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whats up growers i have a question i have to limit my self to 2 plants in the house so if i clone how long will them clones stay small i cant have 4 plants flowering at 1 time meaning can i keep them tiny in a 1 gallon pots for 6 weeks without them getting tall
 
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Because of light schedule differences for vegetation and flowering, photoperiodic plants can't both veg and flower at the same time in the same tent. You could do it with two tents, though. Many growers use separate tents for the two.
 
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Because of light schedule differences for vegetation and flowering, photoperiodic plants can't both veg and flower at the same time in the same tent. You could do it with two tents, though. Many growers use separate tents for the two.
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ok my question is not to put them all in a 12/12 with my flowering plants my question is can i keep clones tinny in small 1 gallon pots for atleast 6 weeks
 
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ok my question is not to put them all in a 12/12 with my flowering plants my question is can i keep clones tinny in small 1 gallon pots for atleast 6 weeks
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lst and topping is like the only ways, or flowering them early
 
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lst and topping is like the only ways, or flowering them early
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my thoughts too. would take some pretty intense training id imagine
 
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Buy dwarfs.

Top 10 Smallest Cannabis Plants - RQS Blog

Low on space? Want to keep your grow private? If so, then these 10 small and stealthy weed plants are perfect for your situation. Take your pick.
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my thoughts too. would take some pretty intense training id imagine
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No it took nothing I bent that tall cola and tie it to the pot
 
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No it took nothing I bent that tall cola and tie it to the pot
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You don't have to keep them in small one gallons if you're worried about size. You can use a 3 gallon and just keep it small with pruning and training. If you want to grow smaller plants overall though, go with a broad leaf variety (indica).
 
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purplelove said:
whats up growers i have a question i have to limit my self to 2 plants in the house so if i clone how long will them clones stay small i cant have 4 plants flowering at 1 time meaning can i keep them tiny in a 1 gallon pots for 6 weeks without them getting tall
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Just keep the light low. A 38 watt CFL will keep them happy but not growing.

E2A: keep it close to the plant to keep it from stretching
 
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ok my question is not to put them all in a 12/12 with my flowering plants my question is can i keep clones tinny in small 1 gallon pots for atleast 6 weeks
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Well... If light schedule isn't a concern, then, yes, there are ways to control growth rate. I experimented with this a few years ago and concluded that it's basically a matter of carefully constraining growth factors. Those being light, VPD, nutrients, etc. That certainly could include pot size, as well, but I didn't give that much thought at the time. I used one-gallon plastic pots. They were photoperiodic plants. IIRC, they were Acapulco Gold.

I built a small scaffold around the plants that held a diffuser to keep the plant in the shade. (I never got around to trying different colors and opacity of diffusers, but thought about it.) Controlling the light probably was the main growth-limiting factor. I also adjusted the VPD to minimize transpiration and used low doses of vegetation nutrients. The plants didn't die and showed relatively little growth after two months. When I changed them to normal vegging conditions, they then grew normally and eventually yielded a typical crop.

I believe it was important to constrain all growth factors, not just one or two. That, I believe, kept the plant stable or balanced, in that, too much of one would have increased the plant's need for the others.
 
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Just keep the light low. A 38 watt CFL will keep them happy but not growing.

E2A: keep it close to the plant to keep it from stretching
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thank you thats what i wanted to know
 
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Well... If light schedule isn't a concern, then, yes, there are ways to control growth rate. I experimented with this a few years ago and concluded that it's basically a matter of carefully constraining growth factors. Those being light, VPD, nutrients, etc. That certainly could include pot size, as well, but I didn't give that much thought at the time. I used one-gallon plastic pots. They were photoperiodic plants. IIRC, they were Acapulco Gold.

I built a small scaffold around the plants that held a diffuser to keep the plant in the shade. (I never got around to trying different colors and opacity of diffusers, but thought about it.) Controlling the light probably was the main growth-limiting factor. I also adjusted the VPD to minimize transpiration and used low doses of vegetation nutrients. The plants didn't die and showed relatively little growth after two months. When I changed them to normal vegging conditions, they then grew normally and eventually yielded a typical crop.

I believe it was important to constrain all growth factors, not just one or two. That, I believe, kept the plant stable or balanced, in that, too much of one would have increased the plant's need for the others.
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thank you as i continue to grow i will continue to learn tricks
 
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These clones were taken the end of maythese clones were taken 4 weeks agoI keep them under T5 lamps, 4 lamps at the most, keep the temps down around 70 it slows growth tremendously, humidity at 65%, 1 gallon pots,
This keeps growth pretty manageable till I’m ready to flower
 
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thank you thats what i wanted to know
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These two were cut from a Querkle June 6th and transplanted into this Earthbox on July 8th. I have had them under 60 watts since.

They are 10 inches tall.

Low light levels
 
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Yes I a gree one gallon pot is big you can keep a clone small 12 hours light per day you say you do not want to do that under a weak florescent 18hours light 6 hours darkness will be 16inches tall lol highland plants more like 24 to 30 inches tall in 6 weeks
 
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If clones are taken in flower by the time they re veg you can be done flowering the mum/s

They're 6wks old i them trimmed to suit
 
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lst and topping is like the only ways, or flowering them early
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You can always just keep them in the solo cup or a pot them into a 1 gallon and run them all the way through in that that definitely keeps him small too
 
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all the clones I've ever had usually were small and didn't take much space
 
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all the clones I've ever had usually were small and didn't take much space
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Its all relative to what and how you feed
See smaller pots you can kind of get the best of both worlds out of things one you can control the size of your plants by lowering the frequency of feed that you use, but maintaining the same type of wet dry cycle that you would ina larger pot or you can use them to kind of get explosive growth in a tiny package in comparison to its larger counter parts in bigger pots because what you can do is you can prolong a wet dry cycle if you basically just let it almost dry out but not completely and then feed again and feed again. The thing about a smaller pot is is that you actually overtime can get more food into the medium available to the plant without burning it as long as you take your time and you don’t overwater so it just depends so the pictures are a couple of different clone runs majority 1 gallon pots with a couple of threes mixed in but the one run they were 4 1/2 almost 5 feet tall the other one smaller, but it was a different strain, but you can grow a plant just as large as a three or five in a one you just gotta know what you’re doing and how to do it
 

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