Poopdinger

I have been reading up on how to grow and now I have gotten to the end of my first week on my own with out asking ?'s but I need to know how short can I keep my plant so that I can still flower. I know that I will have a very small yield, but I have limited space.Also how do I keep it shorter?just keep topping?Thanx

Stray

I used a strategy someone posted here...and that's tying down your highest branch.....as the shoots kept coming up I kept tying down....it helps the lower branches get some light and fill out a more horizontal plant.

Topping IMO adds alot of stress to the plant and effects overall quality.

Inkblot

Poopdinger:
How short can I keep


You start your plants from seed at 12/12 lighting, under floro and hps, (either/or/both), and then just let them grow...mine started flowering at about 4-5 inches...it depends upon the plant..it starts as soon as it is ready, and my last batch (started with 12/12) had 75% females, no hermies(23 out of 32)..not a bad ratio..then they will stretch depending how good your lights are... i really like starting them this way..if i want them bigger, i can always put it back into veg, and i get to sort out all the males early and save space...good luck..heres one of my babies at only 9" tall..

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Inkblot

the quality is not obviously effected by the size....

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Poopdinger

Thanx for all the info guys.How long should I wait to flower like u said....well how many points on the leaves?thanks

trudawg

I'm glad to here this...because I've been limited on space and had to have my seedlings in the same bubbler as my flowering plants thus flowering the seedlings as well. They have shown signs of preflower at 6 inches. So I'm assuming its okay to use bloom nutes on seedlings as well. Although the plant might lack Nigtrogen????

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Poopdinger

So if I start 12/12 from seed I would get a lower yeild than if I started 24/0 for like a couple weeks then switched to 12/12. Just wondering..I'm still limited on space I just want to expand my knowledge of whats goin on. thanks

smokinrav

Starting a seed on 12/12? Thats one lousy way to introduce yourself to growing weed.

I just dont get this obsession with flowering a plant with little or no vegetative growth. A little work will give you a short plant that is fully mature. YOur doing yourself and your grow a disservice by not allowing your plant to mature vegetativly.

Good luck

Smokin

Inkblot

smokinrav:

I agree, 12/12 is not ideal, except you can identify males early before they take up too much space and effort...but most people believe a lot of little plants will yield more than one fully developed plant for the space they have available...I have tried on MANY occassions to find out how much a single plant is capable of yielding, and the common reponse is 'it depends'...
yes,,that's true..but it doesn't give anyone any confidence in growing...if I take a risk to grow my own, i don't want all my flowers in one basket, take 3-4 months to grow it, and yield an ounce of smoke...
Departing slightly from the thread:....Given an area of 4X4, with a 1000w hps( 20" from plant top), in soil, with average genetics (good bagseed), and tying the plant down to maximize the lights' penetration..and a 12" pot, vegged to a hight of 2 feet, what yield can conservatively be expected from such a plant, assuming no mites, mold, or sudden death of the plant...?
Your help with this question may go a long way in helping us beginners to best approach our grow hobby...
God knows you produce a S___Load from your plants

smokinrav

If I had a 1000 watt light, thats the exact setup I would make, about 15 sqf and supercropped. I personally would be disappointed with anything less than a pound from that space, ideally Im sure you could get as much as two lbs.

Thanks bud, truth is, one of the first plants I ever grew successfully was from seed and I flowered it at about 4 inches and two weeks old. It grew into a perfect representation of a single cola pot plant in miniature and yielded just over 10 grams, enough to last my current habit about a day and a half

later

Smokin