Growing Inside a Glass Cylinder, Possible? Useful?

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shakeshake

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Has anyone ever tried to grow a plant inside a glass cylinder to constrain the vegetative growth? Could this be useful for a SOG? In case its not clear I mean a cylinder open on each end.

Sorry for my craptacular illustration

 
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d3adr0ck

d3adr0ck

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my guess would be the high output light needed to grow a plant that hits the cylinder would be so intense that it would be like holding a magnifying glass to your plant under the sun. so i'd say.. no.
 
exmortis

exmortis

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nice pic lol, and in any case, that could be the point, to conserve energy and money...

Although since I have not tried this nor do I know specifically the exact science behind it.

Find some tubes and I will try it ;-)
 
exmortis

exmortis

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I'll try this with my half of my new plants, we'll see what happens.

Poor so I will be growing with CFL's
 
assrabbi

assrabbi

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heard of a pane of glass instead of screen for Scrog. but with what your talking about the plant would be stunted because it needs circulated air, o2 would build up around it and the plant needs a lot c02, a glass or chicken wire cylinder around the plant would work and has been done, another form of Scrog, and in SOG the plants pretty much stay small and straight so why would you need to train them?
 
exmortis

exmortis

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I guess he just wants to know what would happen, and as far as air is concerned I can run a fan down on them. I know not the best method, but stems aren't what I am after, I am after buds.

I said, if no one else has heard of or rather found anything about this, I will germ some seeds, and start a grow in this way, for the sake of finding out what would happen, and for the sake of interest.
 
exmortis

exmortis

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oh and as far as the o2 is concerned, I am not super concerned about the plants building up tons of o2 with the top open.
 
assrabbi

assrabbi

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it would be better to use chicken wire so it could breath better get lateral ventilation, but it will work, I know your after buds dude arent we all? but if your stems are weak and flimsy, your plant won't be producing buds at all just peices of popcorn. fan stimulation is VITAL, to thicken stems, thick stems=thick buds.
 
exmortis

exmortis

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agreed, but the method in question is to use enclosed cylinders.

I don't mind theorizing, but at some point if I am interested I must test.

Believe me, I do agree, and have grown with chicken wire before, it worked well, I am just interested to see how this would effect light and humidity... and of course our favorite little buds.
 
oldgrayhair

oldgrayhair

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I would think you could support the cylinder bottoms with something (cork, rubber, wood) to have a nice 2-4" gap on the bottom for air circulation.

Apologies if it was mentioned, just di a quick skim....love the idea as the side branch BS always gets in the way!

Peace - OGH
 
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