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"Clumping" growing technique?

Anyone seen Neils latest video and can shed some light on this "Clumping" growing technique of his? I wouldn't mind a plant with 140 pods in what looks like a 5 gallon pot ...
 
maby im wrong, but that looks like a lot more than 5 gallons. still curious to hear what the clumping technique is tho.

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according to this bonsai website, its a cluster of plants that share the same root space? sounds simple tho im sure it isn't.
http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATdevelopingclumpformbonsai.htm
 
I may be wrong but I think he is referring to Sandgropers germination technique of clumping?

And what would that technique be? Seems unlikely he's talking about any kind of germination technique though, how you germinate a seed shouldn't really affect the productivity later in life I would think
 
well germination has nothing to do with production I agree, But it is not uncommon for a Bhut to be that productive!
 
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according to this bonsai website, its a cluster of plants that share the same root space? sounds simple tho im sure it isn't.
http://www.bonsai4me...pformbonsai.htm

Hmm, if so he's a bit misleading in the video because he keeps referring to it as "a plant" and "the plant". If that is indeed what he does then I don't quite see the point ... it's basically just like throwing what would normally be three 3 gallon plants (or three 5 gallon plants, depending on what size that container is) into one big bucket.
 
well germination has nothing to do with production I agree, But it is not uncommon for a Bhut to be that productive!

It isn't?? I was really happy to get about 50 pods or so at a time from my plants that were in the ground (and a hell of a lot bigger than the one in the video). Is that actually a modest amount?
 
Hmm, if so he's a bit misleading in the video because he keeps referring to it as "a plant" and "the plant". If that is indeed what he does then I don't quite see the point ... it's basically just like throwing what would normally be three 3 gallon plants (or three 5 gallon plants, depending on what size that container is) into one big bucket.

true i suppose it is misleading, but hey maby there is some sort of benefit we dont know about.

i do however think it is multiple plants tho, if you watch it at 720p and pause at 1:10, you can pretty clearly see multiple trunks.

on a side note, that gal on the right takes it like a champ. my piddly little tabasco peppers are pretty uncomfortable to my pallet cant imagine even a small bhut...
 
true, i suppose he could have just buried the plant past where the stalk splits when he repotted. my tabascos did this as well.
 
I'm on a fusing experiment this year(twisting the seedlings together so they grow into each other eventually)that might be similar to clumping (not sure I really understood what clumping is) and the plants have really taken off, I started off some seed of the same type at the same time and they didn't grow even nearly as fast as the twisted ones, I don't know why that might be.
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I'm on a fusing experiment this year(twisting the seedlings together so they grow into each other eventually)that might be similar to clumping (not sure I really understood what clumping is) and the plants have really taken off, I started off some seed of the same type at the same time and they didn't grow even nearly as fast as the twisted ones, I don't know why that might be.
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That looks really cool, maybe they are thriving because they support each other (physically, food-wise, shelter). Maybe plants are happier when they are together like that.
 
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