Mega-Plants

[GanjaGuru]

Lat year a friend told me about a new "style" of growing he heard about that produces plants 12' and 12' wide with yields of up to 10 lbs of bud per plant.
It involves digging a hole 3' deep by 12' across, refilling the entire thing with quality potting soil, then adding more soil until there is a mound a few feet or so higher in the center than the surrounding ground level.
Then approx 05/01 you put in a plant that is already 3'--4' tall.
Oh yeah, you put air stones/air pump at the bottom of the hole directly under the plant.
And this is supposed to produce a super plant.
At first I disregarded this story as a "pipe dream".
I've ripped up many a plant during/after harvest, and the roots didn't extend more than a few feet in any direction and no more than 3' deep.
But in the last few months I've heard the same story from 2 other sources. All 3 claim they've seen these plantzilla's. But every time I ask why THEY don't do it themselves, if they've seen such amazing results, they come up with excuses like "I don't want plants that big".
I can see that. Plants like that would be VERY visible.
Has anyone heard that story and/or seen actual pix?

P.S. In a space as big as what you're supposed to use (12' across) I could grow 4 plants, using 4 holes the same depth and 5' across, with air stones, and planting a 3'--4' pot plant there in 05/01 and grow plants that would be approx. 7' tall and 6' across that would yield 2 pounds of bud each.
Because they wouldn't stick out so damn much I think that would be preferable to a gigantic plant.

[Cranky]

you put air stones/air pump at the bottom of the hole directly under the plant.
And this is supposed to produce a super plant.

whats this ment to do bro?can understand if it was a 12ft bubbler:D but why the use of airstones in the ground??

cranky

[Cranky]

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=730&stc=1&d=1134440480

ok,what next:rolleyes:

cranky

[GanjaGuru]

Re: Pic--Damn, fast worker!
using an air stone/air pump is something some indoor growers started doing a year or 2 back.
The purpose is the same as a bubbler in a hydro system--to provide oxygen to the roots.
Indoor soil growers started using it and I plan to do a few outside this upcoming outdoor grow.
But instead of a "stone" I'll use a ring, like the kind you see in aquariums.
I think supplying extra O2 to the roots might benefit the plant as much as augmenting w/CO2.
I know the amt. of O2 getting to the roots influences growth. Running a hydro system I experienced an increased rate of growth when I upped the air pumps/bubblers in my res.
The people who I've seen post about using an air pump in an indoor soil grow say they experienced explosive growth, like going from poor ventilated to a CO2-enriched growspace. Just set the ring not quite all the way on the bottom of the container (so as not to pump the air out the drainage holes) hooked up to the tubing to the air pump, add soil & a plant--voila!

It wouldn't take a large investment inside to test. Air pump $6.00, air ring & tube $3.00 or so.

[CB]

Last year a friend told me about a new "style" of growing he heard about that produces plants 12' and 12' wide with yields of up to 10 lbs of bud per plant.


thats a lot of hear say bro

from what i gather you say the rootball width and plant width would be the same size ?

you should test this out and let us now if it works

1 mega-plant a year would do me just fine2thumbs

yo cranky are you drill'n a hole for the air stone or somit? I allso seem to remember the hole is only supposed to be 3 feet deep:eek:

[Cranky]

yo cranky are you drill'n a hole for the air stone or somit? I allso seem to remember the hole is only supposed to be 3 feet deep

that is only 3ft deep bro...them are polish midjets.there great at digging holes and shit.you can pick them up at any UK building site these days.i just give um a can of fosters and a packet of pork scratchings and they seem happy with that.2thumbs

right,in goes some of the almix and spread about abit;)

all mix top up (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=738&stc=1&d=1134461792)
spread about almix (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=739&stc=1&d=1134461792)

now time to put in the clone ive had going indoors for a fair bit of time.
clone transplant (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=740&stc=1&d=1134461792)

then i watered thoughrly:)
good first watering (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=741&stc=1&d=1134461792)

and here she is 1 week after but she seems to be having a prob so i im gonna put in an extra line and airstone and then see how shes doing after another week or two2thumbs

after 1 week (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=742&stc=1&d=1134461792)

:D :D cranky:D :D

[Dibbz]

I use some airline to go all way round my pots on my tray just to get air into my roots works gr8 just use a t jct to connect it to air pump and waheyits a way use some copper pipe for weight!

[GanjaGuru]

Great work on those pics cranky.

[AzGrowa]

hey!! party @ Cranky's inna 'bout three months!!

[Cranky]

no worries2thumbs

cranky

[Mr Burns]

That 4th pic is what Africans call the upside down tree. Same family as those on the Pink Floyd album cover. Whatever it's called.
:shrug:

[CB]

That 4th pic is what Africans call the upside down tree. Same family as those on the Pink Floyd album cover. Whatever it's called.
:shrug:

joshua tree:D

think thats how ya spell it

it grow in the cali deserts and looks like it's upsife down

[GanjaGuru]

)Pic 4)
That's no Joshua tree.
I've lived in SoCal most of my life; spent lots of time in the desert, never saw one of those tree's anywhere.

[wolfshadow]

Hello stoners:)

I have seen some big plants in my time.But I have NEVER anybody grow them any bigger than Tom hill :D... I wished I was able to get to them pictures I had of his.. Lost @ OG. But these things was simply the BIGGEST plants this ol boy ever seen!! Buetiful they were.
Peace!!
<,ws>>

[elzz]

if you plant a 4 foot tall plant outside in the spring, it will no doubt be 12 feet tall by the fall. With a little pruning and training it will be just as wide. I'd say a 2 foot x 2 foot hole filled with good mix would do just fine.

[tHEaNIMICnEEDLE]

joshua trees are indeed in the desert

ganja guru is right

props to the So Cali HGBers

[Fing_57]

Re: I've ripped up many a plant during/after harvest, and the roots didn't extend more than a few feet in any direction and no more than 3' deep.


you need to water wider/deeper/slower when watering and she'll grow'm

9' tall plant you should water a 10' radius around her
4'+ of growth a month doing so in unpreped soil/hole

I watered to the 1gl pots for them 5' - 6' plants
just remember to move your line as they grow