Also I find that the correct light intensity can promote short bushy plants.

Just look in my signature at my second grow log. The plants were extremely short and bushy, 12+ nodes at only 1 foot high.

To get bushy plants you need to keep the node length at 1 inch. A good way to get this is to have the correct light intensity and distance, this stops stretching.

Cannabis-Seeds is very right about strains too, Indica are genetically shorter and bushier than Sativas.

Hope we have helped you out...

Take Care

S.L.
silent leprechaun Reviewed by silent leprechaun on . how do you get short bushy plants? Also lighting question I was wandering how you get the short, really bushy plants? I read about topping between the 4th and 5th nodes, does that mean cutting the top of the plant off? ALso, I am thinking of purchasing the 400 MH and HPS lighting system with a digital ballast, will 400 watts be enough to grow 4 plants at a time? Rating: 5