Pretty smart or pretty dumb?

[NuttyProfessor]

i started to bend at the start and the shoots turned up them selves on each nod , i remember a member here saying " it was like a road of stars" when i took an over head shot in flower , its annoying me i cant find it

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Nice idea I like it... I like it a lot... it's hard to think when you're in a box.

Wouldn't work for me though... I like to place my plants as high in the pot as possible, above the top of the pot is fine by me the higher in the pot the better... my plants would just fall out.

There are no restrictions for the plant to grow upwards but the roots are restricted by the size of the pot... my pots are for roots.... the whole pot top to bottom. Fill to the rim please and place the plant as high as possible. This has worked it`s way into a major pet peeve of mine since I started visiting this site.

 

[013]

I hear you, I leave space initially up top because I am continually top dressing something ewc, mosquito bits or DE maybe perlite and I build a ring around the trunk and drip line, but yes I’ve got more than 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound sack.

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Why do something that's obviously making a mess when you don't have to?

For shits and giggles, obviously!

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Another problem is now that I’ve stood the pots upright, there is a layer of separation between the pot and the soil — like a gap created from compression. The water flows straight into the gap and out of the pot. I will need to fill it in with soil, press it in there somehow.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

found one after 2 days looking lol, there was a second longer one , on its side too but cant find

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Now that I have trained the plants the old-fashioned way by tying them down, I have found one advantage to my little experiment: The main stem is way more pliable. It just bends over without acting like it’s about to snap.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

you will enjoy doing it on its side be a bit nutty like my self

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

you will enjoy doing it on its side be a bit nutty like my self

So your stem stays bent over? How long do you need to grow it on its side before it’s “stuck” that way?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

you have to use a weight to keep it tied down , my one was outside , think i use a brick just wrapped cord around it , , you can grow as long as you want before flower , i started to bend it to the side early in veg, it will keep trying to come up, you just keep it down , , was 7 years ago so not 100 percent

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

you have to use a weight to keep it tied down , my one was outside , think i use a brick just wrapped cord around it , , you can grow as long as you want before flower , i started to bend it to the side early in veg, it will keep trying to come up, you just keep it down , , was 7 years ago so not 100 percent

Ok, got it. It’d be cool if the stem eventually gets so wooden that it won’t straighten up — however, that would probably take a while. The bases of the stems on my outdoor plants are basically wood right now, but they’re also like 2-3 inches thick and the plants are nearly 6 months old.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

i started my one at a couple of weeks old , it will be flexible enough to keep bent its the top that keeps pushing upwards so you tie again