Why are my plants so short and bushy

[SSGBloke]

These are about a month and two weeks they are extremely bushy. It's very hard to train because everything is so close together. Is this a good or bad thing? Am i doing something wrong? As far as strain im unsure.

 

[Hobbes]

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I was going to say that it's just the indica strain you have but those are very squat for 6 weeks.

How big of pot are they in? Did you get them as clones or bag seed?

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[SSGBloke]

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I was going to say that it's just the indica strain you have but those are very squat for 6 weeks.

How big of pot are they in? Did you get them as clones or bag seed?

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They're in a 5 gal smart pot and i grew them from seed. So will they stretch so i can train them better?

 

[coreywebster]

Spectrum and or light intensity

 

[SSGBloke]

Its a TS-600 i keep about a foot to a foot and a half away from plant

 

[budman111]

Looks like a weak LED grow

 

[SSGBloke]

Looks like a weak LED grow

Its a TS-600 and those were the only ahort bushy ones

 

[budman111]

Just notices the reply, a foot is a bit close mate lol

 

[IrkinBollikans]

You need more light, higher

 

[SSGBloke]

Just notices the reply, a foot is a bit close mate lol

Ok I thought that's how I was supposed to put it. Can you help me out please. What's the right distance I'm supposed to keep it?

 

[budman111]

Ok I thought that's how I was supposed to put it. Can you help me out please. What's the right distance I'm supposed to keep it?

pull it back a bit to 2ft at least to get a bit stretch between nodes

 

[FRICKITYFRICKTYFRESH]

Just an fyi, but if you are growing from random bag seed, your plants will more than likely turn out to be hermi. My buddy gave me a single seed of some killer stuff. he found a bean in some homegrown. It was such an awesome, stinky, frosty girl, but a few weeks into veg i noticed banana's all over the place. It was so sad having to chop that plant down after such high hopes. Mine looked a lot like this plant. Very short and bushy. Good luck to you.

 

[SSGBloke]

Just an fyi, but if you are growing from random bag seed, your plants will more than likely turn out to be hermi. My buddy gave me a single seed of some killer stuff. he found a bean in some homegrown. It was such an awesome, stinky, frosty girl, but a few weeks into veg i noticed banana's all over the place. It was so sad having to chop that plant down after such high hopes. Mine looked a lot like this plant. Very short and bushy. Good luck to you.

Thanks, well he used to grow in California but stopped. This was from what he was growing. It wasn't just random seeds he found here and there. I will take note and make sure to keep an eye out thanks again.

 

[Just Be]

These are the distances that Mars Hydro recommends. LST should have started earlier in order to make things a little more manageable.

 

[WeedIsNotLifeJustSmoke]

Defoliate the bottom fan leaves looks like you've never done that, also increase the height of the lights in your tent.

 

[SSGBloke]

Defoliate the bottom fan leaves looks like you've never done that, also increase the height of the lights in your tent.

When doing that i just cut the fan leaves? Thank you

 

[SSGBloke]

These are the distances that Mars Hydro recommends. LST should have started earlier in order to make things a little more manageable.
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I am its just growing so bushy its very hard to with new growth im training with stakes instead of training wire so you cant see

 

[FRICKITYFRICKTYFRESH]

Thanks, well he used to grow in California but stopped. This was from what he was growing. It wasn't just random seeds he found here and there. I will take note and make sure to keep an eye out thanks again.

Was it a clone or seeds that he made himself? If a plant hermi's during flower and produces seeds, those seeds will almost 100% always carry hermi traits.

 

[SSGBloke]

Was it a clone or seeds that he made himself? If a plant hermi's during flower and produces seeds, those seeds will almost 100% always carry hermi traits.

Honestly I never though to ask that. I'm going to ask now though thanks for the advice.

 

[Just Be]

I am its just growing so bushy its very hard to with new growth im training with stakes instead of training wire so you cant see

Do what you can to hang onto the larger fan leaves. If you must defoliate (if you're unable to tuck or pull them out of the way) concentrate on only removing any secondary, inward-facing fan leaves that might be blocking bud sites. I'd start by training the entire plant in the direction of your preference. Once that's done, you should start to be able to manipulate other branches.