Pruning to REDUCE size and yield?

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KromaL

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So second year growing here, continuing to learn by mistake. Started plants in April indoors, moved outdoors in pots that were too small for the length of veg time they're getting and now are fairly root bound (my mainlined white widow is 6 feet tall in a 5 gallon fabric pot...) and transplanting is not an option... any ideas on whether I could prune them to keep them from growing further out of control? I'm growing strictly for personal use so I know I've already far exceeded my intentions for size and yield, I'm just trying to keep them healthy through to harvest. Any input would be greatly appreciated :)
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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If height is an issue...next yr when they are younger you can try a scrog. Works well.
If they are not in flower right now instead of pruning try super cropping them and some lst.
 
GroErr

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ganga gurl420 said:
I thought the same thing....However a fabric pot won't get rootbound.
Still.... more soil is always better :)
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True enough, the not being able to get root bound came to mind as well. But, that's a big plant for a little pot and likely hasn't stretched yet either :shock: I'd up-pot it just to allow me 24 hours between waterings, the extra medium should produce a bit more as well and stress it less when it starts flowering.

I'm currently running some 4ft. plants that will yield ~4 zips each in 3 gal fabrics, but that's really pushing it. The biggest pain is watering daily now that they're getting towards the end. Otherwise there's certainly not many limits to what you can grow in a small fabric pot.
 
ganga gurl420

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GroErr said:
True enough, the not being able to get root bound came to mind as well. But, that's a big plant for a little pot and likely hasn't stretched yet either :shock: I'd up-pot it just to allow me 24 hours between waterings, the extra medium should produce a bit more as well and stress it less when it starts flowering.

I'm currently running some 4ft. plants that will yield ~4 zips each in 3 gal fabrics, but that's really pushing it. The biggest pain is watering daily now that they're getting towards the end. Otherwise there's certainly not many limits to what you can grow in a small fabric pot.
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All very true :)
 
GroErr

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BigHornBuds said:
You don’t even need to cut the old pot ,
The plant will grow through the febric pot into its new home ,
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True, I'd cut it anyhow, but I'm OCD that way. I couldn't stand that there was material potentially holding back the roots, even though they'd grow right through it ;)
 
Roger A. Shrubber

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as a matter of fact, if you've had it outside in the same spot for more than a couple of days, i'll bet it's already grown roots into the ground through the bottom of the pot.....
 
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KromaL

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Sorry for the late reply, but it’s a guerilla grow without access to running water. Daily watering is just not realistic. I also would prefer to reduce yield because I just don’t have the time with my job to trim and process the amount I’m currently looking at yielding. I’m simply growing for personal use, I know how much I need to get me through to next year’s harvest. So I figured I could just take down some of the plant to slow it’s growth and reduce amount of bud sites but no clue if that’s truly unhealthy for the plant. Now if I lived in CO, OR, MA, CA etc. none of this would be a problem in the first place. I’ve realized my mistake in wanting to control size would’ve been much simpler if I’d just started them in June haha
 
Indacouch

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Fabric pots can be planted into another fabric pot without even removing the pot. I just plant them and the roots grow straight through the bag with no issue. A plant that big is going to need water daily.
 
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Indacouch said:
Fabric pots can be planted into another fabric pot without even removing the pot. I just plant them and the roots grow straight through the bag with no issue. A plant that big is going to need water daily.
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So no chance of reducing size and thereby reducing water requirements? Again, I don’t really have the time in the day to trim up 16+ zips with my day job anyways. I just want some quality head stash, not looking to turn a profit or make concentrates or anything like that
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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KromaL said:
So no chance of reducing size and thereby reducing water requirements? Again, I don’t really have the time in the day to trim up 16+ zips with my day job anyways. I just want some quality head stash, not looking to turn a profit or make concentrates or anything like that
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you don't have to keep it all, don't have any friends that would like some free weed for their birthday? make a load of cookies for christmas, take them to the homeless shelter, let the bums have a merry christmas
 
Indacouch

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ganga gurl420 said:
You don't have to wet trim. You can dry trim and store it that way. Then as you need it you can trim it.
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I've been playing around with rough chopping and storing. I actually like having some extra water leaf on the stuff I store long term. I just tighten it up as patients need it and to me it almost protects it and seems better doing that than storing it with a super tight trim. The smells are insane when I tighten it up and knock the extra leaf off before giving it to patients. Almost seems like it holds in all the goodness until I'm ready to unleash it. This year I'll be doing most of it like that. I just knock the majority off while it's sticking straight out and dry, put it into cure and then into giant sealable bags inside of air tight totes from Depot. Just stack those in my big dark room for drying and forget about it. I ended up with some jars of keef and lots of great bubble hash and extract material to. I tighten up the cured buds over a big plastic bowl. When the bowl gets full I pour the sugar trim into a bag and save it. The real fine stuff I screen real quick and jar up the Keef for a rainy day. I got lots of delicious sugar. I press them into rolos and give them to my patients .......no complaints
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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Indacouch said:
I've been playing around with rough chopping and storing. I actually like having some extra water leaf on the stuff I store long term. I just tighten it up as patients need it and to me it almost protects it and seems better doing that than storing it with a super tight trim. The smells are insane when I tighten it up and knock the extra leaf off before giving it to patients. Almost seems like it holds in all the goodness until I'm ready to unleash it. This year I'll be doing most of it like that. I just knock the majority off while it's sticking straight out and dry, put it into cure and then into giant sealable bags inside of air tight totes from Depot. Just stack those in my big dark room for drying and forget about it. I ended up with some jars of keef and lots of great bubble hash and extract material to. I tighten up the cured buds over a big plastic bowl. When the bowl gets full I pour the sugar trim into a bag and save it. The real fine stuff I screen real quick and jar up the Keef for a rainy day. I got lots of delicious sugar. I press them into rolos and give them to my patients .......no complaints
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Yeah once I was convinced to try dry trim.
..I never went back
 
Indacouch

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GroErr said:
True, I'd cut it anyhow, but I'm OCD that way. I couldn't stand that there was material potentially holding back the roots, even though they'd grow right through it ;)
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I was the same way for the longest time lol..... I do slice my 2 gallons still. After that I just drop the whole thing.
 
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