Expandagon

The idea: An octagon vertical NFT hydroponic grow that can expand and contract, making the system either more dense or spacious. I plan on being able to expand and contract the system from a diameter of 4 ft to a diameter of 10 ft; making the density go from (30 plants per level) 1 plant per 5" horizontally and 2' from the center to 12" horizontally per plant 5' from the center. This will allow 3-4 systems to be running so you can have a perpetual harvest. Eventually refill one system every 2 weeks with cuttings.

I plan to use 6" Anti-Shock PVC Hose for my waterways (a.k.a. vacuum hose). I have this memory as a child of using an ancient vacuum contraption at our shared family cabin from the 80's that had a hose that would go from being 5ft long normally, to about 20ft long when stretched out. After some research, I found larger sizes (4"-8") are used for sewage applications and are available locally. I need my system to go from ~12.5' of hose length to about ~31.5', so I will need hose that expands to 3x it's compressed size.

I'm still working out how I am going to support the tube so it doesn't just sag from each pole. I'm thinking a telescopic basket that the bottom half of the hose can sit in between each pole. The poles are going to be on a roller system so I can expand, contract, and move everything along with the rez, lights, ballasts, everything. Basically like this with wheels http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/08...05_215X215.jpg

About me: I quit using cannabis and switched over to prescription drugs about a year ago for severe migraines. After a couple attempts of the doctor writing me a cocktail of medication to take throughout the day, for a couple months, it almost felt better to be off the medications with the migraines than feel drained and weak like I did. There is no way I could live my life like that. Now I bake cannabis into my food every meal and vaporize in between when needed. I feed healthier than ever now and want to share this herb with anyone who needs it.


Post any suggestions you have. I'm making a working scale model in the next weeks or so

Pictures:
1) The octagon in different sizes
2) The hose I want to use
3) My design is based off this type of system, I've collected many vertical system pictures off the internet as research
4 I like to make bubble hash as it is easy to dose if you mix it up well when it is wet then form it into bricks. Chop bricks into even cubes³ then put them all in a bag/jar and lable it along with a rating of potency and a description of the effect (harvested later will be more stoney, etc). This makes cooking easy as I use it like any other herb, I just make sure to follow the Canna-rules-of-cooking.
5) My sketch of the system