harvesting Stem burying technique for chilis to improve overall grow/harvest in the end of the season

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Chilidude

Maybe few of you remember me talking about the stem burying technique i have been doing to my chilis maybe 4 season now with a great results in the end.
 

 
You see this picture where my Aji golden stem is already buried several inches below the soil level and it already had some roots forming in the stem because of high huminity in the grow room.
 
There will be a huge positive change to the overall grow of the chili during the season, if the buried stem creates more rootmass inside the soil using this particular technique while giving the chili the much needed support it needs.
 
This technique already have proven results from several seasons, so it is tested and it really works.
 
Season 2014:
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Season 2016:
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This is what it does to the chilis overall grow, making the harvest much larger overall in the end of the season.
 
I always bury the stems on all of my plants. I've also experimented with scoring the stems with a razor blade and dusting them with rooting powder before burying them and that seems to work very very well too.
 
Edmick said:
I always bury the stems on all of my plants. I've also experimented with scoring the stems with a razor blade and dusting them with rooting powder before burying them and that seems to work very very well too.
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I just take off several of the lower leaf pairs before burying the stem for similar effect to happen.
 
I also had some seedlings that I saved when thinning out my cell trays that I dipped into rooting powder just in case the root was damaged when I pulled them out. I stuck them in the soil and they're taking off like crazy.
 
Now for this technique to work like it is suppose to, you need to top water the chilis for the entire season to make the stem create more roots to the growing medium.
 
Also i think this technique should work fine for the older stems too, that already have become wooden like if you take off several of the lower leaf pairs, thus creating "wounds" where the new roots will grow in time.
 
Results in rootmass using 100% coco coir as a growing medium:
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In the left side is a 9,5 litre Venti-pot vs in the right a 10 litre air-pot.
 
 
10 litre air-pot:
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These pictures are from 2013 using just regular peat as a growing medium:
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Using coco coir as a growing medium in those air-pots is far superior compared to the regular peat.
 
Above is a video, how to make your own diy air-pots and only thing missing is to make the removable or fixed bottom section to it.
 
I am going to give you some pointer for creating diy 10 litre airpots:
 

 
The side portion of the opened up 10 litre air-pot:
 
Length :
 
103cm.
 
Height :
 
31cm.
 
 
Bottom section:
 
Total wideness:
 
22,5cm.
 
Leave 2-3 top portion holes unopened in the diy airpots to make it easier to water the pots above as seen in this picture:
 
YAMracer754 said:
That's awesome!

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Because that stuff is so thin in the video, it would be very wise to put two pieces together to create double thick walls to make the pots last more than a second of actual use.
 
Chilidude said:
 
Because that stuff is so thin in the video, it would be very wise to put two pieces together to create double thick walls to make the pots last more than a second of actual use.
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Have you tried it or was that your video


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YAMracer754 said:
Have you tried it or was that your video


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That is not my video, but i know how thin that construction material normally is because i have seen/touched it many times before and the normal stuff is too thin to actually make sturdy pots with one layer alone.
 
Chilidude said:
 
That is not my video, but i know how thin that construction material normally is because i have seen/touched it many times before and the normal stuff is too thin to actually make sturdy pots with one layer alone.
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For sure man I have seen and touched that too now that you mention it and yeah definitely need two layers. I just wasn't sure if that was your video. Maybe even 3 layers if you're making a good size flowering pot like 5 to 12 gallons

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Chilidude said:
Results in rootmass using 100% coco coir as a growing medium:
P1130017.jpg

In the left side is a 9,5 litre Venti-pot vs in the right a 10 litre air-pot.
 
 
10 litre air-pot:
P1130008.jpg

 
These pictures are from 2013 using just regular peat as a growing medium:
P1120604.jpg

P1120607.jpg

P1120608.jpg

P1120609.jpg

 
 
Using coco coir as a growing medium in those air-pots is far superior compared to the regular peat.
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those coco roots are the definition of root porn. well done
 
This picture was taken in the end of the season 2013, just by using the regular peat in those air-pots:
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Look at the overall health/size of the plants, they just look plain sick and very small to me next to the following years. I bet if i had mixed perlite to the peat in that season, i could have had better plants overall but i lacked the solid chili growing experience at the time using a simple greenhouse and i didnt really know what i was doing.
 
This is the greenhouse i used for growing those massive chili plants without even a proper ground for the greenhouse to stand on:
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I just put a black plastic on top of the grass and build the greenhouse right there.. So you now know that there was nothing special about my chili growing or maybe i used the warm ground under the greenhouse to a great effect for keeping the greenhouse warmer during the summer. :rofl:
 
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