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02-16-2013, 02:37 PM

ok so i was thinking.. how can u grow a huge plant.. but then flower it out without worrying about the stretch.. then i thought of how these dudes do screens and such.

then i was like what if ... u take a plant... thats about the length of your room in height.. then take the plant.. transplant it into a container side ways.. so that the stem is pointing out instead of up... then allow the plant to turn the leaves n such into the lights..

and doing this.. should .. allow all the branches down the plant to turn into colas? or tops . has anyone tried this?

here is a crap pic i drew up real quick to just show u what i was talkin about dont judge the pic. just get the idea from it ?

EarthDirtMcGirt · 02-16-2013, 10:37 PM

i actually just did this with my room! very ironic. its an old tomato gardening technique. my only issue was i didnt really continue to train them with a screen and keep them flat as i had planned.. so it all just grew back up. the cool thing about not having the screen was that each plant created a stadium like structure all on one side. its kind of a pain to move my canopy around since my pots have to be intertwined with the plants. and i did have a decent amount of stretching..which didnt help at all.. but i also used this strange technique with wooden dowel rods (and garden ties with some) in combination, these methods have shown a lot of promise. today is beginning of week 6 and i have a bunch of photos that i can show you. i just did a full defoliation as well. so i get full light penetration throughout the plant as well as the stadium style plant structure. nifty stuff! i love grow room experiments!

Femora · 02-19-2013, 01:02 AM

Cool! I would love to see those pictures!

02-19-2013, 02:15 AM

Here is a Zamaldelica I run in a box with only
24" height. Potted in a 16 oz. coco hempy cup,
if it were left untrained the plant would easily
out grow the box.

I vegged the cutting a week or so and flipped.
As the plant stretched I tied the main stem to
the top edge of the plastic cup. I hang heavy
steel washers to the far side of the 16 oz cup to
counter the uneven weight.

Periodically I added tie downs and trained.
Plant matures around 110 days, no topping.

I use this technique for all my stretchy gals.
They love it!

habeeb · 02-19-2013, 02:24 AM

your trying to hard

top it then flower, put it in small containers, top it many times, hit flower before getting a nice size, tie it down ( LST ) , SOG , SCROG, take some clones and flower before rooting...

second, who the hell would grow a plant that tall.. your pot would tip just by putting it in like that, if you can even get it to stay.... bad ideas, bad ideas..

take your pick

touringfunkband · 02-19-2013, 03:40 AM

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=187887

This is pretty much what Simon has been doing for a while. Although he's starts training them much younger.

Femora · 02-19-2013, 08:21 AM

Just a lil brainstorm..
"What if".... You have move plants to the ceiling and train them to a lightsource undetneath the pot. Anyone tried it?
Would increase the lightefficiency when having bare bulbs.. Eh?

Posting from phone.. Sry for typos

Crusader Rabbit · 02-19-2013, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Femora

"What if".... You have move plants to the ceiling and train them to a lightsource undetneath the pot. Anyone tried it?
Would increase the lightefficiency when having bare bulbs.. Eh?

Plants do reach for the light. They also grow opposite the pull of gravity.

Give it a try and show us how it works out.

02-19-2013, 02:48 PM

well thats why i post it up.. i was asking to see whose done it. if its worked.. or a bad idea.. basicly.. i am going to do it outdoors this season.. trying to get a fat plant.. but not have people be able to see it from walkin by or anything of the sort.. but indoors.. its prety much the same thing as LST.. to get many tops.. its not a bad idea.. if u have plants that outgrow ur area.. iunno im just tossing an idea out there that i had when i was transplanting. i was thinking shit. i need as many tops as possible to get clones out of this plant.. so for mother plants it mite be a good idea to get many clones without the stress and work of LST.

02-19-2013, 02:51 PM

the entire cieling thing is wierd. but in all seriousness.. thats wat vertical is doing for u.. so u use 4 walls..

i wana go vert.. i just have a akward shaped room .. an i dont know what to do with it yet.

02-16-2013, 02:37 PM	#1
BasementGrower Guest Posts: n/a	Has Anyone Done This BEFORE? ok so i was thinking.. how can u grow a huge plant.. but then flower it out without worrying about the stretch.. then i thought of how these dudes do screens and such. then i was like what if ... u take a plant... thats about the length of your room in height.. then take the plant.. transplant it into a container side ways.. so that the stem is pointing out instead of up... then allow the plant to turn the leaves n such into the lights.. and doing this.. should .. allow all the branches down the plant to turn into colas? or tops . has anyone tried this? here is a crap pic i drew up real quick to just show u what i was talkin about dont judge the pic. just get the idea from it ?
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02-19-2013, 01:02 AM	#3
Femora Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Scandinavia Posts: 432	Cool! I would love to see those pictures! __________________ "I finally found out whats life is all about! To implement this in my life and society is the real problem" Da Vinci, Reborn :>
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02-19-2013, 02:24 AM	#5
habeeb follow your heart Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,088	your trying to hard top it then flower, put it in small containers, top it many times, hit flower before getting a nice size, tie it down ( LST ) , SOG , SCROG, take some clones and flower before rooting... second, who the hell would grow a plant that tall.. your pot would tip just by putting it in like that, if you can even get it to stay.... bad ideas, bad ideas.. take your pick
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02-19-2013, 03:40 AM	#6
touringfunkband Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 553	https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=187887 This is pretty much what Simon has been doing for a while. Although he's starts training them much younger. __________________ "What do they know about partying.."
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02-19-2013, 08:21 AM	#7
Femora Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Scandinavia Posts: 432	Just a lil brainstorm.. "What if".... You have move plants to the ceiling and train them to a lightsource undetneath the pot. Anyone tried it? Would increase the lightefficiency when having bare bulbs.. Eh? Posting from phone.. Sry for typos __________________ "I finally found out whats life is all about! To implement this in my life and society is the real problem" Da Vinci, Reborn :>
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02-16-2013, 10:37 PM	#2
EarthDirtMcGirt New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rockies Posts: 2	i actually just did this with my room! very ironic. its an old tomato gardening technique. my only issue was i didnt really continue to train them with a screen and keep them flat as i had planned.. so it all just grew back up. the cool thing about not having the screen was that each plant created a stadium like structure all on one side. its kind of a pain to move my canopy around since my pots have to be intertwined with the plants. and i did have a decent amount of stretching..which didnt help at all.. but i also used this strange technique with wooden dowel rods (and garden ties with some) in combination, these methods have shown a lot of promise. today is beginning of week 6 and i have a bunch of photos that i can show you. i just did a full defoliation as well. so i get full light penetration throughout the plant as well as the stadium style plant structure. nifty stuff! i love grow room experiments!
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02-19-2013, 02:15 AM	#4
gloryoskie Guest Posts: n/a	Here is a Zamaldelica I run in a box with only 24" height. Potted in a 16 oz. coco hempy cup, if it were left untrained the plant would easily out grow the box. I vegged the cutting a week or so and flipped. As the plant stretched I tied the main stem to the top edge of the plastic cup. I hang heavy steel washers to the far side of the 16 oz cup to counter the uneven weight. Periodically I added tie downs and trained. Plant matures around 110 days, no topping. I use this technique for all my stretchy gals. They love it!
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02-19-2013, 02:48 PM	#9
BasementGrower Guest Posts: n/a	well thats why i post it up.. i was asking to see whose done it. if its worked.. or a bad idea.. basicly.. i am going to do it outdoors this season.. trying to get a fat plant.. but not have people be able to see it from walkin by or anything of the sort.. but indoors.. its prety much the same thing as LST.. to get many tops.. its not a bad idea.. if u have plants that outgrow ur area.. iunno im just tossing an idea out there that i had when i was transplanting. i was thinking shit. i need as many tops as possible to get clones out of this plant.. so for mother plants it mite be a good idea to get many clones without the stress and work of LST.
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02-19-2013, 02:51 PM	#10
BasementGrower Guest Posts: n/a	the entire cieling thing is wierd. but in all seriousness.. thats wat vertical is doing for u.. so u use 4 walls.. i wana go vert.. i just have a akward shaped room .. an i dont know what to do with it yet.
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