Do any Outside growers try and keep plants Low

Fladawg01

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Curious if any outdoor growers do topping or scrog outside to keep plants shorter versus the ones I see that get to 10 foot or taller? I would like to make the attempt this spring, but want to keep it looking like a hedge of about 4 to 5 ft max. Any suggestions?
 

formularacer

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I can only wonder why.
They are so beautiful in free range. My 14+ foot tall Panama Red has been called a tree by several people.
Granted inspecting the buds is tough.

They are trainable so you can keep it short, I go for height and mass and start them in March in the tent. My Farmer Daughter got to a max of 6 feet and was the first to brown and die. Where all my other plants that I left buds on are still growing....
 

Sir Napsalot

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I grow outdoors in 15gal. pots- the plants get ~5' tall usually, and are portable. I usually get 9-12oz. per plant, but have pulled 15.2oz
 

Funkentelechy

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Curious if any outdoor growers do topping or scrog outside to keep plants shorter versus the ones I see that get to 10 foot or taller? I would like to make the attempt this spring, but want to keep it looking like a hedge of about 4 to 5 ft max. Any suggestions?
It all depends on what you want or what your space requirements are. A 4 to 5 foot hedge is totally doable and if you plant them in the ground you'll get more plant mass for that height. I've also grown an un-topped plant horizontally along the ground by tying it down in several places as it grew.
Personally, I prefer to grow them au natural, with no topping or training, they are so beautiful in their natural form. But they can be easily trained to fit your needs and your grow space.
Have fun with it!
 

RottyRzr

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I can only wonder why.
They are so beautiful in free range. My 14+ foot tall Panama Red has been called a tree by several people.
Granted inspecting the buds is tough.

They are trainable so you can keep it short, I go for height and mass and start them in March in the tent. My Farmer Daughter got to a max of 6 feet and was the first to brown and die. Where all my other plants that I left buds on are still growing....
Maybe because of the laws. I know where I live the plants can not be seen from public view. I don't know if that applies to neighbors, especially neighbors with children but I keep mine out of site behind a privacy fence and they do require topping and pruning.
I've got a sativa that refused to stay below the fence so I had to extend the fence height to accommodate her!:D
 

formularacer

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Maybe because of the laws. I know where I live the plants can not be seen from public view. I don't know if that applies to neighbors, especially neighbors with children but I keep mine out of site behind a privacy fence and they do require topping and pruning.
I've got a sativa that refused to stay below the fence so I had to extend the fence height to accommodate her!:D
It was more in jest than a serious comment.
My friend in CT has lost last two seasons plants do to storms and that they must be in pots.
The 14 foot Panama Red on a slope is showing above the shed but gets blended into the bamboo in the background so my wife has not noticed it.
There are many reason often for what we do or want to do but like free range chickens let them go free range!
 

Fladawg01

Member
I can only wonder why.
They are so beautiful in free range. My 14+ foot tall Panama Red has been called a tree by several people.
Granted inspecting the buds is tough.

They are trainable so you can keep it short, I go for height and mass and start them in March in the tent. My Farmer Daughter got to a max of 6 feet and was the first to brown and die. Where all my other plants that I left buds on are still growing....
Well I agree they are a beautiful specimen to see, when it needs to be somewhat covert, is the reason i asked. I know these get huge if allowed.
 

Fladawg01

Member
Maybe because of the laws. I know where I live the plants can not be seen from public view. I don't know if that applies to neighbors, especially neighbors with children but I keep mine out of site behind a privacy fence and they do require topping and pruning.
I've got a sativa that refused to stay below the fence so I had to extend the fence height to accommodate her!:D
Exactly, why was asking. Thanks.
 

Farmer's Hat

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Grow more small plants. Start the seeds 5 weeks before the usual flowering time.

Example: Where I live, plants usually flower first week of September. If I start the seeds on the last week of July, then they have roughly 5 weeks of veg before flowering. If I top and LST the plants, they will be really squatty and compact. I would keep them in 3gl pots and transplant them into the ground on the last week of August.

How many plants? That depends on the dimensions of the area you are growing in.
 

VaSmile

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Maybe because of the laws. I know where I live the plants can not be seen from public view. I don't know if that applies to neighbors, especially neighbors with children but I keep mine out of site behind a privacy fence and they do require topping and pruning.
I've got a sativa that refused to stay below the fence so I had to extend the fence height to accommodate her!:D
Best of my understanding nieghbors houses are private property and not considered public view, this restriction means they can not be seen from the street
 
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