Root Loofa

[Jambo]

Roots from a deep water culture pepper grow (2007)
 

 

[ribbedturtleneck]

impressive.

 

[Pfeffer]

I'm very interested in the yield of that plant. Imagine the amount of pods it could support with that rootball and optimal pH and EC. I'm impressed!

Any pics on that grow?

 

[Jambo]

hey Pfeffer, sorry, can't find any pix of the plants from that grow... it was quite awhile ago (2007).  It was a 3 plant, recirculating deep water culture system, and I think it was 2 Brazilian Starfish and 1 Bhut Jolokia.  Ya, it was a jungle in there.  Plants grow fast in this system.  Last time i'll try to grow starfish indoors, they grew into the lights(1- 400 + 1- 250w HPS) in no time and had to cut back many times.
 
Don't know exactly the yields, but the 3 plants together were about 6ft wide and 5ft tall after much pruning.  Would be great to run this in a greenhouse for a few favorite strains.