Vertical growing + Lazy susans for highest possible light useage

Frawsti

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Last night I was stoned, and i was thinking about what i could do with my next setup that ive been planning for the past two months. Then this thought hit me, that seems to be a really efficient way of growing all around, and evenly.

So what if you have one 1000w bulb hanging vertically in the center of your room, surrounded by six to eight plants in a circle around it. Each of these plant's pots would be set on a electric lazy susan, to spin at a slow speed around in circles. This way, the ENTIRE plant gets evenly distributed light without the need of LST, lollipoping or anything of the sort. Itd be interesting to see how the plants horomones would react to what it would think was its top cola, or how itd grow.
Here's a quick illustration of what im talking about with just two plants because im no artist :D

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In this situation, you are losing almost no lumens at all, and every little part of the plant gets a full amount of light, even in between the buds to the underlying popcorn buds.

In a regular scrog, you lose lumens off of the top reflector and then your bottom branches still dont get light and are clipped. Same thing with most LST situations, and other grow setups ive seen. Vertical growing is my favorite method because ive felt like it was the most efficent, but i'm really debating giving this a try when i get my taxes back. I'm not sure where to get those lazy susans under $80 though >:d

Thoughts and opinions would be much appreciated, If im missing anything do let me know :]
 
Ya, people use turntables and stuff to do what you're asking, the only problems would be:

1) the plants cannot be too close to each other, snagging/dragging branches.
2) you can't LST unless its all tied to the planter
3) having 120VAC in the grow room "below the waist" is a hazard.

Its a good idea, in some situations you would benefit from it. Not so useful for every grow, though. Watering would be easy when the planter is rotating for you, too. Trying to walk around, you don't wanna bump into your buds.. unless each only had one cola and all sugar leaves.. That would be a good use for it. No need to LST and you can pack them closer together in a circle around your bulb.
 
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