I never throw out my freaks.
Hey sometime's you find an odd plant that performs in ways you like by doing so.
I have one like this myself. It's my plant I love to hate.
Did a pheno hunt.
Had a runt like yours.
One Cot leaf.
Also took around a full week or so longer to break soil.
Was slow as can be getting started.
Then I noticed it STARTED with alternating branches.
But it stayed short as can be and compact while vegging.
Took a few cuts along with it's sisters.
It rooted faster than the rest by a few days. It'll seriously throw roots in 8-10 days in a shot glass of water.
It's fast to root but a bit slow to take off after planted. After that it's smooth sailing.
Won't branch for crap when LSTed. Scrogging is out of the question because of this. Topping is fine as long as it's evenly cut and or mainlined. But screw that.
She absolutely kills it in SOG because it simply refuses to stretch. Pack a kiddy pool with 2 gallon pots. Veg her out to 10-12 inches and flip.
Light feeder and pretty drought tolerant.
The kicker is after I noticed she didn't stretch period.
I did an isolated run and found her best feature.
Little to no smell at all.
6 weeks after flip and I'm blown away because I'm not having to use a scrubber.
Can go up until chop no problem.
She's also fully cloudy @ 65 days from flip. If you let it amber out with another 10 days or so it's couchlock city.
Trimming is a breeze because they're plump fatty nugs from top to bottom.
The smoke is also a nice stout indica. I've blown away a few Oregon and Colorado kiddies with it cause they weren't expecting it.
The no stretch and little to no smell part I love.
The no branching part I hate. Have to play the numbers game.
I considered chucking that particular plant but set it to the side and "We'll see how it does".
Those results aren't spot on typical I don't think. But it's my biggest success with keeping a straggler around.