How to keep plants short?

Hi there, Im currently growing one plant in a very confined space (30cmx40cmx80cm tall) and basically the plant is too tall, ive run out of space to raise the lights so my light system is a mess at the moment sticking out everywhere!

Anyway I was wondering for my next grow im moving into a closet which is 40x60x100 cm and was hoping to grow two plants in it. Would putting the plants in smaller pots reduce the size of them? they are autos btw.


Thanks

putting the plants in smaller pots will do more harm than good...in the first couple weeks of an auto's life take some string or twist ties and bend the stalk over to LST it a little bit to reduce its height from the getgo...then let it start taking off from that point

MorroN said:

Hi there, Im currently growing one plant in a very confined space (30cmx40cmx80cm tall) and basically the plant is too tall, ive run out of space to raise the lights so my light system is a mess at the moment sticking out everywhere!

Anyway I was wondering for my next grow im moving into a closet which is 40x60x100 cm and was hoping to grow two plants in it. Would putting the plants in smaller pots reduce the size of them? they are autos btw.


Thanks

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Check out LST. Train your canopy when your plants are in early veg and those bitches will contort just about any way you want them. You can still do it now, but you'll be limited. Once you've got your main stem bent down it's not the dominant one. The plants hormones are more evenly distributed and will give you some nice bud sites.

6500 K light , SCROG, LST, 12/12 light entire grow all will keep your height down.

This seems like it could help you a bit:

Low Stress Training (LST)

There is little if any recovery time because you are not damaging the budsites of your plants. When you tie the top grow tip below the rest of the plant the plant has the same reaction as topping and the axial growth tips are redistributed. The key to LST is to create a horizontal plane of buds so that they all get the same light and grow at the same rate. You end up with a bush of many colas instead of the traditional christmas tree bud plant with one main cola.

There are many ways to LST using steaks, chicken wire screens are common, many other I probably dont know about.

First step is to get a large pot the final size you want your pot and put a bunch of screws arround the lip of the pot I used 8 screws. These are the tie points for your training

Second Step. This next step is CRITICAL!!! I cannot stress this enough. This is the countertie. It is used so that the bottom part of your plants stem stays straight and in place. Without a countertie you are likely to uproot your plant because training usually occurs when there about a month or so old and not extremely established. Its simple just tie a piece of twine from one of the screws arround the bottom of your plant. Make sure that your twine is tied above the first leaf pair so that it doesnt slip all the way down to the bottom of the plant.

Third Step. The next step is to tie the main growth tip down so that the plant will release hormones that cause all the other growth tips to start functioning like the main cola. I use a simple overhand knot and tie my twine UNDER the highest set of developed leafs. Once again you need to make sure that the knot doesnt slip off of your plant. Then i tie a slip knot arround a screw. I use slip knots so i can just tighten the string as the plant grows. You can retie it everytime but im super lazy and that wouldnt cut it.

topped her 2X's and she is low and full.

LST or top it as said above.

lst, check out mine https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/484971-600w-pineapple-chunk-blue-hash-3.html#post6630302