Growing 30 feet up in a hollow tree?

Kevin the Great

Kevin the Great

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I have a decent sized Canadian Maple tree in my back yard and some of the upper limbs are hollow. About 2 feet from the hollow knot holes I drove a few big nails through the side and into the hollow then dropped some wire mesh on top and loaded the holes with a couple gallons of a nitrogen hot soil. I know that breaking down wood consumes nitrogen so I loaded it now so hopefully by spring it will have settled down a little. I plan on putting an auto or a clone into each one in the spring and just let it grow up in the tree all summer. Being 30 feet off the ground and surrounded by maple leaves sounds like a great place to me. Is there something I am overlooking here?
BTW, I am also a professional arborist so moving around 30 feet up in a tree isn't a problem.
 
Jalepandro

Jalepandro

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Nitrogen is great for vegetative growth.
During flower you will want more phosphorus and potassium.

You could add it through liquid nutes when you "feed" the plant, but since you probably don't want to water them two to three times a week up in the tree, I would suggest maybe top dressing with a bit of rich organic supplements, like potash, blood and bone meal, and maybe some rock dust when you are ready to amend for flower.

I would not advise leaving just a nitrogen rich soil through flower.
 
Kevin the Great

Kevin the Great

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I don't really know how much nitrogen will be consumed by the decaying wood, but I am hoping "enough"... top dressing is a great idea. I probably won't water them at all unless we have a dry spell or if I can see them wilting from the ground. I have the Buddha seeds 10 pack that I was planning on using unless I got a better suggestion.
 
Alienwidow

Alienwidow

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Don't ants like trees? Also watering them every hot day is going to suck dont you think? But yes, please post pictures when you get it going. You most definitely will be the coolest guy at shenanigans when it happens.
 
buckets

buckets

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tree grows are not new. I've heard of people growing up in the giant trees around california somewhere. Being an arborist is an excellent skill set too. Those guys had water hoses going up the tree to water them with battery operated pumps.
 
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anzohaze

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Kevin the Great said:
I don't really know how much nitrogen will be consumed by the decaying wood, but I am hoping "enough"... top dressing is a great idea. I probably won't water them at all unless we have a dry spell or if I can see them wilting from the ground. I have the Buddha seeds 10 pack that I was planning on using unless I got a better suggestion.
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I would not suggest doing that all the tree will absorb everything get a planter and screw it into a tree or add a pulley real high with ropen and tie one end to a bucket aND use the other end to pull it up high into the tree. I would not put it in a hollowed tree bramch. You can add rotted tree trunks to the soil to add drainage and areation for better root development but use a bucket to hang in tree
 
Kevin the Great

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anzohaze said:
I would not suggest doing that all the tree will absorb everything get a planter and screw it into a tree or add a pulley real high with ropen and tie one end to a bucket aND use the other end to pull it up high into the tree. I would not put it in a hollowed tree bramch. You can add rotted tree trunks to the soil to add drainage and areation for better root development but use a bucket to hang in tree
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It's in my back yard and I live in town. A pulley and rope system with a bucket hanging from it isn't very stealth
 
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anzohaze

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Use a dark bucket and dark rope it wont be seen. The tree has leaves to camoflauge what you use. Yoi dont need a big pulley or big rope. No one looks in trees for weed or plants. Keep rope laid snuggs against tree and it's done.[/QUOTE]
 
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VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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Kevin the Great said:
I have a decent sized Canadian Maple tree in my back yard and some of the upper limbs are hollow. About 2 feet from the hollow knot holes I drove a few big nails through the side and into the hollow then dropped some wire mesh on top and loaded the holes with a couple gallons of a nitrogen hot soil. I know that breaking down wood consumes nitrogen so I loaded it now so hopefully by spring it will have settled down a little. I plan on putting an auto or a clone into each one in the spring and just let it grow up in the tree all summer. Being 30 feet off the ground and surrounded by maple leaves sounds like a great place to me. Is there something I am overlooking here?
BTW, I am also a professional arborist so moving around 30 feet up in a tree isn't a problem.
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Don't listen to the noobs or idiots dude, i have seen this done in larger trees in the northeast in guerilla grows, not only can it be done, IT's been done!
 
Kevin the Great

Kevin the Great

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anzohaze said:
you can also screw a planter into the tree on a branch cover with branches or etc
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That's a better idea but you could still see it from the ground. Foliage growing among more foliage is far less likely to attract attention than a 3 gallon pot balancing in a tree crotch. I see your point but my tree isn't right for a planter. It already has hollow limbs so why not try to capitalize on that feature? Surely there is a good formula for it.
 
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anzohaze

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Kevin the Great said:
That's a better idea but you could still see it from the ground. Foliage growing among more foliage is far less likely to attract attention than a 3 gallon pot balancing in a tree crotch. I see your point but my tree isn't right for a planter. It already has hollow limbs so why not try to capitalize on that feature? Surely there is a good formula for it.
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Well in organics soils etc wood logs etc rob the soil of nitrogen etc as the nitrogen is what breaks down the wood/logs. You will most likely have a nitrogen deprived soil sitting in the hollow wood. It needs to have drain holes. You will also need to water alot more often so I guess stand in the back yard and "wash" or water thr maple tree. If in a bucket you could easily get it up and down alot easier and alot more stealthy then climbing tree everyday checking on it my .02
 
Kevin the Great

Kevin the Great

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anzohaze said:
Well in organics soils etc wood logs etc rob the soil of nitrogen etc as the nitrogen is what breaks down the wood/logs. You will most likely have a nitrogen deprived soil sitting in the hollow wood. It needs to have drain holes. You will also need to water alot more often so I guess stand in the back yard and "wash" or water thr maple tree. If in a bucket you could easily get it up and down alot easier and alot more stealthy then climbing tree everyday checking on it my .02
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I'm fully aware of the nitrogen robbing, this is why I used a nitrogen hot soil. Hopefully by the time the nitrogen is depleted I will be into flower anyways. The whole limb is hollow and I have soil only in couple foot section so it has plenty of drainage. The watering schedule is yet to be determined but yes, I can climb it at midnight once or twice a week a lot more stealthily than I can hide a bucket. A dude seen climbing around in a tree is innocent enough, a bucket seen strapped to the trunk is more questionable.
 
VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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anzohaze said:
Use a dark bucket and dark rope it wont be seen. The tree has leaves to camoflauge what you use. Yoi dont need a big pulley or big rope. No one looks in trees for weed or plants. Keep rope laid snuggs against tree and it's done.
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If there's a cavity anywhere near where the central leader takes off from the tree , that may be a golden spot, lmao some of the squirrel bedding ive pulled outa hardwood cavities would make great fertilizers!
 
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