Plants too big , they falling

[shredder69]

Hi, im growing in hydro and my plants are in 3'' pots. It's not enough large to keep the plant in place... and i cant put a tutor.... Any of you guyz some trick to tie them up??? Quick help is greatly appriciated because its my main problem at the momment.

 

[BBYY]

bamboo sticks or a cage to tie em up?

 

[shredder69]

Well its kinda more complicated than this.. First i cant tie them to sothing up because its a small room and the reflector covers the top... And i cant put a bamboo stick or tutor ... since its in a hydroponic system... and its actually the whole 3inch net pot that is moving....

The only thing i taught of was to screw some hooks on the wall and tie the plant to those sideways hook but when i want to check the plant move them or anything ... it becomes a pain in the ass..

That's why i'm looking for some cool ideas.

 

[CHUCKTYLAH]

Run a stringline below your reflectors then tie strings from the stringline to the affected branches you could look up how indeterminate hydroponic tomatoes are tied up to see a good example.

 

[pazuzu420]

Props to ChuCktylah for the reference, it is nice not only to know a technique but where to also find out more about it +rep
So would the Florida Weave in this reference be what you were refering to? I was thinking of just using the sides of the cabinet with holes or eyebolts.
I've also concidered bamboo frame as in a later example they show a boxed tresslis, which could be made in a grow space just lay out a 'cube' and go from there with the pieces inbetween.
I think the point of tying them up is to have more control on how and where they grow so you shouldn't have to move the plants until you are ready to take everything out, or atleast thats how I understand staking,tying,SCROG, ect....

I was just thinking you could also drill some small holes in the top of your hydro-container and tie down to there as I have many a time drilled a small hole in the lip of a planter to tie down to.

 

[shredder69]

I was looking for that kind of answers. Thanks a lot guyz... To all of you asking what i did ? I did some small holes next to the plant and i used a metal wire to attach them... its working well.. I chose that because its a quick fix. But we will see during the next days because my plants are used to move a lot to stay balanced . Currently they kinda angled but when they wake up tomorrow they probably gonna go straight again...

As for the tomato style fix.. I looked and its very interesting... i might have to do that later if the current fix i did doesnt work...

To avoid that kind of fix for next grow, i will look for something like a cage surrending the plant so it grows on it and stay stabilized....

 

[CHUCKTYLAH]

Yeh I have several String lines across the top of my grow space going all different ways. I use them to tie up plants to hang supplimental lighting and hang jugs of yeast/sugar for CO2. As for the bamboo cage. I make all kinds of things from pvc. Both my veg and flower chamber are made from 3/4 pvc pipe. You can also make stands for your plants that you can take apart and put back together to make them different dimensions. Just don't bother gluing any of the PVC then you can make modifications later. I made little stands out of pvc that I can use for different aged plants in my flower room if the plant needs to be closer or further from the light I just take it's stand apart and make it fit the way I want. The stands aren't usefull for my bubbleponics cause the resevior is too heavy but for my hempy buckets they are the bees knees.

 

[shredder69]

yeah well my room is made of wood so i think i would prefer using nails and hooks instead of building an infrastructure with pvc...

Finally , after using the small hole in the tank technique i saw that my plants were 2 angled since they adjusted... so to help them a bit... i used the wire technique, i attached a wire from the screw (where the reflector is fixed) to the main colas to help them get back to a states (if they ever does ;p)... so i basicly used both of your techniques thats why i say thanks again....

At firsti wanted to grow some weed... now i dont even care about the weed all i want is just grow ... for my next grow i will grow vedgetables and try to make some big fruits .... growing is so funn thanks riu for sharing your passion ...

I will show the results of the use of those techniques:

 

[DrFever]

or get a closet pole them ones that stretch to any size and place i under light

 

[shredder69]

or get a closet pole them ones that stretch to any size and place i under light

I cant put a pole since the closet is home made and the height is restricted... If i put a pole... i would put it under the light... wich is pointless...

I think the best thing would be to incorporate this kind of skeleton to my hydrotank