Upside-down growing

Hernandez248 said:

Geotropism and Phototropism don't work against each other, they are separate. If you put an entire plant upside down geo tropism will make the bud grow up and the roots try to grow down which fucks a lot of stuff with bud plants. With my thing the plants would be growing more horizontally with the buds hanging down towards the light.

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you're right, photo and gravi-tropism dont usually fight each other. but your system seems like it would pit them against each other.

I'm not saying it wont work, I hope it does and I look forward to watching your grow progress....but I have a feeling you'll be stressing the girls a bit too much.

well have you ever LST'ed a weed plant?

it automatically grows upwards evern if you point it down... it knows which way is up

That's because the light is always above it. I've never done it this way, so I'm not sure how it will react.

if you read fdd's journal on the topsy turvy hes got a pic that shows that the roots dont care (about growing upwards) to answer that question

i have seen a setup like that for tomatoes on tv works great

Hernandez248 said:

Here's a quick little diagram in paint of what I mean.

The rectangles on the outside are my hydro buckets, the spray paint represents the plants and buds growing over a half-circle screen. The circle in the middle surrounded by the triangle is my bulb with a modified reflector. I didn't feel like drawing in the fans, but they will be there.

Foliar feeding would be done on the top , with the leaves pointing down the stomas are wide open for feeding and since they aren't being hit by any light.

Geotropism and Phototropism don't work against each other, they are separate. If you put an entire plant upside down geo tropism will make the bud grow up and the roots try to grow down which fucks a lot of stuff with bud plants. With my thing the plants would be growing more horizontally with the buds hanging down towards the light.

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what about having a light both underneath that, and a couple above them?
that way the entire plant gets light, not just the underside.

Hernandez248 said:

That's because the light is always above it. I've never done it this way, so I'm not sure how it will react.

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I'm doing my first vertical grow, and as long as they have enough light, they still grow straight up rather than towards the bulbs.

Wont work, they will turn upward...

the only way is to have them spinning in a cylinder like the bonsai that is pictured above...

i think it will definitely work. in essence all he's doing is an inverted scrog. and like he said its more horizantal rather than completely upside down. i honeslty believe if you train these plants correctly,(extreme training, mind you) you can skew all the haters.

i just wanna see the evidence instead of all the negativity

This thread answered a question I posted elsewhere...

'I have heard stories about an INVERTED aeroponics system, where the root-ball is elevated and the plants grow downwards towards the floor. I have heard this lets the plant grow with gravity, not against it. Is there any truth in this? I have seen hanging soil planters like that for tomato vines. It sounds challenging with aero or hydroponic, like it would drip all over the place. Would the light source be pointing upwards? Anyone heard of this method?'

I have a friend who knows someone who claims to have seen it work. But that's a couple degrees seperate from eyewitness...
What happens to plants in zero gravity? does geotropism disappear?

Also Marijuana is not exactly a hanging vine, like a tomato plant. But, those Topsy-Turvy planters are only $10 it may be worth an attempt. I figured it was a way to keep animals off your tomatoes.

looks interesting but why stop there. put lights on top as well and just bud out both sides of the screen......would be kind of sick to have an arch made out of weed......

growth was much slower then the 2 plants of the same strain that were grown in regular pots. i'm thinking maybe veg them then flip them upside-down just as they go into flowering.

thats becasue you light source was the sun facing the opposite way if you had a light on the ground facing up the plant wouldnt get stressed

dazed76 said:

thats becasue you light source was the sun facing the opposite way if you had a light on the ground facing up the plant wouldnt get stressed

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that's why the sun shone on them all day long.

you do know that the leaves and branches move towards the light source? don't you?

yes but if the light source was down and not up all the energy bending towards the light would have made them shhot towards the light source on the ground and the stems would b longer and thicker as they grow towards the light instead of a 180 then shoting towards the sun wasting energy, also absorbtion rates are supposed to b higher.

the sun is doing all ur work there indoors is much more complicated btw outdoor weed can b good but not nearly as super kron in perfect environments.

dazed76 said:

the sun is doing all ur work there indoors is much more complicated btw outdoor weed can b good but not nearly as super kron in perfect environments.

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in your opinion.


stop stalking me please, thanks.

lol looks like you got a special friend

fdd2blk said:

in your opinion.


stop stalking me please, thanks.

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just returning the favor