Well, Granny is a poor old lady (love my job, but the pay sucks bigtime!) and I grow under a mix of fluoros and CFLs- hey it works! I grow in 19 gallon tubs that have a 18 x 24 surface area. Usually, the plants pretty well cover the area.

I begin bending them when they are just babies. Then I top them when they have about 2 inches growth above the 4th set of real leaves. The top becomes a clone. The plant puts out 8 side shoots- all trying to be "top bud". I train these outward using bamboo skewers and twist ties from the Dollar Store or, when they grow beyond the pot, weights made of old bolts and twist ties.

I veg until the plant is getting pot bound in it's one gallon pot. I continue to stake and weight the plants after they go into the 19 gallon tubs. By keeping all the bud sites exposed to full light, all of the buds develop- even those usually scrawny "popcorn buds" at the bottom get to be reasonably sized. You can see the main trunk on my plants, but very little of the side stems! Just buds and leaves!


My tubs look awful with a small forest of bamboo stakes bristling all over and rusty bolts hanging like weird Xmas ornaments from the branches- but I LOVE the results! - Granny:hippy: