New way of growing

NewSchoolgrower

Active Member
The ideal practical application of this would be to build a greenhouse that doesn't require your plants be exposed through transparent plastic. No need to use polytarp to prevent choppers IR rays from getting a heat signature. U can use outside light inside.. Lol..doesn't that sound sick??
 

ddimebag

Active Member
I doubt this method is as unviable as the nay-sayers claim, but I also doubt the results will be up to par with a crop grown under a 600w hps or in a greenhouse. If someone was to try it and make a journal, I would follow it, but I think that for most people this kind of setup is more trouble than its worth. I suppose if you are desperate to grow your own, and can't afford the electricity or have no space for a greenhouse, then this is something you could experiment with...you would need an extraction fan though (solar powered maybe) or you WILL lose your crop to mold.
 

zer0ed

Active Member
OMG this is brilliant!
These things are a breakthrough!

Now hear me out!

Using these bottles almost magical ability to magnify light.
Im going to get a long PVC pipe that fits these 2 liter bottles.
and im going to stack the bottles in the pvc pipe to form an array.

BOOM DEATH RAY LASER!

I bet i can Carve my name into the side of a mountain with it!

Bwahahahah! Im gonna be famous!
 

Dyna Ryda

Well-Known Member
This thread reminds me of the "water drops can burn ur plants" from kandehar. Full of stupid. Seems like u are argueing with yourself newschoolgrower.
 

NewSchoolgrower

Active Member
Im trying and am close to pioneering a way to grow weed underground using solar lighting and NO electricity and ventilation using negative pressure not needing fans. There's nothing stupid about it.. Look at my other thread. Some smart ppl agree with my theory. It works to grow vegetables already.
 

angryblackman

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I call BS until I see it journaled and proven. Getting light in a room to see is very different than actually using it to grow something.

Good luck if you try it. :)
 

NewSchoolgrower

Active Member
Angry black man lol..I agree.. But each light is 675-1400 lumens and 60w. That's 6750 lumens per sqft.. Weed only.needs 5000 lumens per sqft to grow..
 

Cooter@666

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Im trying and am close to pioneering a way to grow weed underground using solar lighting and NO electricity and ventilation using negative pressure not needing fans. There's nothing stupid about it.. Look at my other thread. Some smart ppl agree with my theory. It works to grow vegetables already.
The theory isn't yours to begin with, you simply cut and pasted someone else's research and you're claiming it'll work even though you've never done it...come out of the forest Bambi!!! Smart people would simply duplicate the research you found and report their findings, you have no data of your own so do us all a favor and shut up your trap and get to work! If you don't have results from your own research you should really remain silent until you have something definitive to share!
 

kpmarine

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Angry black man lol..I agree.. But each light is 675-1400 lumens and 60w. That's 6750 lumens per sqft.. Weed only.needs 5000 lumens per sqft to grow..
Like I keep pointing out, you're only getting that light output at the focus point of that light. You're concentrating it into a point and then redispersing it, barring some kind of miracle that prevents all losses, you'll be getting less light that you would with just a layer of plastic that is as transparent as the bottles. A 3" wide convex surface, like a soda bottle, is going to in theory be brighter than just the sheet of plastic. However, it will be an artificial brightness increase, because the bottle is gathering light from the area it is in and focusing it into one spot; whereas the flat sheet is just allowing it all through. So 6sq.in. of plastic is going to transmit as much light as 6sq.in. of soda bottle, one is point source and one is just an even dispersion. Unless you're finding a way to gather light that is striking areas outside your grow and redirecting that into it, you really can't outperform a greenhouse. You may very well be able to grow weed in there, you may even pull something decent. I'm just saying there's more practical methods already in existence that can be camouflaged.
 

angryblackman

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Angry black man lol..I agree.. But each light is 675-1400 lumens and 60w. That's 6750 lumens per sqft.. Weed only.needs 5000 lumens per sqft to grow..
So try it based on what you know and test it out. If it doesn't work tweak it until it does or you realize that it's not going to. That's the only way you are going to get the ball rolling. You have a solid start as they have done all the legwork for you. Now all you have to do is put it together. This thread would either be epic or non existant if you would just do it. :)

Still think it's not worth it.

In the summer why would you not take advantage of the full sunlight and in the winter the sun will not be intense enough to produce quality buds. I see nothing but vegging for this theory and slow vegging at that.

If this was something that could be done effectively and efficiently why don't you think they have done it in the video you provided originally? I think they would have used it for growing food as well if it was a viable option for them.

Just sayin.....
 

NewSchoolgrower

Active Member
The odds of success are indeed against me. Like u said its about growing good weed not just growing anything and claiming success... You guys are right.. I need to test it myself and report my findings..
 

Cooter@666

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The odds of success are indeed against me. Like u said its about growing good weed not just growing anything and claiming success... You guys are right.. I need to test it myself and report my findings..
Now you're making sense! Keep us posted and i wish the best of luck!
 
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