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Looking real nice Danks for sharingGood afternoon my fellow enthusiasts ! ! ! So - here's the deal.....I'll keep it short and sweet. So I was on a flight and sat next to this cool cat that was a big time arborist or arborer - can't remember the exact term (he used a lot of big terms-you'll see what I mean momentarily)....Anyway - he went to describe in detail as to how the gov't of Brazil is "rebuilding" the rainforest and how it starts with the baby tree (cant remember that term). He explained that the technique of gaining a larger root mass IN CONJUNCTION with 'kinetic stress techniques' (an example would be a fan blowing on plants with young stalks to cause tiny cracks and cuts) is best used on plants and trees with soft enough skin to result in the aforementioned cracks.
So here's what he explained. ...if you take a small seedling and purposely cause it to stretch (light source beyond the optimum distance) WHILE running a small fan - the now elongated meristem that has now developed tiny stress cracks all along it - are new ROOTING sites.
So if you then take that stretched elongated seedling and replant it to just under the coty's - that buried stem (with the cracks) will now start sprouting roots developing a huge root mass from its infancy.
Any other farmer heard of or has done something similar ? And yes - I have employed the above technique with these babies....View attachment 468830
Does this happen throughout plant life for instance this last summer the bottom of my trunks all split, so if I would have added more soil up past the splits roots would grow? I'll go look for the pic...Good afternoon my fellow enthusiasts ! ! ! So - here's the deal.....I'll keep it short and sweet. So I was on a flight and sat next to this cool cat that was a big time arborist or arborer - can't remember the exact term (he used a lot of big terms-you'll see what I mean momentarily)....Anyway - he went to describe in detail as to how the gov't of Brazil is "rebuilding" the rainforest and how it starts with the baby tree (cant remember that term). He explained that the technique of gaining a larger root mass IN CONJUNCTION with 'kinetic stress techniques' (an example would be a fan blowing on plants with young stalks to cause tiny cracks and cuts) is best used on plants and trees with soft enough skin to result in the aforementioned cracks.
So here's what he explained. ...if you take a small seedling and purposely cause it to stretch (light source beyond the optimum distance) WHILE running a small fan - the now elongated meristem that has now developed tiny stress cracks all along it - are new ROOTING sites.
So if you then take that stretched elongated seedling and replant it to just under the coty's - that buried stem (with the cracks) will now start sprouting roots developing a huge root mass from its infancy.
Any other farmer heard of or has done something similar ? And yes - I have employed the above technique with these babies....View attachment 468830
I should point out that my goal is to grow trees which explains why im starting these before the New Year and Im in Colorado..... (these plants will primarily be outdoor when the weather is conducive to them being there full time). And thanks Little Dabbie ! !
Thats a good question C420. I've not had that happen before and Im thinking if the splitting happened towards the end of the plants life its beyond growing "new" roots - just extendi g whats there already. This process of growing a larger root mass takes place earlier in the plants life (or in his case - tree)......View attachment 468904
Does this happen throughout plant life for instance this last summer the bottom of my trunks all split, so if I would have added more soil up past the splits roots would grow? I'll go look for the pic...
Here it is
scar it....yes!View attachment 468904
Does this happen throughout plant life for instance this last summer the bottom of my trunks all split, so if I would have added more soil up past the splits roots would grow? I'll go look for the pic...
Here it is
This pic looks like transition stage so it potentially had 2-3 months to go depending ofcourse on the situationThats a good question C420. I've not had that happen before and Im thinking if the splitting happened towards the end of the plants life its beyond growing "new" roots - just extendi g whats there already. This process of growing a larger root mass takes place earlier in the plants life (or in his case - tree)......
its awesome to see others like Shroom KING and The Coolest Man using this technique already......if those cats are doing it Im cosigning on that ! ! !
On another note - the term he used for "kinetic stress tech" was sometjing altogether different - thats the best term I could use to describe the various methods he mentioned they use in the "field" to cause these fractures along treeling trunks....I asked if they apply any rooting hormone to the cuts (something Ive learned about while utilizing the ground layering technique) and he looked me funny. He was a professor at some Agricultural college in Kansas or Nebraska I believe ?
This pic looks like transition stage so it potentially had 2-3 months to go depending ofcourse on the situation
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