Upside down grow

[Peaches]

Strain: Blosser
Lighting: natural
Grow Media/Soil Mix: cloned in water then transplanted into orchid soil
Fertilizer: na at this time
Temperature Range: 80 degrees right now
Humidity: 50 to 90
Started From: Clone
Start Date: 3-11-2009

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 Sallys gave me a couple nice size clones, now that they have taken root i have decided to try growing one upside down with this "Topsy Turve" kit, i may plant one in each end, not sure yet.



I have not named her yet.



 heres the kit





 I wonder how long before i have to hang this from a high tree limb  LOL

[osiris]

that is an awesome idea i would like to know how that works out for you [genius+]

[osiris]

how big is the container, will it hold the roots for a lorger plant

[Peaches]

how big is the container, will it hold the roots for a lorger plant

 It is 9 inches wide 15 inches long, lots of room for roots.

[Hero4Evz]

Seems like a great natural alternative for LST when used with salvia. I wonder though with the way salvia migrated towards light if she'll try in just pull a U-turn on you.

[Peaches]

She will be ouside so i don't think she will have to turn upwards to recieve enough light, but i do wonder how the leaves will turn,  but  time will tell us.


 If this works it would be cool to try growing her under a light to see if she would come out from under the pot and grow upwards twards the light

[Peaches]

She still has no name but is growing really great, as soon as the roots reach the bottom of the pot she will be planted into the topsy turvy, i figure  one more week she will be ready as her pot is very small

[mcweaver989]

WTG Peaches! [Genius +] Please keep updating this grow as I am interested in this too.   
I would wish you good luck, but I don't think you need it. 

[Somora]

I anticipate some interesting results from this one! Best of luck Peaches. If you manage to have any luck with this one, I might make an attempt of my own with one of the cuttings I'm getting. Sure would make harvesting from bigger plants a little easier!

[Peaches]

Well do to bad weather, this experiment was put on hold.

 I am planting a different clone that shown above as it grew to big to use so i  have used a smaller busher one .

 So let us see how she grows.



 I am going to plant some babies from this airplane plant in the top side , they are setting roots in the nursery right now


i think it will look nice weather sally grows up or down

 

[benderhune]

I have the feeling that regardless of how much light it recieves it will grow upward towards the sun.  Plants have a tendency to adjust themselves to the lightsource, for instance, a plant growing upwards naturally will bend over if the light source is only coming from the side.  Either way I'm still interested in seeing how well it grows.

[Sea Mac]

[Genius +]

[m0ng00se]

I wonder how it would look if you staked it upside down?

Maybe worth a comparison. Staked Upside-down grow vs. Unstaked Upside-down.

[Peaches]

I was just going to do an update once a week on this grow, but i thought it was a good idea to tell you all what is going on with this sally.

 First  thing I have named her twister, and here is why.

 When i went out this morning i saw that all but the middle branch has already curling upward, i thought to myself, wow that was fast.

 Then all day while i was working with the flowers and such, i noticed her stems and leaves were twisting and shifting in different directions all day long ,  looked as if  she had been in a wind storm.

 I am guessing this is because the light was changing direction and the pot is blocking the light and she is confused.  I felt kinda sorry for her

 I am courious how long she will do this, so tomorrow i am going to keep the camera handy and document  the changes threw the day.

 It is kinda intresting to see so much movement in a days time, seems like it would take away energy for growth, there was no transplant shock so i know that will not slow the growth down.


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 Thanks Sea Mac.
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m0ng00se,
 Not sure i want to stake her with all that is going on right now, but sounds like an intresting idea
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  early morning

[Nezahualcoyotl]

THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA!!! KEEP US UPDATED!