Mother plants - maximum height

Do mother plants eventually reach the maximum height allowed by their genetics? Or is their height capped at some length (18 inch?) until they are budded?

Mother plants are used for clones. It would be silly to let one get tall

I don't want it to get tall. But I need to account for how tall its going to get. I don't plan to "let" it get tall if I can help it.

So, do mother plants eventually reach the maximum height allowed by their genetics? Or is their height capped at some length (18 inch?) until they are budded? Anybody with an old mother plant should be able to answer this. Did it stop growing in height after a certain point? Or does it just keep on growing?

I do not let mine go over 19 "

no they wont stop growing on there own. you need to prune and train them to stay small.

growem green ----------------------spike.

it will keep growing until you cut it or until it gets between 3 and 6 feet depending on the strain. I keep my moms in a 2' tall cab, as long as you trim it will be short and keep producing clones. The longer you cut it the bushier it gets. Cut one clone and 2 take its place

It's size will be limited by the container size, but mostly you just prune it and keep it whatever size you want that way.

It's not going to grow into this indoors:

lol thats pretty sick..if the strain is what keeps it at a certain height..then how do some of them grow to be tall as shit..i saw pictures of tall ass trees of mj.. like 40feet tall

It's not going to grow into this indoors:
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Holy Big Pines Batman!!!!!
Is that ONE mother? Can they get that big?

no they wont thinkhigh . lol" how things can get a little out of hand my first mum if you like was an indica dom. strain all i needed was three clones to put in my flower room so i didn't realy care to much cutting back or topping . after ten weeks veg under a 250watt 6400k this is what i had. haha. lesson learned"

growem green---------------spike

Thanks for the info guys. So is there a difference between topping a plant, and pruning the top? I've been told never to top a plant more than twice, and pruning it all the time to keep it short seems like it'd have the same effect...

You want lots of shoots on a mother mine has been topped and pruned dozens of times.

height in plants are determined by container size. 1/2 gallon for each foot in height.

captkody said:

height in plants are determined by container size. 1/2 gallon for each foot in height.

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? i have 8 ladys at 3 1/2 months old standing 26" topped once in 3ltr pots all good and healthy.

growem green -------------------spike.

The area where my mother must grow is only 22.5 inches in height. And 2 gallon pot is like 9 inches tall and only leaves about 13 inches in height for my mother, which sucks. Hopefully it'll do, I'll LST the shit out of her if need be lol. I do have a short indica strain on the way from attitude tho.