Upside-down growing - Page 3

TMB77 · #21 05-13-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hernandez248

Geotropism and Phototropism don't work against each other, they are separate. If you put an entire plant upside down geo tropism will make the bud grow up and the roots try to grow down which fucks a lot of stuff with bud plants. With my thing the plants would be growing more horizontally with the buds hanging down towards the light.

you're right, photo and gravi-tropism dont usually fight each other. but your system seems like it would pit them against each other.

I'm not saying it wont work, I hope it does and I look forward to watching your grow progress....but I have a feeling you'll be stressing the girls a bit too much.

raeman1990 · #22 05-13-2008, 08:31 PM

well have you ever LST'ed a weed plant?

it automatically grows upwards evern if you point it down... it knows which way is up

Hernandez248 · #23 05-13-2008, 09:21 PM

That's because the light is always above it. I've never done it this way, so I'm not sure how it will react.

Drrift&Smoke · #24 05-13-2008, 10:44 PM

if you read fdd's journal on the topsy turvy hes got a pic that shows that the roots dont care (about growing upwards) to answer that question

babygoat17 · #25 05-15-2008, 05:44 AM

i have seen a setup like that for tomatoes on tv works great

ORECAL · #26 05-15-2008, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hernandez248

Here's a quick little diagram in paint of what I mean.

The rectangles on the outside are my hydro buckets, the spray paint represents the plants and buds growing over a half-circle screen. The circle in the middle surrounded by the triangle is my bulb with a modified reflector. I didn't feel like drawing in the fans, but they will be there.

Foliar feeding would be done on the top , with the leaves pointing down the stomas are wide open for feeding and since they aren't being hit by any light.

Geotropism and Phototropism don't work against each other, they are separate. If you put an entire plant upside down geo tropism will make the bud grow up and the roots try to grow down which fucks a lot of stuff with bud plants. With my thing the plants would be growing more horizontally with the buds hanging down towards the light.

what about having a light both underneath that, and a couple above them?
that way the entire plant gets light, not just the underside.

WormSlayer · #27 05-16-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hernandez248

That's because the light is always above it. I've never done it this way, so I'm not sure how it will react.

I'm doing my first vertical grow, and as long as they have enough light, they still grow straight up rather than towards the bulbs.

ganjagoddess · #28 05-20-2008, 04:59 PM

Wont work, they will turn upward...

the only way is to have them spinning in a cylinder like the bonsai that is pictured above...