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So after I grew a plant with barely any roots (shitty brown slimy ones, not white) that gave me 6 oz in a square foot of space, I wondered...
How important are lots of white roots in hydro?
The theory: because plant roots dont need to support a plant, or search for water and food in a hydro setting... they dont need a lot of roots.
To see if more roots really does equate to more fruits in a hydro setting, or if this is a myth... I am conducting an experiment.
I am going to continuously chop the roots off one plant in my system and compare it to the one next to it (they are virtually identical in size/nodes), and see how they compare in yield and overall vigor. Here are the first pics:
The middle 2 in teh first photo upper left are the plants that will be used. Plant on the left keeps its roots, plant on the right loses its roots every week.
Top right and bottom left shows the roots from plant 2 being removed.
Bottom right shows the roots still on plant 1.
How important are lots of white roots in hydro?
The theory: because plant roots dont need to support a plant, or search for water and food in a hydro setting... they dont need a lot of roots.
To see if more roots really does equate to more fruits in a hydro setting, or if this is a myth... I am conducting an experiment.
I am going to continuously chop the roots off one plant in my system and compare it to the one next to it (they are virtually identical in size/nodes), and see how they compare in yield and overall vigor. Here are the first pics:
The middle 2 in teh first photo upper left are the plants that will be used. Plant on the left keeps its roots, plant on the right loses its roots every week.
Top right and bottom left shows the roots from plant 2 being removed.
Bottom right shows the roots still on plant 1.