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Re: Sungod95 post# 15983

Saturday, 04/29/2017 9:58:23 AM

Saturday, April 29, 2017 9:58:23 AM

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Omega Gardens, from a tech POV, fits.

They do have an interesting heading on their homepage:

Say goodbye to pesticides and herbicides!

But the 'more' link takes you to a 404.

Their focus is certainly not on the MMJ industry, however--their website suggests that their market is in 'food' production: lettuce, peppers, tomatoes... tho' I struggle to imagine larger plants with loose-hanging fruit, such as tomatoes, holding up well to growing in a rotary system like that. The site said that staking and a 'little tender care will go a long way." Really??

An article in Popular Science also mentions Omega Gardens, but it's really not particularly well thought out:
"But not all plants respond well to hydroponic methods. Some, such as potatoes and citrus trees, need to set root in a semisolid medium, like soil or coconut fiber. The design here, by the Canadian company Omega Garden, does just that. In this Ferris-wheel-like growing system, plants grow in porous, vermiculite-stone-filled trays arranged in a cylindrical cart that rotates to periodically dip each row of plants in a nutrient trough."
Root vegetables are not suitable for this technology, as the growing medium is contained in baskets approx. 3 inches cubed. Not going to get many potatoes in there. And citrus trees? LOL. One would also need to ask: just how cost-efficient is it to grow a relatively cheap product, such as lettuce, using that technology?

Rotary hrodponics is ideal, however, for marijuana plants. They thrive in a hydroponic setup, and the rotary nature of the grow means that the plants strengthen due to the fact that they fight gravity as they turn. Typically growers use large fans to strengthen the plants (as the plants flex, the cell structure changes, making the stems stronger) in order to be able to hold up the relatively heavy bud.

RotoGro is certainly not shy when it comes to advertising the fact that their systems are primarily directed at the MJ industry. I can't find information right now on their current customer base, though I am sure it's out there, or on here. ;) Good ol' Rocket!

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