Keeping plants small :)

mofucka

mofucka

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Hello everybody
So imma be getting back on the growing train her soon . But this time i will have a lot more restrictions with it
The biggest one is going to to be highth
I only have about 3-3.5 feet vertical

what are some ways yall keep your plants small
I'm thinkin on lst
Or topping and tying every thig down up to a scrog
What do riu do ?
 
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bigsteve

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I would top her in veg mode as soon as you have an identifiable crown at the top. This will prompt the plant to grow more sideways. Also, avoid pots that are tall and skinny. Those pots will tend to make a plant grow tall and skinny too.

It is smart in your case to work backwards. If you have just 40 inches vertical you can guess that your plant will double in height while flowering. So you will want to already be flowering when she reaches 20 inches.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 
Thc247

Thc247

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Lst Supercrop and fim or top in veg keep lights close but keep temps down dont veg for too long either and as said above grow indica's
 
Yekke

Yekke

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Use short plants (indica dominant, low stretch), top once from the 6th node back the the 4th node and flower early.
 
WeedFreak78

WeedFreak78

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I have 2 mother plants , in 5gal dwc each, both are now 10-11 weeks old from seed. I trained them around the top of the bucket. Neither plant is more than 8"-10" tall from the top of the bucket, there are appx. 7 or 8 main side branches each with 5 or 6 tops on it, I now have about 35-40 tops i can take as clones, off each plant. Once the height hit's around 12" i cut back all tops to a lower node, usually 6" or so and let the node below the cut become the top and grow out. I'm starting to see some of the bonsai traits, the leaves are growing in smaller when full than they were originally.
 
mofucka

mofucka

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bigsteve said:
I would top her in veg mode as soon as you have an identifiable crown at the top. This will prompt the plant to grow more sideways. Also, avoid pots that are tall and skinny. Those pots will tend to make a plant grow tall and skinny too.

It is smart in your case to work backwards. If you have just 40 inches vertical you can guess that your plant will double in height while flowering. So you will want to already be flowering when she reaches 20 inches.

Good luck, BigSteve.
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So far I got them topped they stand at about 8"
the bucket seems like a damn good idea too
 
mofucka

mofucka

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So do yall think a Scrog would also be good. I got that patients. And I've always wanted to do a scrog
Seems like it should help keep them low?
 
WeedFreak78

WeedFreak78

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taGyo said:
LST in a circle.
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mofucka said:
I have thought about trying something like that in the past but wondered how it would look.
Got any pics of something like this
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Like this, it's pretty much how i train my mother plants, I'm not totally sure what the numbering is all about. I have each one in 5gal buckets, they are about 8" tall with somewhere around 30-40 decent tops on them. I've heard it called C.O.B ( circle outside bucket) but don't think it's a widely used term.

I believe this thread used to have these pic, but seems like the pics all got lost..still good info to read.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/uncle-bens-topping-technique-to-get-2-or-4-main-colas.151706/

He showed when to top..then let the 2 tops grow to about 16", then bend them down and around the edge of the pot
 
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mofucka

mofucka

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Maybe the numbers are like for the branches??
But it looks super cool probably take some time to get the circle but probably worth it
 
taGyo

taGyo

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Check the link I threw up, has more info.

More bud sites and evenly distributed growth because you redirect the auxins in the plant. (The thing that makes the plant grow up towards the highest point of light)
 
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