how to keep plants short

**toke420** · 11-13-2006, 05:12 PM

i have some narcs 4 neighbours and am starting a couple plants in my garden next year so i was just wondering if there are anyways to keep the plants under 5 feet without hurting the plant?

**Rudeboy** · 11-13-2006, 05:43 PM

grow lowryders, they only grow like 2 feet MAX pretty nice bud still.

**toke420** · 11-13-2006, 05:56 PM

i have seeds for indicas and want 2 just keep them short i was told bending ste,s keeps them short is this true?

**jerrydavis911** · 11-25-2006, 02:31 AM

I havent ever done it but i have read about it, BUT its a prosses of cutting the branches , making then grow v's and growing make like a bush(growing out and not up) then strait up. The name os the prosses is on the tip of my toung, but i cant name it.

I hope this was a lil-helpful

(also look at training)

EDIT, i THINK its called topping

**Sublime757** · 11-25-2006, 02:35 AM

if you clip the main shoot between the nodes, it will stop growth at that point and proceed to grow 2 stalks instead of one. you can do this three times for a total of 8 branches. 1 into 2 into 4 into 8. or you can bend them over little by little everyday to make them grow sideways. this is probably the easiest and most effective.

**toke420** · 11-26-2006, 06:51 PM

thanks i'll keep thoose ideas in mind

**treehugs** · 12-03-2006, 08:34 PM

its pretty easy all u need to do is tie your plants to the grown and they will just grow in a "bush" form. this way they don't look quite like weed plants and they stay low. the branches will just grow up and wont grow taller then 3 feet or so.

**Vote 2 Legalize Marijuana** · 12-03-2006, 11:54 PM

Stay away from some of those African strains. I planted one in my garden last year and I swear it had to be 15-20 feet tall. Never Again!!!

**leonphelpss11** · 12-04-2006, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Vote 2 Legalize Marijuana

Stay away from some of those African strains. I planted one in my garden last year and I swear it had to be 15-20 feet tall. Never Again!!!

lol, i heard about african strains to be jolly green giant tall

**Wavels** · 12-04-2006, 04:09 PM

Any strain can be bent over by tying down with stakes. You can adjust the height to what you need for stealth.
I prefer this technique to cutting, because there is no growth lag.