upside down growing

ive been seeing these ads for a upside down tomato grow box...the roots are on the top..and the plant hang directly downward...they claim that plants grow quicker and meater cuz the nutes flow ezer to the plant and promotes branchin..not sure how maby cuz the plant has to fight and grow out and baq up to get sun?...not sure wud b quite intresting if any 1 has tryed this...i may giv it ago gona do sum more research

someone posted a pic of this a few months ago but no one has tried it yet. please do it. let us know.

Was That In A Lee Valley Magazine?

Im Gonna Buy 1 And Try It

I do not understand what the advantage would be.

midgradeindasouth said:

I do not understand what the advantage would be.

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well for 1, it just looks cool.

It Would Be Like Natural Lst No?

good luck watering the plant as water will go with gravity right out the pot or container

It doesn't seem to me that it would do any good for cannibis because the plants will try to grow up, but it works fine for tomatoes where you have something to hold the plants down.

FilthyFletch said:

good luck watering the plant as water will go with gravity right out the pot or container

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doesn't it always? just wondering.

frog3850 said:

It doesn't seem to me that it would do any good for cannibis because the plants will try to grow up, but it works fine for tomatoes where you have something to hold the plants down.

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Your statement defies my logic. If you have the light on the ground facing the ceiling and a pot upside down then the plant will grow toward the light..

As for watering, I don't see this being as big of a problem as keeping your soil in the pot while keeping drainage holes. And I don't see hydro being an option for upside-down growing.

But this is an interesting subject..

Wow, they grow upside down even outside.. now I'm mind fucked, but I guess gravity doesn't have it's pull on things.

This would be crazy. how exactly is the water to be held in an upside down container.. how is root growth stimulated in this way? So many questions! someone has to try this//

Do you have to water it while standing on your head?

no shanti i dont think u hav to but thad b fun tho...well yes gravity pulls the water down..no sh*t...i seen a pic of a ghetto 1 all it was was a planter with a hole the bottom of it jus big enuf for the stem to come threw....im goin to try this as soon as the seeds germ..got a bunch of diferent exp....dont hav enuf seeds to work with...any 1 want to donate to the needy grow fund???... ..all donations will b happily excepted

yeah couldn't you just make a 1 inch hole in the bottom of any pot, stuff a piece of rockwool in there with a seedling in there, and then fill the bucket with soil? wouldn't that do just about the same thing?

But then the roots would switch directions according to the rules of un-defiable gravity and grow down and out of the pot towards the plant. It all depends on what type of plant being used, if the plant is phototropic it will grow down towards the light beneath it, but if the plant is gravitropic, the plant will turn and grow upwards regardless of light position, and the roots will still grow down and out of the pot.

iv always thought that roots travel the opposite of light.
iuno thought, just what i've thought.

I've been reading on this, and may just try it as an experiment with one of my tomato plants first. This lady made her own out of a plastic bag.
Very simple and basic, but it seems to work.
You could even use a 2L plastic soda bottle.

Another benefit is that the plant can be placed out of reach from animals.
Peace

videoman40 said:

I've been reading on this, and may just try it as an experiment with one of my tomato plants first. This lady made her own out of a plastic bag.
Very simple and basic, but it seems to work.
You could even use a 2L plastic soda bottle.

Another benefit is that the plant can be placed out of reach from animals.
Peace

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my grow is critter free, not even my pet rabbit is allowed in there and this can go everywhere else so this wouldn't be a reason to hang my plants

any further advantages noticed with this so far video?