How to Keep Them Small

How can you grow outside but keep the plants relatively small as to help prevent visual detection i just want them about 3 feet tall then after flowering about 5 to 6 or so... do i just keep the pots small or do i start later into the summer so they dont veg alot? also i have heard from a friend about the solo cup grow comp on here but i can't ever find it, also a shot glass grow so if anyone has that link that would be great

one of the biggest factors is the strain you are trying to grow. Is it pure or mostly indica or sativa? That will make a big difference on the potential height of the grow. The problem with solo cups and even more so with shot glasses I would think is the increased possiblility of the plant becoming root bound. The roots want to spread and plants in solo cups should be transplanted into larger containers after they are over a few inches tall. If you want to keep the plant low-lying you can always gently tie it down to something which will make the plant grow width wise and laterally opposed to tall. good luck!

I have some soft tie made for tomatoes do you think that would work? And i am not growing in a solo cup im growing outside, i just heard about the solo cup contest and i wanted to see the pros of the grows at their best in some small growing spaces

Never seen soft ties.... so wouldnt know. Basically what he is talking about is a method know as LST: Low Stress Training. You can look at it under GrowFAQS im sure they can explain it better then I. But Ill still give you a quick overview of the process.

Basically you can yarn..string... anything that is not going to hurt your plant, and use it to overtime make your plant grow horizontally instead of vertically. Tie one side of the string to your plant, and find something stable to the tie the other to. At first you want to just barely be bending the plant, as you dont want it to break, slowly and slowly bend the plant more and more. After a while it will be growing horizontally, and height will not be a problem. Like I said though, check out GrowFAQS for LST, and perhaps search LST, and look at people who have done it before.

Also, I think it would be best to just start plants later. Just read a thread about planting early has some negative affects on flowering.

Don't Start Too Early Inside or Outdoors
For several reasons! If you are starting outdoors June 1 is perfect. But if I start earlier I will get bigger buds right? Probably Wrong!
Its strange but usually true. ill explain. Plants started in early spring will get big but they will take significantly longer to start flowering. This is because at the peak vegetative period they sense the light cycles getting longer and longer, until June 21. But they don't realize that its time to flower yet. Finally in the middle of August the plant says "HEY" "time to flower already" and it produces buds in August and September or later they will be tall as trees but thinner buds due to the fact that the sun is not as strong in September. Now if the ganja plants were put out later, as soon as they get a foot off the ground they say "what's going on" I am just in early veggie and the light hours aren't getting longer in fact SHORTER" Then the plants go crazy and since the sun is so bright in July and August you get amazing 6 foot trees that are heavier than the plants started in April!!! in addition to finishing earlier the late started plants are not nearly as noticeable.
Indoors is the same for different reasons. The light cannot penetrate more than a foot or two. So flower when plants are a foot tall. If you wait longer because you want bigger yields, you will get smaller yields and wait longer for them.



Personally I think June 1st is a bit late, and Im not sure how realiable this information is, dont think its been tested. One thing that was forgotten on this was it really depends on where your planting. If you live in the south where summers are really hot, planting in June may be to hot, and stress the young seedling. As oppposed to planting in April, and letting the plant get a bit stronger, before the heat comes.

I would say just start in April, or try LST and plant now.