Just wait till you see this amazing and unique setup.

JAN 19--CHAD ROBERT LATHAM, 30, of Tacoma, Washington was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Manufacture Marijuana and Manufacturing Marijuana. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton noted that LATHAM had two prior state convictions for growing marijuana.

According to the plea agreement, LATHAM designed eight machines out of aluminum that looked like ferris wheels. Each machine held 24 rows of plants with eight plants in each row for a total of 192 plants per machine. The plants would rotate around the machine, passing by grow lights, dipping into a hydroponic grow solution at the bottom or passing under a hydroponic grow solution spray at the top. In 2003-2004, the grow operation was located in a garage in rural Pierce County in McKenna, Washington. A co-conspirator, DANIEL IRWIN, lived on the property and hung a deteriorating deer carcase near the door to the building so that the smell of the rotting deer would mask the smell of marijuana.

In March of 2004, someone discovered the grow operation and LATHAM determined it needed to be moved. In the middle of the night on March 8, 2004, LATHAM and others attempted to move the operation to a warehouse at S. Clement Street in Tacoma. Neighbors heard what they thought was suspicious activity in the alley and called Tacoma Police. LATHAM was arrested and 2,083 marijuana plants were seized.

The case was investigated by the DEA/ TNET Task Force comprised of DEA agents and local law enforcement officers from Tacoma Police, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Corrections, Bonney Lake Police and Auburn Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Douglas J. Hill. Hill is a Deputy Pierce County Prosecutor who is specially designated to handle drug cases in Federal Court.

Source: http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/seattle011906.html

Holy shit! That's impressive.

Why did this guy try to grow pot on this scale?

Why did this guy try to grow pot on this scale?

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My guess is MONEY....

Hot damn! That's a kick ass setup!

Come on man, that's just for personal use!
Seriously, that should go in the marijuana museum.

That is awesome! So rockwool slabs that dipped into a res on the bottom pass?! Genius! Kind of like a fill and drain every pass! I like it! Wish we could pick his brain!!

Fucking awesome. Thanks for posting.

Although not as awesome but reminds me a little of a setup from a member here at RIU:
https://www.rollitup.org/t/introducing-the-aerotunnel.348670/

Think the aerotunnel guy had the same thing in mind but he was limited in budget and the other guy wasn't.

holy fuck that system is sick from my understanding the plants rotate in those ferris wheel things with a light in the middle and a hydroponic setup at the bottom and like an aero mister at the top. This dude could be a grow system creator too bad hes going to jail this is a bad ass setup. I wonder what kind of yields and how fast his setup works.

Yodaweed said:

holy fuck that system is sick from my understanding the plants rotate in those ferris wheel things with a light in the middle and a hydroponic setup at the bottom and like an aero mister at the top. This dude could be a grow system creator too bad hes going to jail this is a bad ass setup. I wonder what kind of yields and how fast his setup works.

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I'd assume the yield wouldn't be too high but the amount of plants vs 1 light and easy to use setup probably defeats the purpose of a large yield.
I'm gonna go ahead and guess 1-2 Oz per plant, so that is a lot of grams.

It's like a super efficient horizontal grow that almost looks like a vertical grow on its side.

Big hamster wheels lol

https://www.omegagarden.com/index.php?content_id=175&product_id=1

I have seen these in person, not full of plants though. But 300 clones per unit. That is a lot of cloning for one wheel. The one I saw was used with 2 600 hps.

It's been mentioned a couple of times at rollitup, even a journal with most pics missing though. Search forums for volksgarden. Looks more suitable for autos or indicas 12/12 from seed/clone.

Ya that's pretty innovative really awesome though love to c that type of stuff as I think most of us on riu do

hung a deteriorating deer carcase near the door to the building so that the smell of the rotting deer would mask the smell of marijuana

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Well that's one way to do it, hahahahahaha

I've seen these before, from what I've heard they are very messy with nutrient solution dripping everywhere and cause root issues due to light exposure while they are in the air, but they do look very cool but also very impractical.

looks pretty cool
did he have an escape hatch ?













escape hatches ftw!