DIY Treegrowing Guide.

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I feel really good about this place. I see that there are someone which are considering treegrows here, so I will post this guide that I made. Its not complet, and I only have one season treegrowing experience, but I hope someone gets inspired to try.:dance::dance: Babies dancin he he couldnt believe you had an avatar like that.:D



Here we go:


TREEGROWING

It is like a box of chocolate, You know what your gonna get...........CHOCOLATE............. or .........Alot of work and Alot of weed.................



I have only been growing up there once though, so I am no master...........

In my tree I had 4 buckets. In theese 4 buckets I endend up with 17 females. They gave me about 200 grams of sensi.

This was my first treegrow, and I want to share my experiences so that hopefully it will encourage others to try it aswell.


The tree

A remote forest is preffered offcourse.

My tactic was to go for maximum amount of sun, so I chose one of the tallest trees in the forest, and climbed as high as I could (around 15 meters up).

I found pine trees great, because they have branches situated pretty tight from the ground and all the way up. This makes it easy and safe to climb, aswell as lots of good places to put the buckets. The large number of branches, and the fact that they are green all year round, works great as camouflage. Only one of my buckets was barely visible from the ground.

Frome the air it is another issue. I wouldnt know about that, but I hopefully a buddy will fly over the tree when spring comes to have a look.

My tree.
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The Pots

I would recommend using dark coloured pots because of camo. I found the round 65 litre pot to be perfect. I had a rectangular 90 litre pot that was visible from a certain angle from the ground because it was too big. You can see it up there to right if you look closely.
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The sun melted the black 90 litre bucket pretty much, so maybe it is wise to not choose black. The black 65 litre bucket didnt melt though.

I also had one 35 litre pot and one 50 litre. They worked fine also. If I was too set up another tree with pots, I would go for the round 65 litre pot all the way I think.

I used an old climbing rope to tie them with. Can use anything ofcourse, but remember to use dark colours.
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Remember to bring something like this to prune the tree with when you bring the pots up in there.
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The pots I used and the base of the tree.
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Soil and nutes

Its a bitch to get it up there. I carried it up in 50 litres bags, and that was really really heavy. It was Mixed it with chicken pellets and cowshit and I let it stay for a couple of weeks before planting. I putLeca in the bottom for drainage.

Some seeds were planted directly in soil 20 of 20 came up.
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The rest were seedlings about 10 cm tall.
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I started fertillizing with liquid fertilizer, but it was not smart, because,when it fell down on plants in the bucket underneath, those plants were damaged. I decided not to fertilize any more, but ofcourse It is possible to do it well with another method.


Watering


Also a bitch unless you have some kind of drip system or use polymer chrystals or something else smart. Everytime I visited my plants(about once a week, sometimes it took up to two weeks), the soil was really dry. Unless it was pouring down ofcourse. I would bring between 20-30 litres in a big backpack each time I watered. I would also leave a a bottle or two full of water in the soil when I left(see pic).
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Maintenance

Except maybe fertilizing,only watering needs to be done really. Atleast in my forrest. There were no enemies of the plants up there, All my plants were healthy. I didnt have any problems with animals, birds, insects, snails, humans or mold.


Conclusion


Yes it is alot of work, but you challenge both your body and your mind by taking on this challenge.

So i say go for it.

Once the bucket and soil is up there, the watering seemed to be the only problem, so the second season should be easy peasy if you can solve that problem.

Great view up there too.

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I havent covered all areas, but It is a start.

please post your own ideas or ask me if there is anything about treegrowing I explained in a bad way or didnt cover.


I found it to be a fun way to grow, and I always enjoy my treeherb extramuch when I smoke it :smoke:


I will finnish off with a few more pics. Thanks for reading and watching.




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:weed: grow grow grow :weed:
 
Oh yeah!
Thanks mate,this is very useful! :thumbs:
Amazing.

Edit: Can you say a bit more about
the strains you used?

:ama::dance::ama:
 
Nice work BOM! Will promote to article shortly...

I've done a cedar tree grow before.. mch lower altitude.. :) but similar principle...
We used planks between 2 trees with 5 gal buckets screwed through the bottom with drywalls into the planks for "lockdown"

we always hand watered... and man a pain in the ass... and yes it drys out VERY quicky... I plan on a new test this year... similar steup to yours... with one 1/4" drip line run up the trunk (bottom rolls up to hide) and a small portable pump with drip ines to the girls... eliminate the dangerous part of the climb! lol

if i can find a spot with water uphill I will gravity feed tree growing is great and fun! like you said.. lot of work tho! :)
Nice Guide! wish I had pics of ours... it was before digital cameras...
 
I used:

Pehkurder
Finx
Short Stuff
Diesel Ryder
Blue Ryder
Danish pot x Blue ryder
 
Yeah watering is a bitch. If you find a drip system that works it would save alot of work.
 
Great thread bom!!

if you set up another tote above the plants, as a rain catch would that help you any? Editt: Or fill it before you leave, and like you say, set up a drip system. Turn one trip a week into one every 2 or 3?

Dolomitic lime would be good to add, those pine needles will make your soil acidic over time.

It is mostly pine forest where i grow too, i might hawl one of the rubber maids up tree and give this a try. No ones looking up that high for pot plants.
 
Thanks for the dolomit lime idea. I must do somethin to that soil this year...........
 
Nice mornin M8 ! :smokebuds:
Just an camo-idea,Bom.. Dunno the name in english -
but you know the cimbing plant Eføy? hedera helix in latin.
Down here south they climb the tree-trunks, perfect
camo for a watering-hose!

Also using a battery-driven water-pump….have they even
been made yet?!
Ahhh, John Mondello can construct one!

(Another thing M8,you don´t need post-count here,to PM…) :hump:
 
Thanks for the links ThaiBuddhaman. Today his holiness Tenzin Gyatso aka Dalai Lama the 14th resigned his political powers, so that the next leader can get democraticly elected. But I dont know if you are into Tibet he he. They have different kind of Buddhism there than in Thailand, but still kind of the same..... Same same but different.........

I may very well try that driwater thing. Looks promising.

I was in Mandal last summer and saw those plants everywhere Norwegian. Even brought home some cuttings, but unfortunately they died. It is too cold for them to grow wild like that here. Remember that it is a very poisonus plants for kids.
 
Heh? too cold at your place for hedera helix?!
At my location it grows all over the place...
Soo i have warmer climate than you, then?

Givin you some wiggles,since you where so impressed by them : :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::drool::dance::dance::dance::dance: ! ! :dance: HAH!
 
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