6 Week Volksgarden Test with Hydro Grow's Vertical Light

High School students performed a 6 week grow test with Hydro Grow's 504w vertical light that was mounted inside OmegaGarden's Volksgarden.

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[falloutmule]

Sorry if you said in the video, but how often in a 24hr period were the lights on? I had to keep adjusting the volume. What a fun experiment never did anything like that in my schools.

[w8mk]

@falloutmule

I ran the light of the entire grow at 16 hours on 8 hours off. If the grow was just the cherry tomatoes I would dropped the light from 16/8 to 12 hours on and 12 off for the flowering/fruiting stage.

[stealtime]

I think this is an interesting set up but I don't think its practical for many impoverished country situations. The amount of energy needed (whether its solar powered or not), the amount of inputs needed (hydro. nutrients, light bulbs, equipment), and knowledge are too high. How do you expect a poor farmer in sub-saharan conditions to get a hold of a HydroGrow light bulb after one has expired?

I do think this is VERY practical for urban. Its good evidence we can grow our own food easily!

[w8mk]

@stealtime I agree with you, however the pilot program I am building has a few phases. Phase 1 - implement hydroponic fundraising model into schools and sell produce. Phase 2 - use profits to ship aquaponic systems through a non-profit to impoverished areas where everything is grown outside in the sun. Solar pumps and aerators are not that expensive. Replicating this model in a Canadian winter is not feasible at this time, however I am worker on getting grants for a climate battery greenhouse.

[ISMOPANAMA]

Thumbs up if you think human beings dying of hunger on this rich, technologically advanced planet of ours is bullshit.

What there lacks is not resources, but the will to change.

[w8mk]

@ISMOPANAMA

You are so right my friend. One of the projects that I am working on with my students is a development of aquaponics that can be set up very cheaply using a small solar pump. We are fundraising in our school so that we can build small scale systems that can be mailed to some impoverished community to help with hunger. I will be making a video of our project in the new year as we are still in the testing stages.

[Skaggydog]

You're teaching kids to grow pot, you fool!

[xthexTxvirusx]

@ISMOPANAMA man, technology runs rampant and is tooooo affordable. this with solar panels and RO water systems could save the starving.

[FactualSolutions]

@1947662 - Hey, of course you can help, we all can. Look for your local Chapter and get together to organize Z-Day, for instance, It will happen in Mid March, worldwide.

Time for you to be radical :)

FS

[1947662]

@FactualSolutions First Definition of Radical 1 (esp. of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough. I did not use the term radical in the popular sense that some how has that bogus negative connotation attached to it. In the true sense of the word TMZ is radical. To shed light on what has been part of the fundamental ideas of human culture for centuries is like pulling teeth. I am with you and wish I could contributeto sustainability

[FactualSolutions]

@1947662 - Well, the ideias presented on TZM Movies are far from radical, we are talking just about using nowadays technology to solve the simplest world's problems, as hunger for instance.

There is no magic here, just common sense.

:)

FS

[DrGaryGreen]

Outstanding and looks like fun. Bit expensive but I imagine it lasts for about forever, especially with LED lights for growing. How noisy is it, that is my biggest question.

[1947662]

@FactualSolutions I support radical ideas. Bitter shcon.