Sativa micro grow questions...

First time grower...

My wife is an OMMP and our "grower" flaked out on us so we're going to try and grow ourselves. I think I have the basics down on soil, water, light, and air. Now I'm planning ahead for more specifics in terms of strains and their needs.

I have two closets (different shapes/sizes) set aside. The issue I have is that she strongly prefers to smoke Sativa, and what I'm reading/researching is saying that they take longer and grow tall and lanky.

What I'm looking for are the best tricks for keeping them short, fat, and full. When and how is it best to top them? Should I try to lollipop them? How much can I bend them? Etc...

At the moment we have four (clone) baby girls that we picked up at a dispensary, and they are doing well so far (week one). As a side note, I'm doing this entirely with 23w CFL's, lots and lots of them.

Almost nobody grows pure sativas indoors, because like you said they are tall and lanky, take up to 9 months to mature!

So pure sativas like Thai are bred with indicas so they will mature at 50 or 60 days. That way you get the quality high of the sativa but it is manageable to grow indoors. Make sense? I strongly recommend you try Blue Dream strain, it has a lot of sativa and grows great indoors, people love the happy high of it alot. For your first grow, you should grow them about ten inches, and then flip them to 12/12... they will stretch about two feet or so in the first three weeks, so it will be easy to manage for you. No need to lollipop, keep it simple first time around Does that answer everything?

Another tip, check the clones daily for any pests, if you are in Cali or Colorado you should assume the clones came with spider mites, and should treat them when they are young. This is the most important tip I can give you. Your grower might have flaked out because his entire grow was destroyed by mites. Pests are the biggest thing to worry about, get a magnifying glass and check them carefully. Or you can spray them when they get a little bigger with an effective pesticide. You should research this topic.

Thanks for the quick response, Mr. Belvedere. I will keep an eye out for Blue Dream, but there seem to be a million strains and so far I rarely see the same one twice. I don't think anything I've seen is pure Sativa, most are hybrids of one form or another.

I asked this question in the "micro" section thinking that's were the specialists in keeping things small might be hanging out, but my flower closet is actually 6 feet tall x22"x30" (minus about a foot for lights), and I'd be OK with just putting one plant in there and giving it some time if it meant a significant yield. The veg closet, which can be converted to flower for a quick crop is 5' tall (minus a foot) x22"x45".

Good info on the bugs, I'll keep an eye out. I know my ex-grower had issues with mites in the past, but this time I think his issues were monetary, and he sold our stuff to pay his rent. Life happens.

What was the name of the clone you got btw?

The strains we have are two Casey Jones (described as a cross between Oriental Express (which is Trainwreck and Thai), and East Coast Sour Diesel), and two Platinum Girl Scout Cookies (a cross between OG Kush, Durban Poison, and a third unknown variety (!?)). Basically, that's what they had the day we went.

I've found some other sources, and I'm sure we'll do a little more research before the next batch. The Casey Jones are putting out a lot of new leaves, The Girl Scout Cookies have a reputation of being more difficult to grow, but very rewarding if you are successful.

Yes that is good info, I would put the Casey Jones in first if you have limited space, that will be easier for first time. maybe you can fit both if you just let them grow 12 inches and switch to 12/12... Since they have sativa in them, after you grow them to 12 inches and flip to 12/12 they will start stretching like crazy up to the top of your closet. Keep it simple first time ... Does that help?

It is helpful, thank you. I guess what I need to research more are the methods - and limits - of training, pruning, and height controlling these plants. There are acronyms for a few, like that thing where you put a screen down for instance and let them bud through it. But I'm looking for specific in depth details. I would imagine that information exists somewhere on this site, I'll have to poke around some more (many of the data-rich threads seem to be 50+ pages with the info spread out across them). Possibly there is a good book on the subject?

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Humanrob said:

First time grower...

My wife is an OMMP and our "grower" flaked out on us so we're going to try and grow ourselves. I think I have the basics down on soil, water, light, and air. Now I'm planning ahead for more specifics in terms of strains and their needs.

I have two closets (different shapes/sizes) set aside. The issue I have is that she strongly prefers to smoke Sativa, and what I'm reading/researching is saying that they take longer and grow tall and lanky.

What I'm looking for are the best tricks for keeping them short, fat, and full. When and how is it best to top them? Should I try to lollipop them? How much can I bend them? Etc...

At the moment we have four (clone) baby girls that we picked up at a dispensary, and they are doing well so far (week one). As a side note, I'm doing this entirely with 23w CFL's, lots and lots of them.

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Humanrob said:

First time grower...

My wife is an OMMP and our "grower" flaked out on us so we're going to try and grow ourselves. I think I have the basics down on soil, water, light, and air. Now I'm planning ahead for more specifics in terms of strains and their needs.

I have two closets (different shapes/sizes) set aside. The issue I have is that she strongly prefers to smoke Sativa, and what I'm reading/researching is saying that they take longer and grow tall and lanky.

What I'm looking for are the best tricks for keeping them short, fat, and full. When and how is it best to top them? Should I try to lollipop them? How much can I bend them? Etc...

At the moment we have four (clone) baby girls that we picked up at a dispensary, and they are doing well so far (week one). As a side note, I'm doing this entirely with 23w CFL's, lots and lots of them.

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I have been running island sweet skunk for over a year now. I dont like to run out so in a perpetual grow long flower times not a prob. And 8 to 9 wks flower time pretty normal for most strains. Thats 63 days.

( long awaited answer) indo sativas are but i figured out physical Manipulation!!! cut at 5 nod or gentlly swuese the leafs feming itll grow more arms gently bend um usin string be grntle like its a baby it is

ow u got clones id wait for it to show new growth beforw u bend it to ur will lot like a pet bein trained i love sugar girl lol plants name ow and xont rush bend one day bend the next a lil bit morr (horiblr cell phone messin up my words sry i am a writwr not wit adroid tho....

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If you have questions about growing sativa's there is a guy that goes by RM3 on here. If you ask nicely he will usually share some tips and pointers.