Bigger isn’t better: The case for growing small marijuana plants..indoors anyway

gb123

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We’re not going to delve into other matters where this might be up for debate, but when it comes to cannabis, bigger doesn’t mean better. Sure, giant weed plants look really cool. If nothing else, it’s ridiculously impressive that a warm season annual can go from seed to tree-sized in a matter of months. We get it.




But when it comes to the actual growing, drying, flavor, and quality of your crop, don’t be suckered into thinking that size is everything. In fact, we have solid reasons to encourage you to embrace smaller plants in your garden.

Nosy neighbors can’t see them

No matter the size, your neighbors might be able to smell the goods from over the fence. But you’ll keep your garden much less conspicuous by growing plants on the smaller side. While weed cultivation might be legal in your state, we’re still operating in a grey area due to federal illegality.


If someone’s got a vendetta against you, you’re just better off not having weed plants towering above fences and in plain sight. And besides revenge seekers, there are people who might be tempted to steal your crop if you’re making it too easy for them.

They’re much easier to care for

The best method of pest control always starts with you giving your plants a once over. That’s quite easy to do when plants are on the smaller side. You can reach up or kneel down, walk around your plant, and give every leaf and bud an inspection, usually without breaking a sweat or taking all day.


Things get a little more complicated when you need a ladder to do the same thing. Not only do you open the door to injury from falling, but it’ll take much more time when you’ve grown giant plants. You’ll likely skip the task entirely, opening the door for pest problems to get out of control.


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Small buds are easier to dry

Massive buds definitely look cool, but it can be a headache to try and dry them properly. A tasty, usable crop depends on buds drying evenly from the outside in and inside out. This is a much more reasonable task if buds are a manageable size. Once they feel dry from the outside, a few days of burping them in a storage vessel will suck out the remaining moisture.


Bigger buds are more difficult. Even when you think buds are dry on the outside, they might be packing quite a punch of moisture on the inside. Not only will curing be much more of an artform and take much longer, you’re much likelier to end up with mold problems.


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It will likely taste better

If you’re not sold yet, this one will get you: The Emerald Cup judges often hand out awards to buds coming from plants that yield less than two pounds. Simply put, smaller plants can produce better tasting weed.


Think about it: A plant’s goal in life is to reproduce. If it’s stressed in any way, it abandons unnecessary tasks (like packing on extra foliage) and focuses everything on reproduction. That’s why you hear so much about mouthwatering dry-farmed tomatoes or grapes. The harvest might be smaller, both in fruit size and yield, but the taste is unbeatable, as stressed out plants pour everything they’ve got into their fruit, flowers, or seeds.


In the case of weed, that means stickier buds loaded with terpenes and packed with cannabinoids. Don’t take our word for it—Happy Dreams Farm, Eel River Farms, and High Water Farm are just a few of the Humboldt-area spots having great success with dry-farmed weed. Their plants are itty bitty and tasty as hell.





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Not shooting for massive weed also bodes well for the environment as well as your pocketbook. You can skip the heavy doses of fertilizers in the false thinking that bigger weed yields tastier plants. What you want to do is a lot simpler and a lot less expensive.


When you first plant your weed outdoors, make sure the soil is amended with plenty of quality, finished compost. Truth be told, that’s likely all your weed needs for the growing season. It’ll be just enough to get the plant growing nicely, and not too much nourishment for the plant to get lazy about flavor.







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good things come in small packages ..eh:cool:

and why we grew on tables..in weeks...with nearly NO WORK!

Its to bad these idiot LP's DONT HAVE A FUCKING CLUE..
This is EASY when ya KNOW WHAT YER DoIN
 

gb123

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lol there is not reason to grow large plants :idea: specially indoors with limited space and light
and light that only goes into the canopy so many far. Anything over 4 feet indoors starts to see the bottom third as larf. unless you have side lighting as well and ...well ..there's no point in MORE light wasted time and effort....
Its a KNOWN FACT growing in Cannada :lol:
Sure ya can grow huge plants but the AMOUNT of quality goes out the window with what ya can grow in half the time with half the amount of work electrity and nutrients !!!!!

Ya :)
 

Hust17

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There are advantages to growing small plants for sure.

One huge disadvantage is plant counts. Every Canadian grower knows their count to stay legal. Small plants = more plants. Plain and simple
You’re right, which is why we should all hit this or our doctors up:


IMHO this license should also give you the right to sell up to a certain amount, but I know that’s a whole hoopla of shit. I don’t mind them wanting some control over the industry, but to say we can’t sell it is fucking hypocritic and I don’t think we should allow them a Monopoly on the pricing like they’ve done to alcohol and cigs. I can’t even afford beer anymore..
 

Hust17

Well-Known Member
We’re not going to delve into other matters where this might be up for debate, but when it comes to cannabis, bigger doesn’t mean better. Sure, giant weed plants look really cool. If nothing else, it’s ridiculously impressive that a warm season annual can go from seed to tree-sized in a matter of months. We get it.




But when it comes to the actual growing, drying, flavor, and quality of your crop, don’t be suckered into thinking that size is everything. In fact, we have solid reasons to encourage you to embrace smaller plants in your garden.

Nosy neighbors can’t see them

No matter the size, your neighbors might be able to smell the goods from over the fence. But you’ll keep your garden much less conspicuous by growing plants on the smaller side. While weed cultivation might be legal in your state, we’re still operating in a grey area due to federal illegality.


If someone’s got a vendetta against you, you’re just better off not having weed plants towering above fences and in plain sight. And besides revenge seekers, there are people who might be tempted to steal your crop if you’re making it too easy for them.

They’re much easier to care for

The best method of pest control always starts with you giving your plants a once over. That’s quite easy to do when plants are on the smaller side. You can reach up or kneel down, walk around your plant, and give every leaf and bud an inspection, usually without breaking a sweat or taking all day.


Things get a little more complicated when you need a ladder to do the same thing. Not only do you open the door to injury from falling, but it’ll take much more time when you’ve grown giant plants. You’ll likely skip the task entirely, opening the door for pest problems to get out of control.


Related
How to prune cannabis plants for maximum yields

Small buds are easier to dry

Massive buds definitely look cool, but it can be a headache to try and dry them properly. A tasty, usable crop depends on buds drying evenly from the outside in and inside out. This is a much more reasonable task if buds are a manageable size. Once they feel dry from the outside, a few days of burping them in a storage vessel will suck out the remaining moisture.


Bigger buds are more difficult. Even when you think buds are dry on the outside, they might be packing quite a punch of moisture on the inside. Not only will curing be much more of an artform and take much longer, you’re much likelier to end up with mold problems.


Related
Your guide to drying and curing cannabis buds

It will likely taste better

If you’re not sold yet, this one will get you: The Emerald Cup judges often hand out awards to buds coming from plants that yield less than two pounds. Simply put, smaller plants can produce better tasting weed.


Think about it: A plant’s goal in life is to reproduce. If it’s stressed in any way, it abandons unnecessary tasks (like packing on extra foliage) and focuses everything on reproduction. That’s why you hear so much about mouthwatering dry-farmed tomatoes or grapes. The harvest might be smaller, both in fruit size and yield, but the taste is unbeatable, as stressed out plants pour everything they’ve got into their fruit, flowers, or seeds.


In the case of weed, that means stickier buds loaded with terpenes and packed with cannabinoids. Don’t take our word for it—Happy Dreams Farm, Eel River Farms, and High Water Farm are just a few of the Humboldt-area spots having great success with dry-farmed weed. Their plants are itty bitty and tasty as hell.





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Not shooting for massive weed also bodes well for the environment as well as your pocketbook. You can skip the heavy doses of fertilizers in the false thinking that bigger weed yields tastier plants. What you want to do is a lot simpler and a lot less expensive.


When you first plant your weed outdoors, make sure the soil is amended with plenty of quality, finished compost. Truth be told, that’s likely all your weed needs for the growing season. It’ll be just enough to get the plant growing nicely, and not too much nourishment for the plant to get lazy about flavor.







Share
good things come in small packages ..eh:cool:

and why we grew on tables..in weeks...with nearly NO WORK!

Its to bad these idiot LP's DONT HAVE A FUCKING CLUE..
This is EASY when ya KNOW WHAT YER DoIN
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Pot-grower Aphria tanks after slashing full-year profit forecasts
WHICH IS IT?? AHAHHAHAA jk
 

printer

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"plants that yield less than two pounds."

And here my idea of a small plant was my 2L grow getting 14g a plant. I am going to have to convert a room in the house to get two pounds a plant.
 

Hust17

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"plants that yield less than two pounds."

And here my idea of a small plant was my 2L grow getting 14g a plant. I am going to have to convert a room in the house to get two pounds a plant.
I dare anyone to share a 2lb indoor plant. That would be glorious (or frightening?) to see!
 

gb123

Well-Known Member
There are advantages to growing small plants for sure.

One huge disadvantage is plant counts. Every Canadian grower knows their count to stay legal. Small plants = more plants. Plain and simple
lol :rolleyes::idea::weed:............................and WHO IS COUNTING AGAIN?
Never bugged us before and it CERTAINLY DOESN'T BUG US NOW THAT HERB IS LEGAL:idea::clap::weed::D:D:Dbongsmilie
I dont care about limits? lol
Limits are there so LP dont die the miserable death THEY DESERVE tee hee
 

gb123

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WHICH IS IT?? AHAHHAHAA jk
lol
INDOOR and OUTDOOR ...........................are two different animuls :)

Im yappin INDOORS not Green houses
The guys IN JA got stuck tryin to grow BC crap instead of their own BEST SENSI and not in theier best growing season it seeems lol
ya mon They have their seasons as well just like the rest of us..
 

Hust17

Well-Known Member
lol
INDOOR and OUTDOOR ...........................are two different animuls :)

Im yappin INDOORS not Green houses
The guys IN JA got stuck tryin to grow BC crap instead of their own BEST SENSI and not in theier best growing season it seeems lol
ya mon They have their seasons as well just like the rest of us..
Hahaha I just thought it was funny we were all laughing at those tiny plants just yesterday. But ya, those tiny stumps should’ve been 4-10 ft tall at least, sad sad farm there. They had a nice SOG for a tent grow if they slammed em all together lol
 

gb123

Well-Known Member
The first time I saw what Sensi looked like :o:roll:o_O
I said
Are you trying to insult us? lol
TRY IY MON and then say ;)
So I did..
I wont ever forget that day..........................................I was 17,,,,,,..
 
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