Effect of Magnetic Field on Germination and Plant Growth - Page 8

PowerTrance · #71 05-16-2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Maryjane

hey, how's a plant know up or down? like, gravity right? then on the moon there's still enough gravity to keep it from sprouting upside down right. and if there is, would the plant grow faster, since it won't have to be as sturdy, and can put all it's effort into growing bigger instead of stronger. you know, like less gravity pulling it down, so it grows into a monster in like half the time it would on earth

I think you've got something here... if you put a plant on a record player and spin it while it grows, will it grow horizontal toward the middle or vertically? And will this extra centrifugal force help the nutes absorb quicker than growing with just normal gravity?

s.c.mtn.hillbilly · #72 05-16-2008, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by PowerTrance

I think you've got something here... if you put a plant on a record player and spin it while it grows, will it grow horizontal toward the middle or vertically? And will this extra centrifugal force help the nutes absorb quicker than growing with just normal gravity?

YA SHITTIN' ME!!! two turn tables and a spliff in hand! that's a GREAT idea! take another bong hit! I want what you're smoking!....seriously though, are you getting free electricity? I'm guessing that lighting from the side and constant turning would produce one trippy-ass plant for sure!

Gamberro · #73 05-19-2008, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PowerTrance

I think you've got something here... if you put a plant on a record player and spin it while it grows, will it grow horizontal toward the middle or vertically? And will this extra centrifugal force help the nutes absorb quicker than growing with just normal gravity?

Those commercial v-scrog grow boxes (expensive as hell, of course)
are now available to spin slowly around the light source. For some reason that I don't yet understand, it does promote growth.

Mr. Maryjane · #74 05-22-2008, 12:18 PM

I wasn't thinkin, like spinning it, but that sounds kick-ass. I'm bout to have to figure out how to do this too. how fast do you think it'd have to be spinning

email468 · #75 05-22-2008, 12:22 PM

i think the idea of the moving light source (or moving your plants relative to the light source) is to make sure your plants get even coverage. that is why they sell light movers (plus you can cover more area with a single light).

HappyHippie2469 · #76 05-26-2008, 01:52 AM

The plants have evolved with the ability to make food from solar energy, and the sun doesn't stand still. You will get a healthier plant with a moving light source, because it exposes more surface area of the plant to light, instead of just having the top of the plants doing all the work.

Experiments done with pea vines on a turning wagon wheel in the eighteen hundreds showed that they grew towards the center of the wheel. The wheel was mounted horizontally, and the sunlight was from above. They believed this proved that plants did not just turn towards the sunlight, but actually grew away from the center of the earth against gravity. That is why a carpenter's level held to line up with the trunk of an average mature douglas fir tree in the distance, will show it to be perfectly plumb.

Corbat420 · #77 05-26-2008, 10:33 PM

the only thing you want to make sure of with electro-magnetics is that is is a good distance away from all non electro-magnetic electronic technologies (computers, TV's, toasters, bud-buster, ect, ect, ect....) because it will burn out the chips in the condensers and do other damage.

o yea, you dont want to be to close to the generator ethier........ the electro-magnetics fuck with the synapses in the brain and can cause some MAJOR dysfunction (fragmented synapses causing schizophrenia, Bi-Polar disorder, Ect, Ect)

the electro-magnetics may help......but i dont think its worth it.

PowerTrance · #78 06-04-2008, 12:54 PM

I am quite curious because a seed germed under the north magnet made a plant with 2 main stems... like a wishbone!

PowerTrance · #79 06-11-2008, 10:01 PM

hella still trying to get a sex after 7 days...

ocb123 · #80 06-13-2008, 06:16 AM

I am stoned and have had a good muse through this thread and it is all very interesting. However in the NASA experiments it does say:
'Don't bother trying this experiment at home with ordinary refrigerator magnets. Only special "high-gradient" magnetic fields will do. Hasenstein's experiment uses magnets about 50 times more powerful than a typical refrigerator magnet. The magnets have ferromagnetic wedges attached to them, which focus a strong magnetic field into a small area. Around that area, the strength of the field tapers off quickly, creating the "gradient" of field strength that moves the starch grains.'

Which is good enough for me, I just don't think that the returns are gonna be worth the money, time and effort spent trying to magnetise your plants, and of course any strong magnetic field is going to interfere with your light ballast.
However I reckon that experimenting with fixed magnets on seeds/ seedlings can't do any harm. Give it a crack. Good luck, and let us know how you get on.
Hope this is of use.