Looking for tips to keep sativas short.

[Dust Chucker]

Hi all due to new situation I need to keep my girls tame this season. I'll be growing out Ace Malawi, panama, tikal, and Guatemala. I always dig a hole and back fill with peat, humus and perlite, and lots of good organicamenments. Tokeep them short I'm thinking about 2 girls of the same strainper hole and tie down. Any other advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

DC

 

[I wood]

Chopping everything over about twelve inches tall right before flipping works for me indoors
Could work outdoors as well I imagine.
Malawi gold bushed out nicely and topped out at about four feet tall this way.
A ghandruk giant is eight weeks into flowering now and appears done with stretching, at about five feet.

 

[WelderDan]

Get some twine or nursery tape and tie those suckers down. They grow sideways just fine, inside or outdoors.

Note that at this point, I had to SUPPORT this girl. She got so heavy I had to tie it UP.

 

[_tessarecting]

Iwood... you dont wait 2 weeks for hormones to regenerate in your colas?

 

[I wood]

Iwood... you dont wait 2 weeks for hormones to regenerate in your colas?

No, giving them two more weeks of veg would let them get too big all over again.
I've even had good success transplanting into bigger pots a few weeks into flowering, another thing I was told is bad.

With anything that flowers less than ten or twelve weeks I would though.

 

[_tessarecting]

Ah, I see, interesante

 

[blue_tick]

dust chucker

i am going to grow panama x malawi and congo x malawi, malawi just to name a few. what i plan on doing is let them veg in 3 gallon pots for awhile then when i up pot them to 100 gallon i am going to lay them down on there side and keep the top pulled over till the stretch and turn' em loose. hoping they only get 6-8' with big colas on each branch. last season i had 14' plus after pruning all summer long (purple haze x malawi) and that was not good in a un friendly state. welderdan is on point


peace

 

[Dust Chucker]

Thanks for the tips everyone.WelderDan and flboy I'm definitely going to try your tie down method. That's a beautiful cola WelderDan, cherry bomb x c99 sounds like a good cross.

 

[Dust Chucker]

dust chucker

i am going to grow panama x malawi and congo x malawi, malawi just to name a few. what i plan on doing is let them veg in 3 gallon pots for awhile then when i up pot them to 100 gallon i am going to lay them down on there side and keep the top pulled over till the stretch and turn' em loose. hoping they only get 6-8' with big colas on each branch. last season i had 14' plus after pruning all summer long (purple haze x malawi) and that was not good in a un friendly state. welderdan is on point


peace

I hear you there on the unfriendly state.I live in the deep south deep in cajun country.Hopefully one of our States will legalize soon and lead the way!

 

[blue_tick]

yes sir something has got to give. they just passed under 21 grams is a ticket for the first couple times you get caught so it is a move in the rite direction but still a far cry from what it should be for a plant. free country my ass


peace

 

[WelderDan]

Thanks for the tips everyone.WelderDan and flboy I'm definitely going to try your tie down method. That's a beautiful cola WelderDan, cherry bomb x c99 sounds like a good cross.

She was quite tasty.

Good luck, and don't be afraid to bend those tops and branches. Even if it snaps you can tape it up and she will heal and continue to grow.

And after she starts putting on weight, you may have to do like I did and support it, so keep that in mind and plan accordingly.