Growing in a tree
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twistedentities
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wow dude! i grew in trees a while back and it is definitly one of the best but tedious ways to grow od....mad props to u! next time u do this...try one in a potatoe sack.....gr8 drainage and plenty of room for root growth...i think ulll b rather pleased...
trichomemonger
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you ever see those glass watering globes? they sell them at rite aide for 2 for $9.99. they are like a bong shaped thing that sticks in the ground with the globe up and it waters soil passively
GreenKine
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yea i've seen those, but how fragile are they?
trichomemonger
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i doubt their very tough, like pipe glass or cookware. ive always had my eye on them for out door grows or going out of town though.
TOKEMASTERFLEX
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my dad once talked about doin something like this before always wanted to try it out.....maybe just maybe ill climb my fat ass up a tree and see what i can do...LOL
john cutter
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This thread has inspired me. I'll be doing an experiment this spring.
https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/140456-john-cutters-first-time-outdoor.html
Will be a small part of my op this year but Im looking forward to it.
https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/140456-john-cutters-first-time-outdoor.html
Will be a small part of my op this year but Im looking forward to it.
ichiro51zr
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I have read this thread many times in the past, but yet, it ceases to amaze me. 
beginnerbloomer
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Good read,wat a champ.
PlasmaRadio
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Awesome, you type with an aussie accent.
Good on ya.
Good on ya.
plantsinpants
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I bet that weed must have felt special to smoke!! i , like everybody else have already taught about doing that but when it came down to strapping a bag full of soil to my back and climbing up a tree weeving through sharp branches, risking it all !! i backed down!! my aplause to you my friend!! i will do a couple like that this coming summer but not at 75ft maybe more like 25-30 lol
kid cannabis
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this is legendary... very impressive
flabbyone
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I remember reading about growing in trees I think it was in the mid 70's when all the books started coming out about growing. At that time, they also talked about boring a hole into the tree to let the tree bring water to the plants. You would plant your seed I think in a pot and let the roots grow down into the hole you bore, The tree will bring water and nutrients to your plant, although I don't remember exactly how it was done, I think it was in Ed Rosenthol's (SP) first book on growing. That is a guess, but that was the first book I read on the subject. A lot of wrong info in that first book though. Everyone was just learning in those days though. I know, it has been grown for thousands of years, but not like it is now. With the internet and sites like this, people have a whole new world of info out there. Never before has there been so many informed people helping and doing grows that in another era would have been cutting edge tech.
Great idea and other then the guy a few years ago that got popped with plants in trees, I don't think too many people would be looking up for plants. I think he got caught because someone saw him climb the tree all the time and called the cops after spotting the reason why he was climbing.
Good luck to all,
Flabs
Great idea and other then the guy a few years ago that got popped with plants in trees, I don't think too many people would be looking up for plants. I think he got caught because someone saw him climb the tree all the time and called the cops after spotting the reason why he was climbing.
Good luck to all,
Flabs
stinkbuttdog
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Well, you might get a laugh out of this then; I do a lot more posting on another grow site but I initially signed up over here expressly so I could read your thread.
Over on the other forum there were a lot of folks asking if anyone had read your thread over here. I liked it to them and that whole thread +repped the heck out of me for if. So yeah, it's not that you're doing anything out of the known, it just that your thread is so far the best documented on the net so far as growing in a tree is concerned. A lot of people want to do this.
Consider yourself a celebrity!
farmer2424
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I was thinking of do the same thing this summer and was wondering what size pots to use, and based on pot size how often watering would be necessary? looks like your using pretty small ones, how has the grow been going? u have yours hanging in the tree, i was thinking about a pulley system where i could lower the plants and maintain them without fear of the ground killing me haha. Maybe using a very strong monofiliment line or small steel cable, any advice oh lord of the cannopy?
specialkayme
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Great read. Great pics. Great Idea.
My 60 year old hippie buddy mentioned this idea to me a few years ago. I thought he was full of shit. But apparently not.
I thought about attempting this, but I do have a few concerns, perhaps some of you can chime in on how to combat this, or to overcome this:
1. Time involved. Climbing a tree takes a while, that's for sure, especially when you have a backpack full of water and other supplies.
2. Frequency of visits. By the looks of it, if you left the plants alone for more than a week they would die. So, I'm assuming you have to check up on them every three days? which adds to the time involved.
3. Security. While the threat of having your plants caught is reduced by putting them up in a tree, you spend ALOT of time climbing that tree. That decreases your security while you are visiting them, say about 45-hour every visit, two or three times a week. That's alot of time to be hanging out by a tree, in case someone walks by. Ground grows you can check up, water, and bolt. Say 10 min.
4. Deniability. If you checked up on your plants on the ground and a cop saw you, you could theoretically deny it, say it wasn't yours, or just run for it. But if you are 70 feet up and a cop sees you start to climb it, or a passer by notifies someone, how are you going to get out of that one? Can't exactly say you "accidentally" climbed a 70 foot tree with five gallons of water. And forget about running.
Improvements that I can think of:
1. Use five gallon buckets. That means larger plants, more water retention, less of a need for visits and watering.
2. Use water crystals and coco. Both have great water retention, so you again don't have to check up as often or water as often.
3. Possibility of Hempy grow. I don't know how this would work, but at least a thought.
4. Some type of pully system. So instead of climbing the whole tree, climb half of it, let the plants down, and water on the ground. Just a thought.
Other than those, I'm against the whole mister, pump, watering method. The purpose of having the plants in the trees is so you don't see them on the ground. Havning lines, ropes, pumps, buckets, ect on the ground defeats the purpose. If I walked through the woods and found a bucket with a pump in it and a line running up the tree .... the first thing I would do is look up the tree!
Just a few thoughts.
My 60 year old hippie buddy mentioned this idea to me a few years ago. I thought he was full of shit. But apparently not.
I thought about attempting this, but I do have a few concerns, perhaps some of you can chime in on how to combat this, or to overcome this:
1. Time involved. Climbing a tree takes a while, that's for sure, especially when you have a backpack full of water and other supplies.
2. Frequency of visits. By the looks of it, if you left the plants alone for more than a week they would die. So, I'm assuming you have to check up on them every three days? which adds to the time involved.
3. Security. While the threat of having your plants caught is reduced by putting them up in a tree, you spend ALOT of time climbing that tree. That decreases your security while you are visiting them, say about 45-hour every visit, two or three times a week. That's alot of time to be hanging out by a tree, in case someone walks by. Ground grows you can check up, water, and bolt. Say 10 min.
4. Deniability. If you checked up on your plants on the ground and a cop saw you, you could theoretically deny it, say it wasn't yours, or just run for it. But if you are 70 feet up and a cop sees you start to climb it, or a passer by notifies someone, how are you going to get out of that one? Can't exactly say you "accidentally" climbed a 70 foot tree with five gallons of water. And forget about running.
Improvements that I can think of:
1. Use five gallon buckets. That means larger plants, more water retention, less of a need for visits and watering.
2. Use water crystals and coco. Both have great water retention, so you again don't have to check up as often or water as often.
3. Possibility of Hempy grow. I don't know how this would work, but at least a thought.
4. Some type of pully system. So instead of climbing the whole tree, climb half of it, let the plants down, and water on the ground. Just a thought.
Other than those, I'm against the whole mister, pump, watering method. The purpose of having the plants in the trees is so you don't see them on the ground. Havning lines, ropes, pumps, buckets, ect on the ground defeats the purpose. If I walked through the woods and found a bucket with a pump in it and a line running up the tree .... the first thing I would do is look up the tree!
Just a few thoughts.