PatrickBateman6
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Hey all. First off, this issue is from poor planning pure and simple. My fault, I get it.
Im attempting my 2nd grow outdoors. Small scale. Just 7 plants atm from seed. 3 started first and 4 a month or so later.
Here;s the deal: I started seeds way early in March using shitty CFLs at night and just window light, so as you can imagine they stretched pretty bad. I knew this would happen and my thought was that no matter how lanky they were I would just use the females as mothers and if they vegged well enough just take clones off them and go from there.
Along the way I decided not to bother planting at a site this time and would rather keep them "nearby". I now have them all outside (they've been out for a month or so) and the 4 youngest ones were topped and are only 9-14" or so tall and the oldest 3 that I thought I would use just as mothers are all over my waist now and looking very good. THey are in 25 cm pots (not sure how many G that is) and Im not sure if I will leave in pots so I can move them around or not.
The issue: I am growing along a 7' or so wooden fence and dont want these 3 waist tall plants to get anywhere near the height of the fence. They are in a fern garden totally invisible from the outside by thick 4-5' ferns which these plants will soon dwarf. I wish they were going into flower now but I have so long to go that the size is gonna be a huge issue.
Can I still top 4' plants?? I know that I have really messed up here by not topping them at 4th node or so initially but I wasnt gonna keep these plants.
Can I just cut off the new growth at the top? Im wondering if the plant will be able to support 2 main growths 4'(or so) up instead of way down by the base like usual...
Ive seen ppl just cut their plants in half essentially but that seems like a waste. Not looking to really cut the plant in half and try and root it.
What are my options so this plant doesnt' get more than 6' or so? Id rather top it or prune it than tie it down I think.
This issue is compounded in that they are mostly sativa and I grew the same seeds in '09 and they ended up 12' or so with heavy nutes.
I really wish they had been topped and bushy now opposed to Xmas trees. Im kinda leaning towards topping them at the new growth in that the vegging kinda stalls for a few weeks which is good in that thats 2 weeks of little vertical growth.
Any tips and advice is hugely appreciated.
Im attempting my 2nd grow outdoors. Small scale. Just 7 plants atm from seed. 3 started first and 4 a month or so later.
Here;s the deal: I started seeds way early in March using shitty CFLs at night and just window light, so as you can imagine they stretched pretty bad. I knew this would happen and my thought was that no matter how lanky they were I would just use the females as mothers and if they vegged well enough just take clones off them and go from there.
Along the way I decided not to bother planting at a site this time and would rather keep them "nearby". I now have them all outside (they've been out for a month or so) and the 4 youngest ones were topped and are only 9-14" or so tall and the oldest 3 that I thought I would use just as mothers are all over my waist now and looking very good. THey are in 25 cm pots (not sure how many G that is) and Im not sure if I will leave in pots so I can move them around or not.
The issue: I am growing along a 7' or so wooden fence and dont want these 3 waist tall plants to get anywhere near the height of the fence. They are in a fern garden totally invisible from the outside by thick 4-5' ferns which these plants will soon dwarf. I wish they were going into flower now but I have so long to go that the size is gonna be a huge issue.
Can I still top 4' plants?? I know that I have really messed up here by not topping them at 4th node or so initially but I wasnt gonna keep these plants.
Can I just cut off the new growth at the top? Im wondering if the plant will be able to support 2 main growths 4'(or so) up instead of way down by the base like usual...
Ive seen ppl just cut their plants in half essentially but that seems like a waste. Not looking to really cut the plant in half and try and root it.
What are my options so this plant doesnt' get more than 6' or so? Id rather top it or prune it than tie it down I think.
This issue is compounded in that they are mostly sativa and I grew the same seeds in '09 and they ended up 12' or so with heavy nutes.
I really wish they had been topped and bushy now opposed to Xmas trees. Im kinda leaning towards topping them at the new growth in that the vegging kinda stalls for a few weeks which is good in that thats 2 weeks of little vertical growth.
Any tips and advice is hugely appreciated.