first volksgarden grow

that fucking thing is ridiculous and awsome.
straight-up, off the hook, robot-2001-a-space-odysey, french water wheel, mission-to-mars weed wheel.
mad genius, mad... complicated. minimalism is not what this is about, but i am impressed in all the deep down gadget nerd parts i have.
don't let anyone put you down. have you considered putting a srcreen in in oder to maintain a fixed and safe distance from the light?
it seems like the logical solution.

tinyTURTLE said:

that fucking thing is ridiculous and awsome.
straight-up, off the hook, robot-2001-a-space-odysey, french water wheel, mission-to-mars weed wheel.
mad genius, mad... complicated. minimalism is not what this is about, but i am impressed in all the deep down gadget nerd parts i have.
don't let anyone put you down. have you considered putting a srcreen in in oder to maintain a fixed and safe distance from the light?
it seems like the logical solution.

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lolol hey tiny - it does have very pleasing visuals does it not?

I guess its more complicated then flat land, though if i was to set up a flat grow that would yield the same as what i am projecting here then it becomes more complicated.

as far as minimalism, i would argue that this is the ultimate in minimalism. min space used, min light per plant ratio, min water and fertz, min waste, min effort.

I have been looking all over the interenet at different rotationary posts and everyone straight up hates on it cause theres no proof of how efficient the system is. Let me just say, I CAN NOT WAIT FOR YOU TO PROVE THEM WRONG! Or at least show them that with a few grows with this system and you can be pulling out some serious weight. Keep it up maximus.

it sure seems to bring out emotions one way or the other lolol

Bigcool said:

Total cost to produce the volksgarden is $600.00 CND I have the cost breakdown as I used to produce them...... Too much markup for plastic junk

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Which system would you suggest bigcool ? There is mark up in everything we buy, even at wholesale. Not arguing one way or another really, just curious.

The only thing I've heard negative to using these systems is that there are only a particular number of strains you can use to grow inside of them and achieve maximum weight (other than the argument between you and someone else on another forum). Do you know which strains take best to this type of system ?

a strain called king lui is supposed to be great for scale but no too kind. nebula is another, a few of the diesel family, strawberry cough, are ones that i have heard do well. i think you cant count out strains till they are tried and not to just say cause something is usually a tall plant it will never work

I wonder if the auto ak47 or Little Red Ryder Hood or LowBerry, woohoo... I dont know why im getting so excited?

what happens to the water in the 4 inch grow cube when it´s upside down ??????
Does it run down the stem and cause mold in your bud?????????? or how does that work????

end of week 3

It's lookin good bro. Good to see you back.

Yay pics!! More volksporn and less arguing! Woo hoo! How is the grow going Maximus? Any difficulties? What have you beein doing to increase your yields?

happy to post the pics

just more plants and better size is all i am doing different this time. no sense mucking with things till i get this part dialed in. figure out which strains to run with is the key i think. but other then that i am taking it easy, never had an easier grow. i read some posts about how much work rotational grows are, and i can't figure out what the work is.

I can't wait for you to show your harvest. I got a vgarden a few months back and I am very happy with it. I never wanted to post pics cuz I am seriously paranoid. but I am so tired of hearing people complain about the money for one of these units. if you can't get the money together then move on, rotational growing isn't for you. Not everyone can play in this game. I get that most of us growers have a real DIY streak. Our drive to invent and pull things apart is something that makes us tick. So I understand why putting down so much money would seem completely counter intuitive.

Who the hell wants to blow lots of money on something with no proof. However, I have always thought that a rotating circle would be the best way to grow in terms of a footprint, number of lights and rezs. But I knew I wouldn't be able to build it myself, I am not an engineer. So I forgot about it. Months later when I saw the Vgarden I knew it was exactly what I had been imagining. But who has two grand lying around? But I coudn't stop thinking about it. Then I saw it in Sunk magazine and it was like I was being taunted! So I got my most trusted friends together, the ones who I trusted enough to know about my flat garden. They knew how good my grows were becoming but I was really limited by space. Then I showed them the vgarden pics. We talked about the pros and cons and then they all chipped in a little and we ordered it. The main reason we chose the vgarden over others, including the Colliseum and the Ecosystem is because of the footprint, the simple design and the cost. it was less than the other two by a lot. It was way less complicated than the ecosystem. Way less to go wrong. If you don't believe me, ask anyone who was crazy enough to put down 3 thousand on a barrell filled with speghetti tubing. My hydro store got one as a display model and they said after two weeks they still couldn't get it to work without totally cheating and watering the rockwool slabs by hand.

I picked it up at a shipping center. It came in two boxes and it didn't fit in my 4runner so I borrowed my friends pick up. None of my friends grow so the whole thing fell on my shoulders. I was very nervous at first but after a couple of weeks I realized we were ok. it was really when I saw how thick the stalks got so quickly that I knew it would work out. Within one harvest everyone walked away happy and now I have a vgarden sitting in my house.

Canadian Farmer - holy cow. Those pics were amazing, I almost had a heart attack. I thought I was pulling down sum yields? Wow inspirational man! It just goes to show what's wrong with the internet when people actually had CRITICISMS of your pics!!!! HAHAHA That's exactly why I never bothered to take pics of my grows. Why risk it so little kids can sit at home and say "it sucks" all day. I don't need to please haters, my jars of insane anti gravity meds are enough for me.

And please all the Vgarden haters, feel free to acuse me of working for your much hated company. Ya got me. Im also sasquach and I live at Area 51. Did I mention I have a summer cottage on the grassy Knoll?

For the gardener asking about cali clones. There are many that work great in the wheel, sensi star, GDP, G 13, Shiva skunk. I would stick with the indicas, not cuz of height so much but cuz of flowering time. if you are worried about height - then flower after 4 days.

Max - keep up the pics. Don't even respond to negative posts anymore. Or to anyone claiming they can build it for a couple of recycled soda cans. Just wish them luck and ask for pics of their completed project. (which they will never complete)

Soorry for rambling so much but I am seriously stoned off sum top grade meds. Blame it on the Glucoma and the Purple Wheelchair!

...and if you don't know, now you know.

hey prince zuko, welcome. i have the feeling that there are a lot of people out there in the same boat.

See ya figured out that proxy problem eh Ted.(omergafarmer,omegabetty,maximus, anotherchance}?prince zuko/?? a wee bit suspicious ....but.. Much better sales ploy than you've been able muster till now, Love to see the grow do well ,... just be sure to be honest and don't pretend to be a customer (grower). Best of luck with grow, maybe you will make enough to pay your bills.

Can you please just stay the fuck out of this thread if you don't have anything positive to say. Who cares if its him, just leave it be. FFS! its getting annoying. Go bug someone else.

hey max, i didnt realize you were still here

im back on board

merahoon said:

Can you please just stay the fuck out of this thread if you don't have anything positive to say. Who cares if its him, just leave it be. FFS! its getting annoying. Go bug someone else.

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Agreed.

Enough is enough, now lets just see how it goes. Finally at least someone is posting pics of a whole grow...

Hi Guys and Gurlz this is the end of week #4







for all of you that have heard , or think that this type of system is a lot of work, you can see that i have not done any trimming at all. i worked at the very beginning and once a week i deal with the reservoir and at the end i will work, but in between there really isnt anything to do but muse.

my high speed is not working and i am trying to work with a dial-up or else i would have posted more pics