pi rack????

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by gonandunit, Sep 5, 2008.

  1. #1 gonandunit, Sep 5, 2008
    just came across this has anyone seen these in action? looks amazing 350 plants in such a small space. shit you could have almost every strain growing at the same time lol it would be like a spice rack for weed
     
  2. #2 Duckhead, Sep 5, 2008
    Wow, that is an amazing looking system!!!

    I have a home built Vertical Octagon system that works similarly .... but mine only holds 80 plants and doesn't have an auto-water system.

    Vertical growing not only saves space but with full frontal lighting the plants actually produce more.
     

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  3. #3 gonandunit, Sep 5, 2008
    what size do your plants reach in that build?
     
  4. #4 Duckhead, Sep 5, 2008


    I grow Master Kush, which is a fairly short plant to begin with, but my girls rarely get over 2' tall.

    With the frontal lighting I don't get huge colas but I get tons of fat thumb size buds.

    In 6 runs I have never gotten less than 5 lbs off of 3000w and on my best run did a little over 6.5 lbs.
     
  5. #5 gonandunit, Sep 5, 2008
    theres a guy here selling a 350 plant pi rack for $1600 im very tempted, and going by your results from an 80 plant vertical set up i may just take the plunge;)
     
  6. #6 Stepoo, Sep 6, 2008
    Sounds like an awesome pull. How did you make yours?
     
  7. #7 Duckhead, Sep 6, 2008

    Mine is made out of 3 sheets of plywood and 8 ripped down 2'x4's.

    Each shelf is designed to hold a standard cloning tray ... which in turn hold 2 - 3 gallon pots.

    The design itself came about from combining two different vert-octo designs. The system has proven very successful and there are now 6 of them in operation (amongst other farmers) ... and all are doing quite well.
     
  8. #8 chemicalcomfort, Sep 6, 2008
    $1600 sounds like a lot for something you could build yourself
     
  9. #9 gonandunit, Sep 6, 2008
    i wouldnt trust anything i built myself lol. this one is professionally made
     
  10. #10 cork144, Sep 6, 2008

    id rather go for building man, $1600, damn.
     
  11. #11 Duckhead, Sep 6, 2008
    Does the $1600 price include the lights and ballasts? If so I think its a great deal.

    While I homebuilt my Octo structure I went with "off the shelf" for my light tube. I use the 3-1000w Vertitube .... which by the time I added bulbs, ballasts, and cords to was a bit over $1500.

    http://www.humboldtwholesale.com/Octagon_Hydroponics/Vertitube
     
  12. #12 gonandunit, Sep 6, 2008
    yup everything even think hes throwin in pots too
     
  13. #13 Duckhead, Sep 6, 2008

    I'd say that sounds like a bargain.

    Keep me posted on your results. I'm very curious to see how a 300+ plant system does in comparison to my 80 planter.
     
  14. #14 gonandunit, Sep 6, 2008
    havent bought it yet:(
     
  15. #15 cork144, Sep 7, 2008
    well when you do your gonna have a tonne of tomatos.
     
  16. #16 dlhugley, Dec 16, 2008
    pi rack looks sick if used right anyone have pics????
     
  17. #17 blindeenlightz, Dec 16, 2008
    Wouldn't the plants start to dip downwards when they get too tall??
    I don't know if that would even affect anything but I'm just curious
     
  18. #18 PurpectGrow, May 16, 2011

    Hey Duckhead, you think you might have the dimensions for that octogon? I'm thinking about buying two Vertitubes but I'm not sure what I want them in yet but that looks cheap and efficient!
     

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