Upcycle It - Washing Machine Hydroponic Grower - #7 Drum RPM Calculation

RE: Upcycle It - Washing Machine Hydroponic Grower - #7 Drum RPM Calculation

nandohila — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 03:56:31 GMT

I ended up using RPH (Rotations per Hour) this way I will be dealing with numbers from 1 till 60 RPH. The first test will be running at 3 RPH that is about the rate the commercial units turn. After having the first harvest than we go wild.

RE: Upcycle It - Washing Machine Hydroponic Grower - #7 Drum RPM Calculation

jc2048 — Mon, 29 May 2017 10:49:40 GMT

I'd go for time-per-rotation myself. That seems more natural to me than trying to puzzle out what 0.0333 RPM might mean.

Did you consider move-and-pause, move-and-pause, as an alternative to continuous movement? At the faster rates of rotation the plants aren't going to be in the nutrient bath at the bottom for very long. There might be a case for quickly rotating the plant round to sit in the bath, leave it to sit there for a moment or two, then bring the next one round.

RE: Upcycle It - Washing Machine Hydroponic Grower - #7 Drum RPM Calculation

DAB — Wed, 24 May 2017 16:55:10 GMT

Nice update.

Now that you know the range, you can experiment with which cycle times optimizes the growth for which plants.

This will be a very cool long tern project as you plant, grow and document your results.

Hopefully you will continue to blog your results.

DAB