Super roots idea #2

Hey, I am going to start an outdoor grow in the next couple of weeks, and was just thinking of ways to make my plants have superman roots. anyway, heres my idea. after the seedlings sprout up and they are still in lets say... cups, put the light up really high causing them to stretch. after they look like string beans, transplant them into really big pots,and bury them up to there little set of leaves. my guess would be that roots would grow out of the whole stem. Do you think that this sounds like a good idea, or am I just out here fishing for a dead horse?

Another idea I got while typing the last one haha: ddo the whole stretch thing, but when you are about to transplant it, get a razor blade and make tiny innocent incisions all up the stem, and put a thin kayer off cloning gel on the stem.

The stretch idea has been done and it works.

I have though of the razor blade with cloning gel as well, but never tried it. There is a certain way you have to do it though, normal slits wont work, becuase you might end up cuttin to deep and killing the plant.

Videoman posted a thread about doing this... ill find and post it

nevermind, I guess they deleted all videomans posts or somethin... weird


well basically there are like couple parts to the stem. The outside bark, and then another part inside. You want to just barely skin the bark, and perhaps the next part in, and then apply the gel, and bury the plant.

He has a whole thing on it, with pictures... but its gone now

Found it, picutres got removed though.



This information is from Videoman40

The following technique came into being as I searched different ways of cloning, now the following technique can be performed on an offshoot to create clones easily, however that is not the subject of this discussion.

This discussion is based on the fact that all of the plants nutrients are absorbed via the roots, and the more roots, the bigger the plant, and the bigger the plant the bigger the yield. You with me so far?

This is cheap, and easy to perform too!

Items needed:
FEMALE PLANT!
matchstick or toothpick
tape
razor blade
rooting hormone (Clonex)
tweezers
plastic wrap
scissors
pin

(1)Sterilize all tools before using them.

(2)Cut a branch that is at least 1/8 inch thick with at least two nodes.

(3)Select area from which roots will sprout. This area needs to be midway up the main stem, with enough room on each side of the cut to fasten the bag.

(4)Use the Razor Blade to make a 1-2" lengthwise incision along the stem. Cut all the way through the bark, to which the phloem is attached. Don't cut into the xylem, which is the layer under the bark.

(5) A ring of bark is removed from around the stem. The phloem and cambium are attached to the inside of the bark, so when the bark is removed the phloem is also removed. This leaves the central cylinder of xylem and upward water flow unaffected.

(6)Get clonex and apply it to the exposed xylem. For increased stability, you may tape a toothpick or matchstick parrallel to the stem.

(7)With thumb get some grow medium. (perlite, peatmoss, whatever) Pack the wound carefully with the soil.

Attach plastic wrap below incision with tape. Tape the vertical seam where the ends meet. The effect of this should be a funnel shaped plastic wrap enclosure.

(9)Pack with grow medium. Be sure to leave enough "slack" at the top so that it may be taped to the stem above the incision.

(10)Fasten closed with tape.

(11)Use pin to create holes in around bag. This will allow soil to breath.

Use an eye dropper to keep the soil wet. Do this every day. After 2 weeks, your cutting will have roots and will be ready for propagation.

Now moving on, as I stated, for the purpose of this discussion we are not interested in clones(although you can do that), we want more root mass!

It came to my attention that some well seasoned growers regularly scuff a few inches of the main stem just above the medium, apply rooting hormone, then covered with moist medium.

Treat this area just as you would treat cuttings that have not yet rooted -- keep it only moist.

Apply water farther away from the plant toward the perimeter of the pot until roots form...about 7-10 days.

You'll have better (i.e. quicker root formation) when the stem is sill green, it seems to take longer once the stem becomes woody and has bark.

Once your roots are formed, cover with soil! Walla, thats it, your done!
Time to get toasted.
Peace

He talks about it at the bottom of the post.

GOodluck mate, if you try it let me know how it goes = )

hey thanks man! I am totally going to try it with one of my plants and make a log. *excited*