where are the guides?

[itsjanedoe4]

Im moving to cali in a couple weeks and i cant seem to find the beginners guides for anything except training. Im looking for a guide on 12/12 from seed, and effective ways to keep plants short. Sorry for the dumb question but I cant even find them with the search function.

 

[Scottyboycx]

click site menu then grow tutorials

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=51760 great 12/12 from seed thread

search for LST, fim/topping and super cropping. All types of training to keep plants low

 

[itsjanedoe4]

Thank you so much. The site has changed a bit since the last time I was here.

 

[High Country]

I put clones straight on to 12/12 in a SOG, single cola set up to keep them short. This is with an indica dominant strain. A sativa may require a bit more training.

 

[NOTB]

buy jorge cerventes's "Indoor Marijuana Horticulture" it covers absolutely everything that pertains to growing weed it'll be the last and only guide you'll ever need, i think that everybody that grow's should always have this book on hand. N

 

[mefistyou]

in the micro section go to the "links" sticky...look over "dr. budgreengenes sog" threads....ton of info contained in there about ways of keeping plants small (small containers...ect).....good hunting

 

[Sensibowl]

Im moving to cali in a couple weeks and i cant seem to find the beginners guides for anything except training. Im looking for a guide on 12/12 from seed, and effective ways to keep plants short. Sorry for the dumb question but I cant even find them with the search function.

I've found a lot of help on these sites:

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/mj010.htm

This is some great advice:

You Prune For Two Reasons:

1) To control the upward or outward growth of your plants. In other words to keep them short.

2) To promote node sites (or bud sites). In other words to create more branches (growing tips).

When you look at the main stem of the plant and how the leaves grow from it, you will find it will be identical to any branch that grows from it, or any branches that grow from them, etc.

So any reference I make to the main stem here, holds true for any branches, or any branches that grow from those branches, etc.

The point at where a leaf joins the main stem (or branch) is the node, at the node and just above the leafs' stem (petiole) you will find a **bud**.

This bud will become a branch. Under the right conditions branches will grow. Now, keep in mind that some varieties of plants are good branchers, some are not.

Now let's assume the reason we're pruning is #2 above, to promote node sites or branching. If you cut the top of the main stem off then look at the plant, there will be some leaves and associated nodes.

Since the top of the plant is gone, the growth energy that would go there is now going to the remaining nodes because it has nowhere else to go.

What you did by topping the plants was to FORCE growth at the nodes thus promoting branching. The nodes nearest the light will grow the fastest. You would do this if you don't want a plant to grow too tall, but would rather want it to grow out.

If this is your first crop you'll understand much better what you want once you've watched a plant through its entire life cycle.

If you topped the plant for reason #1, all the above would still occur as a by-product, and most likely you would have to deal with the top branches eventually becoming too tall.

http://www.greenmanspage.com/guides/pruning.html

I mean, I haven't really ever pruned all that much because it freaks me out. I just don't have a lot of confidence in my ability to trim my plants.

Good luck!