http://bigbudsmag.com/grow/how/article/grow-great-marijuana-nugs-forcing-your-plants-july-2011 Theres a link again for you, for some reason the other guy that found the link gets the rep, even though im the one who originally gave the information and have had experience myself. If you have had root bound plants for over a year, then there is something wrong or they are not actually root bound. I have had experience harvesting plants in july and august, fully ripe buds because of this method. It gives me a pre-harvest if you will. I start a plant in may in a one gallon pot, which becomes root bound, and harvest end of July, approximately an ounce a plant.