Making Small Plants

[Baguio Gold]

Is it possible to create a small plant by using a small pot? I'm planting sativas and don't want them to grow too high because i grow them in my balcony.

If it does, will it mature faster?

 

[The2TimEr]

Is it possible to create a small plant by using a small pot? I'm planting sativas and don't want them to grow too high because i grow them in my balcony.

If it does, will it mature faster?

hi welcome to RIU, you really want to be vegging for at least 1 month to 6 weeks. but with growing outdoors you will have no say in when they will flower as is it down to nature for that as the summer ends the days will become shorter. so you need to time it with planting them around a month before the days start to become shorter.
plants will take much longer to mature with vegging for less time.

 

[Baguio Gold]

Thanks for the info!

Will growing be better on a tropical climate? Right now it's summer here and I'm really taking advantage of the sun.

 

[bsteabagger]

you can keep the small by keeping it container-bound. Sativas will get pretty tall, depending on the strain, so you will probably want to use a fairly small container. I think for a balcony, you could use a 1 gallon pot and if the plant gets too tall, you can consider topping it or bending it. Both will increase the yield.

 

[Baguio Gold]

Thanks Bagger!Anyone have an idea how tall a plant can grow on a 1 gallon pot?

 

[Baguio Gold]

Thanks Bagger!Anyone have an idea how tall a plant can grow on a 1 gallon pot?

This plant is pretty short with no LST involved (I think).

 

[Baguio Gold]

This plant is pretty short with no LST involved (I think).

Oooops! I got stoned! Now I see the wires. Sorry!

 

[bsteabagger]

I'd say in a 1-gallon pot you could grow a sativa to reach 4-5 feet and an indica 3 feet. just a guess but it won't be too big.

as I mentioned before, another solution for you would be to get a big pot (5-gallon) and bend the stems (tie the top of the stem to the pot with a string). This way, if you had a railing on your balcony, you could keep the stems just below it (out of view of neighbors), while allowing most of the leaves plenty of sunlight.

 

[SeanIzen]

try supper cropping. every stem that reaches the point of being "too high" gets pinched until it falls at a 90deg angle. as you do this the plant starting looks like a big bush more than a lanky bud plant.... and a 1 gallon pot would be plenty. you could grow in a 1liter pot you wanted and it would keep it pretty small.

 

[ICantBelieveItsNotBud]

Yea but if it was in a 1 gallon pot how often would you have to water it?

 

[The2TimEr]

Yea but if it was in a 1 gallon pot how often would you have to water it?

cmon dude its not rocket science,
water whenever the soils properly dried out, a smaller container will need watering more often than a big 1.

 

[SCARHOLE]

I just wanted to add some sativas dont have to flower for 12 weeks, for those of us not in topical areas an growing outdoor. There are faster varites( like pure power plant, an early durbans ect).

Good sativa highs are so dam good, good luck.

 

[Baguio Gold]

I just wanted to add some sativas dont have to flower for 12 weeks, for those of us not in topical areas an growing outdoor. There are faster varites( like pure power plant, an early durbans ect).

Good sativa highs are so dam good, good luck.

Ok so everyone agrees that we can shorten a height of a plant by using small pots.

Now my question is the duration. If normal growing of sativas take 6-8 months, how many months will it take to harvest sativas on a 1 gal pot in a tropical climate?

 

[Baguio Gold]

What I would want to achieve is planting outdoors and harvesting on a much earlier time frame.

I noticed that in indoor growing, the result would be a short plant with huge buds planted on a large pot. If this is done outdoors in a small pot will I be able to harvest on a faster time... Like 3 months instead of 6?

This is just an experiment and would like to know if some growers out there have done the same thing.

 

[AquafinaOrbit]

Smaller pot will create root issues and make the plant not grow to its full potential. Also you can force flower after a couple weeks by covering the plant with some plastic thus blocking the sun.

 

[Baguio Gold]

Smaller pot will create root issues and make the plant not grow to its full potential. Also you can force flower after a couple weeks by covering the plant with some plastic thus blocking the sun.

Great! So that means even in outdoors we can force plants to flower? I'll post some pictures when my plants start to flower. As of now they are 3 weeks old.

Thanks for the info!

 

[chronic coinoisseur]

Flowering time isnt going to shorten just because you have a smaller pot, the growth of the plant will just be stunted. If your plant takes 8 weeks to flower than it isnt going to be 7 weeks if you bump from a 5 gallon to a 3 gallon. It just wont get as big, wont yield as much and wont be as potent due to stressing. As far as forcing budding goes, you need to aim for a 12/12 light cycle so if your area is at 16/8 then you need to provide your plants an extra 4 hours of dark every single day. That means a bag or tub over every single plant every single day and the removing it the next morning. That is a hassle and a half and would be nearly impossible if your guerrilla growing. I'm not trying to bash any dreams but I say unless your aiming for smallness due to stealth just let your plant grow to the max, wait the time and reap the benefits.

 

[Baguio Gold]

Flowering time isnt going to shorten just because you have a smaller pot, the growth of the plant will just be stunted. If your plant takes 8 weeks to flower than it isnt going to be 7 weeks if you bump from a 5 gallon to a 3 gallon. It just wont get as big, wont yield as much and wont be as potent due to stressing. As far as forcing budding goes, you need to aim for a 12/12 light cycle so if your area is at 16/8 then you need to provide your plants an extra 4 hours of dark every single day. That means a bag or tub over every single plant every single day and the removing it the next morning. That is a hassle and a half and would be nearly impossible if your guerrilla growing. I'm not trying to bash any dreams but I say unless your aiming for smallness due to stealth just let your plant grow to the max, wait the time and reap the benefits.

This Plant looks super! short, big bud on a small container.

 

[Baguio Gold]

This Plant looks super! short, big bud on a small container.

If that plant can grow healthy buds on a 1/2 liter pot, what more on a 1 gal pot?

I just transplanted my plant on a similar pot size and hope to achieve the same results.

 

[johnnytoobad]

hey bro...good thread.....im attemtpting a small plant grow as well. I have a femmed autoflowering short rider. thats my fail safe for may. ne ways im cutting first and 2nd fan leaves on seedlings to contsrict the amount of solar power they get from said leaves. hence less power less growth. im also topping and femming too and will ultimately lst if and when they reach a foot tall. im straight in the ground too no lil buckets for me. I know enuff that no matter what kind of plant u want to grow it needs a happy root system. personally id go with a 2 gallon pot. there is a thread some where here on riu about bonsai pot.....its awesome......