Root Development vs Plant Growth

skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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I also have background plants that are further from the light, they are in the same sized pots, but aren't as big. Quite a large difference in fact.
 
natmoon

natmoon

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Why don't you trim your fan leaves?
I always trim as i belive that the plant puts out to much as it is geared to lose so many over the course of its life in a natural environment.
In my cupboard it has no predators or weather to deal with and a constant supply of food and water,so imo anyway they don't need so many leaves.:blsmoke:
 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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The only reason you should ever trim fan leaves is if they aren't getting enough light or if you want to help lower down the plant get more light. Fan leaves are also called sun leaves by a lot of people they are there to catch the light. They also store and collect co2...
 
BIGMIKE13

BIGMIKE13

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daddychrisg said:
The never ending debate! To trim or not to trim...I think only females should be trimmed..
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shaved......:mrgreen:

skunk, looking good man. if i can only get these papaya clones to root faster
ill be growing in 2/3 gal. pots under a 600hps.

so im watching closely.....:joint:
 
natmoon

natmoon

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BIGMIKE13 said:
shaved......:mrgreen:

skunk, looking good man. if i can only get these papaya clones to root faster
ill be growing in 2/3 gal. pots under a 600hps.

so im watching closely.....:joint:
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The mycorihazea fungus is great for rooting clones fast,undisputed:blsmoke:
 
natmoon

natmoon

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As i have been growing from seed mostly i have never used the mycori myself,but i know of many others who have and they say it is great.
You can actually see the difference in the root if you use just a little to help germinate seeds.
Works on clones to,trust me this stuff does work for real and only costs 2.99 a packet.
I am going to buy some of this myself for the next grow:blsmoke:
Mycorrhizal fungi, rootgrow, rootgrowprofessional, plantworks
 
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newbutpersistent

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Okay, I began my experiment. Yesterday morning i fed 2 of my plants carbonated water. I'm testing it on one of the flowering plants and one of the veg plants. I'll see at the end of one week if there's any difference in growth.
 
silk

silk

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natmoon said:
As i have been growing from seed mostly i have never used the mycori myself,but i know of many others who have and they say it is great.
You can actually see the difference in the root if you use just a little to help germinate seeds.
Works on clones to,trust me this stuff does work for real and only costs 2.99 a packet.
I am going to buy some of this myself for the next grow:blsmoke:
Mycorrhizal fungi, rootgrow, rootgrowprofessional, plantworks
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I know it works, it's just the concept of the thread is that root development isn't that important and I might not agree with that and thanks for the link.:blsmoke:
 
natmoon

natmoon

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silk said:
I know it works, it's just the concept of the thread is that root development isn't that important and I might not agree with that and thanks for the link.:blsmoke:
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No the concept of the thread is not that roots are not important just that if you maintain a small efficient root system you can still wield good results and that a large root system may not be necessary to maintain healthy growth on a plant that is harvested in a relatively short amount of time.
The fungus helps your roots efficiency no matter how big the pot or the plant is.
You can grow a small fully budded plant in a pot the size of a coffee cup:blsmoke:
 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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It is also an investigation, of sorts, into root behaviour. It has been seen how they will immediately spread to the outside of the medium, almost as though setting up sentries to protect the core root. As though they mark out their turf.

Roots are important, where they lose their importance is in how much space we need to give them to grow a similar sized plant. Which is very important to us as indoor growers. Quite simply, even at this stage of my investigation, I've proved that we have been growing in too large containers. My containers are no bigger than 500ml (some are smaller), the plants are 3.5ft and 5.5 weeks into flower with bud development on a par with the same plant grown in a container 6 times the size. With less nutrients.

Which suggests to me that the very root network itself takes sustaining from nutrients. In fact the main hormone responsible for photosynthesis cytokinin is heavily situated in the roots. We know the roots take in oxygen to help pump the feed into the plant... but also the feed must be used to help sustain the root system itself, and to build the hormones needed to adequately photosynthesise the plant above.

Which also suggests that a larger root system is needed for a larger plant, although what those parameters exactly are, is more to the point in this investigation.
 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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I also believe that the roots desire to spread is more instinctual than actually necessary. Nature is a bitch, she likes to keep things running smoothly, ticking over nicely. So even plant life find themselves fighting over land.

Cannabis, when planted in the ground, can grow a very extensive root system in a very short time. Why? Why need to spread that far to find nutrients that should be in adequate supply to sustain it for just one year in a smaller space? What other plant life is capable of this? A tree?

We all know how adaptable cannabis is... maybe this is why it has no classification, as it can quite happily adapt to all of them.
 
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