Growing in gel?

[Mighty_boosh]

well i went down my mothers and shes got some plants growing in get it sort of looks like some sort of hydroponics where the roots are growing in the get i was wondering if there is a way to grow skunk in this gel because those plants are suppost to take a long time to grow but they are growing very fast dose anyone know about this yet? heres a pic

 

[jimmyspaz]

WTF! What is that stuff anyway????

 

[Mighty_boosh]

i haven't got a clue it works relay good for plants anyway

 

[jimmyspaz]

Any idea where she got it??

 

[Mr Green Man]

Intersting looking stuff, I think it might be very good for cutting not so good for growing, How would you get air to the roots. Interesting though.

 

[Mighty_boosh]

a super market the plats were already in it

 

[jimmyspaz]

Need to know more, anybody have a clue?

 

[tampicos]

PlantGel: Gel alternative for plant soil. i think thats the website, been on it now for a lil bit lookin into it. its not too expensive, i wanna try it out because they say it keeps root growth down to a minimum since they aren't constantly searching for nutrients...shot glass grow ftw

 

[Mighty_boosh]

i need to have a go at this shit

 

[Mighty_boosh]

whats that stuff you found

 

[Mighty_boosh]

could you grow a full plant in it?

 

[jimmyspaz]

Just checked their website.It's an additive to hold moisture in soil really.Growing in little containers isn't really what it's for , just some thing you can do with it. I have seen crystals to add to soil that may be the same thing , but I still don't know.

 

[Mighty_boosh]

Dose anyone know about this stuff is it new can it be used for weed or what?

 

[weedman11]

after researching that website for a bit, it looks like the best bet would be to use it while rooting clones. it says nurseries do this for their cuttings. As for growing the whole plant from start to finish, i wouldnt probably do that. No way to get air to the roots, and after its mixed i guess you cant really add anything else to it

 

[BIGSIX]

after researching that website for a bit, it looks like the best bet would be to use it while rooting clones. it says nurseries do this for their cuttings. As for growing the whole plant from start to finish, i wouldnt probably do that. No way to get air to the roots, and after its mixed i guess you cant really add anything else to it

+1 here. id maybe try it for clones but thats about it. Im a soil grower tried and true, and if it aint broke, dont fix it.

 

[Mighty_boosh]

true looks like it could have a use in the growers guide thou

 

[420inmyapt]

They sell this stuff at OSH (orchard supply hardware), its made for easy rooting of clones, don't think they make a big enough container of it to grow in. Well it was $6.99 for a 6 pack at OSH, hope that help someone...

 

[Cyphen]

tampicos, I don't think that is the same product. This is what I've read about the product referenced on that site:

"Polyacrylamide / acrylate is a copolymer of acrylamide and acrylic acid (normally supplied as the sodium salt) that is cross-linked sufficiently to render it insoluble in water but which retains its hydrophilic nature. It therefore can absorb a very large amount of water, swelling proportionately as it does so. The amount of water that can be absorbed is typically around 400 times the weight of polymer if the water is completely free of solutes, decreasing quite markedly as the level of solute(s) increases."

Those pictures look like some sort of agar based culture medium. I've heard of them being used in laboratory propagation, but the risks of contamination are much higher than other methods. I do not believe the medium is intended for long term growth

 

[phreaq]

I have those gel containers, they are great for clones.

they're called gel2root, and I picked them up at the local hardware store, in the gardening area.

 

[WormSlayer]

Hmm, this does look very interesting!

I'm wondering how you would handle the change in nutrients at flowering if the gel is all saturated with veg nutes?