Growing cannabis sideways

[savagepossum]

:S2: no really i'm serious

i was thinking how this would solve alot of my problems such as height restrictions and such. here is my crappy diagram

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i was thinking i could handle supporting the plants to stay upright easily enough with some sort of support structure.
i'd also have to think of how to keep the soil from falling out of the pot (should be easily done)

As for watering i could cut a hole on the plant pots side and water through there with drainage holes on the opposite side

all comments,ideas, ect welcome and i hope to here some feedback

[Chronic Chrissy]

Closet Cannabis Growing Guide (http://cannabisguide.com/closet_culture/Contents.htm)
I think I saw something like that in here.

[savagepossum]

hey thats a really cool link thanks for that

[savagepossum]

i actually had a better idea now thanks to that link were you can still grow it sideways with the plant pot upright using a method similar to lst

[Lozt]

Yeah that is actually a growing method for other plants I was in school for hort engineering. and that is a growing method call Topisim I was stoned allot so its a little fuzzy but The advantages are The plant is constantly fighting gravity so in turn it grows stronger. They actuall dont do it side ways but rather up side down..

Try it out U might be impressed

[canuck grower]

I was going to suggest planting the germed seeds in a hole in the side of an upright pot, but yeah training will probably work just as well. Good luck on your sideways grow! :jointsmile:

[JackdaWack]

yeah u could just train it to grow sideways, alot easier imo.

[savagepossum]

any other suggestions would be really helpful too if anyone knows

[stinkyattic]

and that is a growing method call Topisim I was stoned allot so its a little fuzzy

Tropism is a tendency of a plant to grow towards something... plants display PHOTOtropism... growing towards light
GEOtropism... growing relative to gravity (how seedlings find their way out of the dirt)

Cannabis will always grow towards the light no matter which way you orient its stem. And THAT is just simple training. If you want it to truly grow sideways, you're going to have to give only side light from one direction.

[masterjointsmith]

yo ive done that before growin sideways plants under my ex girlfriends house in the crawlspace
i dont know how or where ya growin ya didnt really give me a good description of the environment but long story short run a line cloths line or parachute cord work well about 6inches off the top of the pot or tub or what ever ya growin in place the pot on one side of the grow are and the light on the other then train your plant to the line that going to the light ill hook a picture up in not good at describing shit

[masterjointsmith]

thats kinda how we did it

the top frame is the side view and the bottom frame is the top view

the orange things are homer buckets
the purple shit is parchute cord
the blue is hooks to hang the light and
the yellow thing is the light fixture

i know its way crude but fuck it ive got a touch pad (laptop) and pbrush its all ya getting

ya just train the plant to the para chute cord hella easy we grew a couple of monsters under her house (3foot crawl space) but we didnt know shit about light penatration and what not then so our yield was kinda disapointing but not that disapointing they were all between 5and 7 feet long took for ever too fucking light issues if only i knew then what i know now i would have put a pair of 600 watters down there

[latewood]

thats kinda how we did it

the top frame is the side view and the bottom frame is the top view

the orange things are homer buckets
the purple shit is parchute cord
the blue is hooks to hang the light and
the yellow thing is the light fixture

i know its way crude but fuck it ive got a touch pad (laptop) and pbrush its all ya getting

ya just train the plant to the para chute cord hella easy we grew a couple of monsters under her house (3foot crawl space) but we didnt know shit about light penatration and what not then so our yield was kinda disapointing but not that disapointing they were all between 5and 7 feet long took for ever too fucking light issues if only i knew then what i know now i would have put a pair of 600 watters down there

this is the same as LST...not adavnced techniques here...moving to indoor growing. as this could be indoor/closet technique

[harris7]

I'm thinking about growing a plant upside-down. the buds would hang from the stems not be held up. I believe this is used in aroponic growing

I’d be easy to spray the undersides of the leaves when foliar feeding

When I have the space

[rev]

I want to grow tomatoes upside down, its a relatively common practice and no need for a cage!

[JackdaWack]

which way do the roots grow?

[canuck grower]

Don't they always grow in the direction of unused soil? I'd be surprised if gravity played a role in their direction of growth. When they hit the bottom of the pot they go right up the sides.

[whisky]

i think gravity does play a role. when you plant a seed the root grows downward and pushed the stem upward so they must be using gravity to know which way is "outside" so it can make the stem go outside.
no offense but i think its stupid and too much trouble growing sideways you will only have light pointing from the side no light gets into the lower canopy and also even if the plant is sideways the roots will grow downward so the best thing to do is plant normal but train it to be sideways

but still if you make it normal you add light in the sides and make ur plant go wild and big.. this wouldnt make plants big and im sure you will give up after 2 weeks seing that the plant doesnt grow like you though it would

[canuck grower]

Perhaps in the beginning gravity does play a role, but I have seen plants grow upside down so who knows. Well maybe someone does.

[greentard]

I do not have alot of Experience with Cannibus, but I have alot of gardening experience. Geotropisms (Hormone that reads Gravity) only seem to effect the plant at Germination, Once the Plant breaks through the ground Phototropisms (Hormone that reads Light) take effect. The Roots tend to use Hydrotropisms (Hormones that read Water) to figure out where they want to go. I have grown many different plants in many different directions to test the theorys, including one plant I grow upside down. The only time you can not get the plant to grow upside down is at Germination. Leaves and stems will chase light, Roots will chase water. This may not apply to all Vascular photosynthesis species.

[tha_green_ghost]

yeah, i think you might have to start the plant normally... then make the decision to sideways grow once the root is mature enough .