Fuzzbutter
Active Member
So this is a little tutorial I decided to make after seeing how well it worked on my plants. Essentially, when I started my plants, they stretched a lot because I didn't have proper lighting or anything to grow them properly. Now that I'm all set-up and able to focus on them more, I realized how stretched the stalks were:
It's not horrible, but when you're cramped for space as it is, the shorter the better. So let's begin!
Remove your plant:
Separate your plant from it's substrate:
-Note- Be VERY careful and gentle so as to cause the least amount of root trauma and damage.
Now your plant is freed from the substrate:
Put your plant back into it's substrate at the height you want the stalk to be:
for soil growers, this is your last step
Check where you need your roots to go (in my case, back into an Aerogarden):
CAREFULLY Return your plant, focus on not damaging the roots:
Ta-Da!:
Your plant(s) might be a little droopy for a couple of hours after doing this simply from the stress you put them though, however they will perk back up look lively again soon!
I know that this tutorial is shown with and Aerogarden, however the concept is the same for any other form of hydroponics and should also work in soil. Essentially by doing this you are forcing your plant to root up higher on what was previously the stem.
* I'm not claiming that this is guaranteed to work. Any damage that might occur to your plant from following these steps is not my fault and I take no liability*
It's not horrible, but when you're cramped for space as it is, the shorter the better. So let's begin!
Remove your plant:
Separate your plant from it's substrate:
-Note- Be VERY careful and gentle so as to cause the least amount of root trauma and damage.
Now your plant is freed from the substrate:
Put your plant back into it's substrate at the height you want the stalk to be:
for soil growers, this is your last step
Check where you need your roots to go (in my case, back into an Aerogarden):
CAREFULLY Return your plant, focus on not damaging the roots:
Ta-Da!:
Your plant(s) might be a little droopy for a couple of hours after doing this simply from the stress you put them though, however they will perk back up look lively again soon!
I know that this tutorial is shown with and Aerogarden, however the concept is the same for any other form of hydroponics and should also work in soil. Essentially by doing this you are forcing your plant to root up higher on what was previously the stem.
* I'm not claiming that this is guaranteed to work. Any damage that might occur to your plant from following these steps is not my fault and I take no liability*
The plants look great 
