Sorry for long post - buddy gave me some live resin that is actually making me high, must be fucking strong....
I've had another epiphany I think, maybe you all will disabuse me of that notion though. I've been wrestling with how to support the colas... The stems are nice and thick, but I think the buds will be epic.... I was going to build tomato cages around them with rebar and 9 wire, but instead I will string monofilament wires side to side between the drive shaft support beams I installed 2" below the curtain level, then hang a mess of them spring hanger thingies from the mono... It'll look like marijuana marionettes.... the bubba box gets even more dr seusish lol but at least I won't impale myself falling stoned from the ladder... could end up hanging myself though I guess haha
Here's the framework below the light dep, should work nice
Also plan to use those structural pieces, which are inside the blackout surface, to hang my supplemental lighting..... yep I said it. Winter crops are going to get ~25w/sqft of ceramic metal halide goodness before and after the sun goes down in order to get in a full, bright 12 hours of growth.
I can see light at the end of the tunnel hehe.... ummm
this fucker has had me intimidated until today, just so many details.... but I finally understand the cable drive system fully now, which is cause for much joy as it's taken me getting my hands on it to visualize it - I ain't no rigger.
Started installing the end wall light trap - that's a cool design too. And I've compromised with the overall design and will temporarily blackout the West wall up to the rafter chord at least for this crop - gotta get on the stick with flowering if I'm going to harvest in September.
I'm keeping the curtains for the W wall and it should be a straightforward project to fashion a drop down blackout curtain during a future upgrade.
Dam, that's good hash