would a smaller pot keep my plant smaller?

peedy89

peedy89

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I have a plant going right now and it has its first set of 3 leaflets and i want to keep it small. Im not an idiot, i know it will get rootbound in a small pot but im wondering if it will still flower and mature if its rootbound. I need it small for security issues for now. im talking 1-2 feet tall at the most. any help?
 
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dinkydigger

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well i know if it gets root bound it will stop growing...i'm pretty sure you should be able to flower it though...i mean, look at lowrider plants..i was checking out a grow one time and i don't think they transplanted those at all...they were pretty small and still produced buds..so shit, why not try?
 
CrackerJax

CrackerJax

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Yes, Essentially a Bonsai works on the same principle. As a matter of fact, last summer I grew some corn and started them out in liners. Well all the trays were planted except one. I unintentionally left it on the irrigation table, and promptly forgot about it. Well, lo and behold two months later I walk by the liner and there is a bunch of corn with TINY little ears of corn.
Bonsai!!!
They were delicious too.
And so the great but silent personal question I have thought about every time I eat Chinese House rice had been finally answered quite by accident. I'm going to plant 500 this year just for kicks! :lol:


out.
 
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ArticWolf

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1 - Top / take clones off the top
2 - Heard of methods of trimming back the root system and canopy to keep it on the same size pot
 
boricuaboi

boricuaboi

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A small pot will keep your buds ok but u really wont establish much vigorus growth and side nodes if you do budding wont be as vigorus
 
boricuaboi

boricuaboi

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Yea it is its gonna tease the fuck outta you and then your gonna say i need bigger fatter buddsssssss lol thats happend with my first harvest my plant was gone in less than 2 hours
 
Ohsogreen

Ohsogreen

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peedy89 said:
I have a plant going right now and it has its first set of 3 leaflets and i want to keep it small. Im not an idiot, i know it will get rootbound in a small pot but im wondering if it will still flower and mature if its rootbound. I need it small for security issues for now. im talking 1-2 feet tall at the most. any help?
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peedy89.... If you allow your plant to go rootbound in a small pot (under 2 gallons), it will stay smaller - provided you feed it correctly and give it plenty of light...(50 watts per square foot minimum - in the correct specturm *) & flip the lights to 12/12 when your plant is 8 inches tall.
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She will stretch and can even double in size during flowering. So, if under two feet is your goal - go this route or buy some Lowryder 2's. They are autoflowering "dwarf" plants - easy to grow, and very, very bonsai....
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* (veg spectrum - 6500 K " Daylight bulbs or MH)
* (bloom spectrum - 3000 K and under or HPS)
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Here is an example: Skunk #1 (started from seed mid July - vegged 14 days - one day total darkness - lights flipped 12/12 (7 days)- transplanted outdoors - she grew to only 32 inches. I wanted this one and a batch of her sisters to stay low for security reasons. They all still produced well rounded buddage.)
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Hope this helps...
Keep it Real....
 

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