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    Veteran Smoker Mr. Ganja Jogro's Avatar
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    Also, there are reasons why pro and commercial growers don't grow 16 foot high plants indoors under artificial light.

    Plants that tall can do well under SUNLIGHT, which is very bright, and moves across the sky to ensure that the entire plant gets direct light. If you want to plant a "tree" you have to do so outdoors (or at least in a greenhouse).

    Indoors, the problem is that the tops of the plants near the lamp will get lots of light, and the bottoms will be 10+ feet away and won't. You'll get a few nice buds on top, but the other 14 feet of plant will develop airy buds, effectively "wasting" most of the plants potential.

    This is why indoor growers who grow sativa dominant plants try to keep them short, either by going 12-12 from seed to harvest (to minimize unnecessary vertical growth) or by training their plants in SCROGs and such, to help maximize light on all parts of the plant for high yields.

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    Biggest indoor plant I have seen a picture of was the Purple Cindy grown by Earl in his aeroshuttle or whatever he calls it. It was about 8' guessing from the picture. Its posted alot of places so a google would probably find it really easy. I have yet to see a repeat of that grow though. Purple Cindy is Purple Oregan Thai (chococate thai x one of the south american sativas) x c99.

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    if height is what you want indoors, well, it's a free country, let her rip
    TNR from KC Brains, not saying what you'll get exactly since it's an outside strain
    but you will get height from the grows i've seen

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    Check out the South East Asia strains. Land races from Cambodia.
    Any and all matters I may discuss is purely fiction and intended soley for amusment, imagination. I have not nor do I know anyone involved in illegal activity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Medshed View Post
    althor is right, Dubvibe. I don't know how long you've been growing indoors so I don't want to offend, but any light you have at 16 feet is going to lose most of its energy well before it gets down near the bottom of the plant.
    side lighting......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jogro View Post
    Also, there are reasons why pro and commercial growers don't grow 16 foot high plants indoors under artificial light.

    Plants that tall can do well under SUNLIGHT, which is very bright, and moves across the sky to ensure that the entire plant gets direct light. If you want to plant a "tree" you have to do so outdoors (or at least in a greenhouse).

    Indoors, the problem is that the tops of the plants near the lamp will get lots of light, and the bottoms will be 10+ feet away and won't. You'll get a few nice buds on top, but the other 14 feet of plant will develop airy buds, effectively "wasting" most of the plants potential.

    This is why indoor growers who grow sativa dominant plants try to keep them short, either by going 12-12 from seed to harvest (to minimize unnecessary vertical growth) or by training their plants in SCROGs and such, to help maximize light on all parts of the plant for high yields.
    Yeah, side lighting will take care of that, point taken however..

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    Thanks everyone for the ideas, Thai strains (SE Asian anyway) Hazes and Jack all look like good ideas. It's a fully licensed operation, fully legal so I'm not under any pressure.
    I will take all this into account, thank you.... D

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    With 16ft. Tall ceilings and added side lighting.... Damn, you could kill some wild mind fire sativas!

    Well damn near any kinda canna jungle... Small plants or large...

    Good luck homie, love to see some pics

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    Read that Amnesia Haze gets around 13ft tall and its really dank smoke..

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    OK - I'm with you now on the side lighting. Please document the grow so we can see how it works. I've seen some grows with bare bulbs hanging vertically amongst the plants. Something like that might work for what you're looking to do.

    I personally think low and wide is more efficient than tall, but I have low ceilings so I'm biased...

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