and then be easily able to raise them up to directly beneath the glass that isolates them from the heat of the lamps. My plan was to hook the platform up to pulleys at each corner, but the combination of the combined weight of the plants made this plan entirely unfeasible and it has been scrapped. I am now thinking of something along the lines of an electrical actuator that operates a small scissor-jack. This would however be departure from my initial idea of building a grow room totally from junk and leftover hardware I find around my workshop. If anyone can steer me in the direction of a workable method, I would be much obliged. It would need to provide great latitude in movement; from the very floor of the grow room to just beneath the glass; probably around three feet in total.

dude, you should totally make the pully system, my gf's buddy did that, it was just a box in his room, he pulled a sting and the top came up and the plants came out from the bottom to the top. i bet it would be easier to care for them then having to bend over like that all the time just to get the plants out.

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You know that your plants will need total darkness once flowering comes, correct? You are going to have to get something to cover that window up

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I tried it this evening and had no success. The setup worked fine with just the platform alone, but with all the plants on, it was simply too difficult to raise. I could certainly improve the pulling power by setting up a block-and-tackle type of arrangement, but the mere fact that it is so heavy to move makes me uneasy as to the stability of the setup. I would hate to arrive one morning to a jumble of plants lying on the floor of my grow box, because of a pulley having been pulled from the wall!

picking up where ya left off ... good on ya .... my chair came with the move !! Thanks man!! Walking On@!~~~

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Oh hi Tahoe, nice too see ya buddy. How's your girl doing?

hey there ...she be growing up ....and growing up good. Of course it is never quick enuf .... but what the hay .... I am grateful for what she is giving me so far ..... thanks for asking!

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It does have a blackout cover that goes on at night to prevent the neighbors from wondering if a UFO landed in my workshop! This cover will of course also be used when flowering. You seem to be very concerned with that rear window on my box; don't be, the plants love the extra light, even if it's only for half the day.

Yeah, I love how she has the shape of a classic chandelier. Classy!

hey thanks ... I've seen some other folk with similar structure ..... and I've read about the potential limitations as well as the benefits .... I thought I would give it a shot this time ..... as with most growers, we each have our individual constraints and desires ..... I like the idea of a single big honking cola and the other smaller ones as a radius out ..... there are soo many different ways this plant will grow and produce ..... its really quite astonishing ..... looking forward to watching your girls grow and swell ....

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