Indicas are shorter.

You could go into flowering sooner, keep it from growing.

If you bend or in other way keep the main stem lower than the other branches, the other branches will try and be the main stem. Eventually the real main stem will join them and you'll have 6 or 8 top or main branches.

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tacman7 Reviewed by tacman7 on . Short or Tall For an indoor grow is it a better idea to keep the plants on the short side? Will this help the plant to produce more buds? Rating: 5