What is the tallest commercial strain..?

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Dubvibe

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Hi guys..
I have 16ft high ceilings and I'm looking for a strain that will grow tall and produce a decent yield. Obviously it would be a Sativa but what one..? Can anybody suggest a strain that likes to grow real tall and yields well..???
 
green4life

green4life

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Dubvibe said:
Hi guys..
I have 16ft high ceilings and I'm looking for a strain that will grow tall and produce a decent yield. Obviously it would be a Sativa but what one..? Can anybody suggest a strain that likes to grow real tall and yields well..???
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are u gonna order online or get in person? what available to you?
 
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althor

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If you are growing a 16ft plant indoors I hope you plan to have about 8 1000 watt HID bulbs, otherwise that will be the scraggliest, shittiest plant in history.
 
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althor

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Well you definitely want a sativa. I have seen some really tall Jacks. My Killing Fields was around 5 foot tall indoors and is part Jack.
 
Medshed

Medshed

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althor is right, Dubvibe. I don't know how long you've been growing indoors so I don't want to offend, but any light you have at 16 feet is going to lose most of its energy well before it gets down near the bottom of the plant.
 
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MarijuanaIllustrated.com

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world of seeds Kilimanjaro was by far the tallest Sativa I have come across. It was vegged to about 18" tall and grew well over 6' tall. It suffered from lower lighting and was thin and wispy but was quite potent none the less, stretches none stop. Helluva a rushing high though.
 
Jogro

Jogro

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Commercial hemp strains are the tallest growing plants I know of.

Needless to say, unless you want to make some twine, these aren't what you're looking for.

Pure sativa plants tend to be tall, or sativa dominant "haze" hybrids (of which the Jack Herer variants qualify).

I'd suggest to you, though, that height and yield aren't always correlated. Short bushy plants can yield more than tall spindly ones.
 
DelQ

DelQ

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Bro go for the Lemon THAI.. I got your back... I want to watch you grow this,,, 16 feet SWEET!!!
 
Jogro

Jogro

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Also, there are reasons why pro and commercial growers don't grow 16 foot high plants indoors under artificial light.

Plants that tall can do well under SUNLIGHT, which is very bright, and moves across the sky to ensure that the entire plant gets direct light. If you want to plant a "tree" you have to do so outdoors (or at least in a greenhouse).

Indoors, the problem is that the tops of the plants near the lamp will get lots of light, and the bottoms will be 10+ feet away and won't. You'll get a few nice buds on top, but the other 14 feet of plant will develop airy buds, effectively "wasting" most of the plants potential.

This is why indoor growers who grow sativa dominant plants try to keep them short, either by going 12-12 from seed to harvest (to minimize unnecessary vertical growth) or by training their plants in SCROGs and such, to help maximize light on all parts of the plant for high yields.
 
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althor

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Biggest indoor plant I have seen a picture of was the Purple Cindy grown by Earl in his aeroshuttle or whatever he calls it. It was about 8' guessing from the picture. Its posted alot of places so a google would probably find it really easy. I have yet to see a repeat of that grow though. Purple Cindy is Purple Oregan Thai (chococate thai x one of the south american sativas) x c99.
 
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growone

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if height is what you want indoors, well, it's a free country, let her rip
TNR from KC Brains, not saying what you'll get exactly since it's an outside strain
but you will get height from the grows i've seen
 
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Dubvibe

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Medshed said:
althor is right, Dubvibe. I don't know how long you've been growing indoors so I don't want to offend, but any light you have at 16 feet is going to lose most of its energy well before it gets down near the bottom of the plant.
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side lighting......
 
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Dubvibe

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Jogro said:
Also, there are reasons why pro and commercial growers don't grow 16 foot high plants indoors under artificial light.

Plants that tall can do well under SUNLIGHT, which is very bright, and moves across the sky to ensure that the entire plant gets direct light. If you want to plant a "tree" you have to do so outdoors (or at least in a greenhouse).

Indoors, the problem is that the tops of the plants near the lamp will get lots of light, and the bottoms will be 10+ feet away and won't. You'll get a few nice buds on top, but the other 14 feet of plant will develop airy buds, effectively "wasting" most of the plants potential.

This is why indoor growers who grow sativa dominant plants try to keep them short, either by going 12-12 from seed to harvest (to minimize unnecessary vertical growth) or by training their plants in SCROGs and such, to help maximize light on all parts of the plant for high yields.
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Yeah, side lighting will take care of that, point taken however..
 
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Dubvibe

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Thanks everyone for the ideas, Thai strains (SE Asian anyway) Hazes and Jack all look like good ideas. It's a fully licensed operation, fully legal so I'm not under any pressure.
I will take all this into account, thank you.... D
 
coolkid.02

coolkid.02

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With 16ft. Tall ceilings and added side lighting.... Damn, you could kill some wild mind fire sativas!

Well damn near any kinda canna jungle... Small plants or large...

Good luck homie, love to see some pics
 
Medshed

Medshed

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OK - I'm with you now on the side lighting. Please document the grow so we can see how it works. I've seen some grows with bare bulbs hanging vertically amongst the plants. Something like that might work for what you're looking to do.

I personally think low and wide is more efficient than tall, but I have low ceilings so I'm biased... :-)
 
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