The problem with auto's when I bought seeds was that I didn't find any with enough sativa while low enough in indica, but I was also very much in favour of photoperiod strains.
In the end of course I'll simply find out but I really want to maximize the chances of me returning here to tell you about a small but high-quality material grow rather than returning here to tell you about my complete and utter failure which ended up as nothing at all. I'm sure many have had grows that failed completely, maybe I should get rid if the Chocolate Haze(95% sativa) which haven't shown it self from below the soil yet and instead plant a Amnesia Haze(70% sativa).
Could that make things easier for me?
I am starting to see that I might have made a few mistakes in my planning for this grow and I wonder the following:
1.
The optimal way to grow this plant if not concerned with space would be to keep the plant in 18-6 until it starts showing preflowers and then switch it to 12-12 until harvest.
But what if space is a concern, if grown 12-12 from seed it would be detrimental to the growth, but what about the quality of the buds?
If I would accept the lower yield of 12-12 from seed, could I still end up with buds of the same quality as if grown with a vegetative period?
2.
I am leaning towards trying to use the technique of limiting stretching by the deliberate choice of too small pots.
As I see it(without any experience mind you) if I took a pot that was too small for the plant to develop as much as it can and then re-pot it after the phase of stretching have passed(which I would have to simply guess or wait long enough to be sure, or simply manage to dodge some of the stretching) into a much larger pot to allow the plant access to grow it's roots as much as it can, it would be a good idea to re-pot several times since if only 1 "choke pot" was used the plant might get root bound bad enough so that when I re-pot it into a much larger pot that will not matter because the roots are still bound. But if I re-pot many times each time a little larger then maybe I could keep the root bounding from becoming bad enough so that the plant can't spread it's root afterwards.
Is this just fantasies without any chance of success, if you would guess?
3.
If the size of the pot determines the maximum size of the plant, is it then possible to choose a pot size that would keep the sativa constrained appropriately to the size of my tent while allowing it the optimum amount of soil, considering the need for constraining it to a 60*60*135cm allowable growing space?
If you had only 60*60*135cm space to grow a sativa and where going to try and use the size of the pot to keep the plant from getting out of hand even with extensive training, which size of pot would be your first guess for a suitable pot size?
4.
I have a few training ideas which I need to choose from but this is one option to try and follow:
I have formed a plan loosely, and that have been to allow the plant to grow 5 or more internodes and then topp the plant down to 3 internodes and then train those into 6 colas evenly spaced in the tent.
Even though I do not like the idea of the following maybe I should consider defoliation, to train the plant into 6 colas but purposely limiting any further larger branches to form and grow tall.
Please note that considering the challenge I obviously stand before I am willing to sacrifice any yield as a result of the measures to keep it under control as long as the quality of the herb doesn't get degraded noticeably, does it sound like a mistake to allow the plant to grow all by its own and then topp a considerable amount of it only leaving 3 nodes and then use super-cropping to bend the by then think hardy stem below the first node in order to bend the plant 90deg to allow those 6 remaining branches to get the attention to develop into colas?
I appreciate the fact that it is probably impossible for you to give me the answers to these questions but I am simply asking your opinion or straight out guesses, I value your guesses to be infinitely more worth than my guesses.
I'm not in panic mode but I am starting to question this endeavour, but in the end I simply have to find a way to grow high-quality heavy sativa strains in my small grow tent, the only question is how the fudge do I limit the growth while not limiting the quality of the end result.
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Originally Posted by DDG
You can't go wrong with a Colombian Gold from Green House. But it will triple in size during flowering. So keep an measurement on as it is growing so you don't run out of room. You can tied it down and ben it over half way before you flip, this will help give you some more room. good luck and happy growing.
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