Growing wee upside down

bricktown73

bricktown73

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I saw this add late one night about growing tomatoes upside down. The add said it was a great way to grow because it uses gravity to more effiently deliever nuts to the plant. I go the thinking and wonderd if that would be the same for a marijuana plant.

Anyone have any thoughts? I mean, how could you even build something like that.
 
shepj

shepj

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I was talking to my friend a couple hours ago and he said he is going to try the same thing.. iuno how it'll work tho, if it does the buds will be extremely potent due to all the THC going straight to the buds.
 
Zig Zag Zane

Zig Zag Zane

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shepj said:
I was talking to my friend a couple hours ago and he said he is going to try the same thing.. iuno how it'll work tho, if it does the buds will be extremely potent due to all the THC going straight to the buds.
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The thc wont go straight to the buds....it would be cool to try growing upside down just to see how it turns out...but thc trics dont drip down the plant.
 
dman0042

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With the tomatoes it send all the water and nutes in the tomatoes I'm sure the same would work for marijuana the only thing is your gonna have to set your lights on the ground so your weed can grow towards them.
 
Zig Zag Zane

Zig Zag Zane

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shepj said:
Then why are plants dried upside down....
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Well, not everyone dries em' upside down, and people usually do that because its easy to hang them like that if they leave two branches connected...and trust me man, the thc doesnt drip down at all, the thc would be the same...thc can fall off....
 
rollingotties

rollingotties

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i think it would work, only question though, dont seeds, when they germinate, use gravity to tell which way to grow? so wouldnt the seeds start growing up and roots down?
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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Plants are genetically coded so the roots grow down and out and the above soil part grows up and out. Tomatoes can be grown upside down because they are soft and pliable and will hang when they have enough weight and will not fight to grow up like firmer/harder plants will.

Pot plants would turn up and grow up so unless you tied them down all the time they would not grow down. They are not soft flexible pliable plants like tomato plants are.

Have you ever seen a tree in the woods that blew down pulling enough of the root mass with it to remain alive? If so did it grow along the ground or did it send new growth up? It sent new growth up.
Any firm/hard plant or tree will do the same thing if it is not standing up on its own.

You can’t overcome genetic coding.
 
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T.H.Cammo

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Brick Top said:
Plants are genetically coded so the roots grow down and out and the above soil part grows up and out. Tomatoes can be grown upside down because they are soft and pliable and will hang when they have enough weight and will not fight to grow up like firmer/harder plants will.

Pot plants would turn up and grow up so unless you tied them down all the time they would not grow down. They are not soft flexible pliable plants like tomato plants are.

Have you ever seen a tree in the woods that blew down pulling enough of the root mass with it to remain alive? If so did it grow along the ground or did it send new growth up? It sent new growth up.
Any firm/hard plant or tree will do the same thing if it is not standing up on its own.

You can’t overcome genetic coding.
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Bingo! (10 characters, my ass!)
 
Boneman

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There is a thread around here that covers this. I think it was a rotating thing because MJ will always turn up towards the light.
 
CrackerJax

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Besides, it's easier to hang a plant down than up, it's for convenience. THC is PRODUCED at the bud site, not in the roots. The roots feed the top so it can make the gooey goodness we all love. I put this one right next to "boiling the roots" :mrgreen:

Don't fix what isn't broken...


out. :blsmoke:
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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Boneman said:
There is a thread around here that covers this. I think it was a rotating thing because MJ will always turn up towards the light.
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It is not because of the light, but it will grow in that direction, it is because they are genetically coded so roots grown down and out and the rest grows up and out.

A seed that germinates in the ground does not sense the sun through the ground and that tells it to grow up. It is in the dark and its genetic coding is what tells part to grown down and out and the rest to grow up and out.

Plants will attempt to get more into light and grow in odd shapes if there is to much shade close by or stretch if there is a lack of light but that is secondary to their genetic coding. The other is for survival, to adapt and to try to improve their own conditions if possible but even then it will only do so much in a firm/hard plant.

If you put your lights on the floor a plant would not grow down to them. The plant would likely just not survive.

So when plants heads up it is not so much because they are headed towards light as much as the light just happens to come from the direction they are genetically coded to go.
 
bricktown73

bricktown73

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Well, I think I will try it very soon. After this harvest I am going to do a small scale setup and try it out. Who knows, this could be the next best thing?...
 
markj

markj

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they WOULD grow down.
the only genetic that the plant's got is going towards the light, and the roots going towards darkness... They are not "programmed" to go up or down. They're able to go at any direction as long as they're growing towards the light.
 
EBE420

EBE420

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what if you wait until the seedling is about 6 inches tall, and flip it with what evr thing ur goin use to keep it flipped and have it done from there, if the lights are on the greound will it not reach for the ground from there??

i think it could possibly be done but im no MJ DNA expert lol
 
Krayven Sumhead

Krayven Sumhead

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As far as I can tell, the only way to know what role gravity plays in the production of pot plants is to have NASA take some beans up to the International Space Station and plant them. Then we'll all know.
 
phoenix58

phoenix58

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Not quite the same thing BUT I have seen MJ grown in hanging baskets outdoors! During veg everything was pulled and tied down below the level of the roots, the plant continues to attempt to pull upwards...... when flowering comes you let them grow upwards, what you get is a tight, compact plant grown off the ground away from predators :-) Lots of training needed though for this.
 
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