Also how do you maintainence it ie access the inside ? This is something I have been giving a lot of thought to lately as I am gonna set up a new room and wanna get the most bang for my buck. I can post pics of my sketch if you like.
On to the reflective material backing; I don't want light from the back. Plants don't get light from the ground except under rare circumstances, nor do they expect it. I want behind the cylinder wall to be dark because of a dense covering of foliage of our chosen crop. Whatever leaks through is incidental and reflecting it back is counterproductive.
reflecting material on teh back of the screen like that will be a headache. You need to be able to access the plant from the back to clean.
The 1/2" thick reflective foam insulation you get at home depot can be bent into a semi circle (the 4x8 sheet, trust me, didn't snap and I bent several). They can be tied like an adjust a wing and be moved easily. There is a convenient option for a solid back screen reflector without fucking with a flimsy material. You can attach it to a pvc or 1x2 frame too for ease of moving and placement.reflecting material on teh back of the screen like that will be a headache. You need to be able to access the plant from the back to clean.
The 1/2" thick reflective foam insulation you get at home depot can be bent into a semi circle (the 4x8 sheet, trust me, didn't snap and I bent several). They can be tied like an adjust a wing and be moved easily. There is a convenient option for a solid back screen reflector without fucking with a flimsy material. You can attach it to a pvc or 1x2 frame too for ease of moving and placement.
For sure, I just threw out the option because I know you like to tinker and undoubtedly will do an A and B for efficiency's sake at some point. You aren't one to waste a watt :)That's an interesting option, if it looks like it would become useful. At the moment, I'm basically asking the plant to treat the outside of the cylinder like the underside of a shrub outdoors; by not providing any light so as not to encourage any growth. The plan is for the plant to fill in the trellis while always 'looking inward', if you will.
One issue with reflected light is that it would always be second rate; and the better the canopy on the inside, the less light will be missed in the first place.
I'm accessing my plants from the back for everything, since the plants are grown up the back of the trellis. Only the growing tips of the plant stick through, and I believe this may be a point of difference between your wall o' dank setup and this?
As the tips get longer than about 6", I pull them back through the fence, lay them out along the wire for a few inches and stick the growing tip back through the mesh again. This spreads the plant out and covers more surface area in the trellis to gather light. My hope and aim is that during the stacking phase, only buds will stick through the mesh, taking full advantage of all that light and space. Could make for an interesting snapshot or two...
The other reason I don't want reflective material on the back is because I want the plant to form a single layer on the trellis cylinder, facing the light inside that's meant for it.
same method bro. I just have to duck under and behind in between the trellis and the wall.
you shoud get at least one potato from that plant tty.
Also how do you maintainence it ie access the inside ? This is something I have been giving a lot of thought to lately as I am gonna set up a new room and wanna get the most bang for my buck. I can post pics of my sketch if you like.
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