Been racking my brains trying to figure-out how to grow the Thai seeds I was gifted. I've been hesitant to offer any landrace advise to you guys, as usually I prefer to have personal experience before offering any.

But the only things I can think that may work well, and the techniques I plan on trying, are:

1) Top early and often. Once the second or third set of true leaves shows, pop the top. Once the 2 shoots are sizeable enough, pop the tops again. If it hasn't gone to alternating nodes after that, top 'em again. My goal is to not let them get too tall before switching to flower. (under one foot if possible)

2) Train the tops down by tying to bamboo stakes. The tops compete for vertical 'supremacy'. By tying the top's down, the lower nodes should start this competition amongst themselves. (a SCROG technique)

3) Will try and wait on transplants till they are fairly rootbound. Just from casual observation, compacted roots can equate to compacted stretch. This might just be a nutrient-uptake thing though.

4) Strong lighting in flower, but off to the side rather than directly above the plant. (low-light levels stretch the ladies) The side-lighting should promote nodal branching rather than cola growth. Will likely bend the tops down twords the rim of the pot, and turn the pots daily for even growth.

5) First dose of growth inhibitor immediately upon switching to 12/12. The second dose once they've recovered from the first dose. None of the strains I've ever worked with (including sativa dominates) care if you slam 'em into flower, or if you ease 'em in. They should still react to the switch in nutes and lighting just fine. Might need to decrease schedule to 11-13 or 10-14 to innitiate flowering, but I'll play that one by ear.

6) Will start flowering in 3 gallon pots, but transplant into 5 gallons at about 6 weeks or so. This will replenish organics and buffering through the rest of the flowering period. (hopefully)

5) Keep fingers crossed, as this is likely a bad idea to try and grow 'em indoors.

Each of these techniques are stressors. I'm not certain of the stability of the genetics, so all this is subject to change without notice, lol. Don't want to dick-around and get unwanted nanners. Again...will be making decisions as the situation warrants it.

I'm planning on growing-out a male and a female. But if they get too unruly, I'll cull the girl and collect pollen from the male. Might not be able to take the Thai to full term, but I can certainly cross breed 'em just fine.

I'll be a few months before trying this. For starters, I'm not sure what temps are too low for Thai, plus...I'm a bit behind, and a failure would put me back to square one. Again.

I don't mean to hijack your thread Washougal, but I am quite interested in what will work, and what won't. :thumbsup: