Douglah Split

Torno · May 29, 2011

Here is a picture of one of my late start Douglahs having already split. You can clearly see the two stems from the side and the top pictures shows the new growth coming in on both sides. Seems a bit early for it to start splitting off, makes me wonder if it's going to split again later on. That would be a wicked looking plant !

-J

DudeThtsBad · May 29, 2011

That's awesomee. How old is it?

Torno · May 29, 2011

I have no clue. I believe this one sprouted early May if I'm not mistaken.

-J

RedtailForester · May 29, 2011

That's going to be one bushy Douglah!

Avon Barksdale · May 29, 2011

I have a 7 Pod that split really early...

I'm interested to see how it turns out compared to the other 7 Pods. That was about a month ago, I'll see if I can get a current picture of it.

Torno · May 29, 2011

Oh ya, that's what I'm talking about... I really hope this thing splits again haha.

-J

Avon Barksdale · May 29, 2011

Here's a more recent picture, as in 5 minutes ago:

Seems to be growing fairly well. Hasn't grown a terribly large amount in the month between pictures, but the weather hasn't exactly been cooperating.

Torno · May 29, 2011

Can't wait to see how these guys turn out. Definitely will be interesting.

-J

SuperHot · May 29, 2011

You got some beauties there!!

Nova · May 29, 2011

You can try tipping them to make them bushier. Like they do with other not so legal plants!

kcso53 · May 29, 2011

Nova-what exactly is "tipping" a plant? Do you just lay the container on it's side or what?

DudeThtsBad · May 29, 2011

yeah how's tipping a plant work?

franzb69 · May 29, 2011

Nova-what exactly is "tipping" a plant? Do you just lay the container on it's side or what?

if it's stem is strong enough to get bent over with a rubber band so it looks like it's been tipped. just tie a rubber band on it and weigh it down. or use string, just so the stem bends down. it'll grow a lot more bushier. and if you've grown enough "stem growth" take it off and be on your merry way. lol.

=D

DudeThtsBad · May 29, 2011

franzb69 said:
if it's stem is strong enough to get bent over with a rubber band so it looks like it's been tipped. just tie a rubber band on it and weigh it down. or use string, just so the stem bends down. it'll grow a lot more bushier. and if you've grown enough "stem growth" take it off and be on your merry way. lol.

=D

hmm.. I think I get it. do you have pictures of how it looks?

Bleash · May 30, 2011

DudeThtsBad said:
hmm.. I think I get it. do you have pictures of how it looks?

+1
Pics would be nice.
Didn't know this could be done with chilli's.

Bleash

Torno · May 30, 2011

I think I'll give tipping a shot just to see what happens. Any ideas what makes it bushier by just having it bent?

-J

Avon Barksdale · May 30, 2011

I think I'll give it a try too and see how it goes. :cool:

synclinorium · May 30, 2011

Torno said:
I think I'll give tipping a shot just to see what happens. Any ideas what makes it bushier by just having it bent?

-J

I don't understand the exact process, but it would seem that when a plant is growing upright most of its energy is going into producing new growth at the top of the plant, with a later flush of stems off the main one. By tipping the main stem to horizontal, you're basically giving those other growth points an equal chance at becoming the main growth center, producing a more evenly bushy plant. Whether this has a noticeable effect on yield, I don't know.

I would hazard a guess that this approach would produce more noticeable results with species that have a more upright growth habit to begin with. Others that send off side growth early on probably won't have a noticeable difference.

synclinorium · May 30, 2011

Not to hijack your thread, but here's a couple pictures for comparison. I only did it with a couple plants, and only briefly, but this is sort of what you can expect.

Tipped Cayenne:

Normal Cayenne:

Tipped Aji Amarillo (went straight again after removing the weight):

Normal Aji Amarillo (a few days old, it's a bit bigger now):

Really, the total amount of growth is the same either way, it seems that tipping just redistributes the onset of new growth. Notice how the non-tipped Amarillo has more branching compared to the tipped, and the Cayenne ended up having substantial side growth anyway.

DudeThtsBad · May 30, 2011

synclinorium said:
Not to hijack your thread, but here's a couple pictures for comparison. I only did it with a couple plants, and only briefly, but this is sort of what you can expect.

Tipped Cayenne:

Normal Cayenne:

Tipped Aji Amarillo (went straight again after removing the weight):

Normal Aji Amarillo (a few days old, it's a bit bigger now):

Really, the total amount of growth is the same either way, it seems that tipping just redistributes the onset of new growth. Notice how the non-tipped Amarillo has more branching compared to the tipped, and the Cayenne ended up having substantial side growth anyway.

thats awsomee. so you just tied them down?
& for how long?