Look up Kyle Kushman on YouTube. He’s the plant training guru. I’m not sure if he has good stuff on topping tough, which is what you really need. Search on topping and SCROG on Youtube. You’ll find a lot of good stuff.
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getting back to my growing medium that @GetbackJoJo inquired about. as I indicated, i selected the Pot4Pot 5 gallon grow kit . the kit contains everything to start ur first grow (except seeds). there are 11 “steps” on instruction sheet. i’ve followed them to a T. i’m at step seven right now. attached are pictures pertaining to the grow medium set up. my light is approximately 12" from the seed pod in the very last picture
5 gallon container acclimating for 24 hours
single seed in small container of water and placed in a dark warm place for 24 hours
seed at the bottom of water after 24 hours with presoaked peat pod
seed placed in peat pod
soil mix placed on top of seed
seed pod and 5 gallon container in the tent
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thank you, thank you, thank you. while i’m waiting for this seed to sprout (day two), i can read up on this topic and many others. do you realize how much time you just saved me searching??? thank you so much!
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Hey @farmerjohn
I have a 2 gallon kit going
60 day lemon auto
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70s you say? I bet @monkman and @Witchhouse among many others are old (I use that as a term of endearment 
) potheads from that time, and will fit in nicely on your thread. 
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Been there done that, almost exactly but without the car. I had a 3 speed bike in Sacramento. We used to climb up inside a huge billboard beside the freeway and smoke stolen cigarettes that we took from our parents. Then we got bold, we would go into a Luckys market as a group and guys would distract a teller while the lone kid would steal a pack of Marlboros off the rack.
One day one of the boys showed up with dads special cigarettes. I obviously had to giver a go! The rest is history and now present and soon to be future.
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I’m also a new Grower. I’m on my third grow. I’ve not attempted a sog. I saw LST method on YouTube that has worked well for me. I can’t remember who put up video. I will let plant grow to the 4th or 5th node. I top it . I will then bend plant over where it is essentially running horizontal. I use soft tie to tie it into position. At that point you will see growth coming from underneath and everything pretty much will start to grow evenly creating a canopy. If one growth gets ahead of others I’ll tie it back. I currently don’t have any pics to illustrate the starting point. I do have some pics of the results. I just started my first grow journal. I’ll be using same method on this grow. I put tap rooted seeds in soil November 30. I’ve got nice growth so far. Your welcome to follow along to see if this is something you want to try. It definitely allows you to have some control over height of plants. Here’s some pics of results and of my current seedlings.
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welcome farmer john what a good introduction… 
looking forwards to hearing how it all goes for you. 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098R0600?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_image
I use these and love them.
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howdy @farmerjohn, welcome to the forums. i started smoking in 68 at age of 15, been smoking for 51 years and it is finally legal to grow here in MIch so i am in 7th stoner heaven!
a couple things i would ask right off the bat is that you said you got the seeds, but not what strain or if they are fem, reg, or autos. i have two grows under my belt, the first i got 5 ounces out of 6 plants 4 of which i killed and one i almost killed lol. but with the help of the gang on here i got 17 ounces out of 6 plants from a 4x4x6 ft tent. top quality and great smelling blue dream!
btw, my journals are Monk’s first try and Monks second try. first one is pretty funny with all the mistakes i made. the second has lots of pics.
using a 4ft tall tent is going to be a bit of an issue, i think my 6ft is too small but it was all the room i had available.
depending on which strain you have going and whether or not you have fems you might want to only do a short veg time to help keep your plants from growing too tall. i am mostly doing 30 to 40 day veg times for my tent.
i didn’t see anything about fans inside the tent, you are probably going to need at least one to help keep air flowing around inside of tent. this is besides the exhaust fan you have.
and lastly i’m going to tag the forum’s lighting guru @dbrn32 to check on your light. i’m sure that it will probably do the trick but he will be able to tell you for sure one way or the other.
one of the best statements i heard when i first started is " you can make this as hard as you want or as easy as you want, and these are weeds, they will take some abuse and still keep growing".
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@farmerjohn Welcome to the best place you can be! Happy growing and keep on keeping on! 
I’m set to watching too. Looking forward to your grow.
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@monkman Good to see you around Brother!
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thanks bud, g to c u 2! i am not on as much because i’m not growing for a month or two while i heal. i have given up on the perpetual grow idea because of the plants not being at my house anymore. when i start back i will get a t5 two footer to do the seedling stage at my house and then will move the plants to my buddies to use the tents when they get started in veg stage.
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I wish you Gods speed in your healing Brother! 
it’s sounds like you got a damn good plan 
I hope you have a pain free and peacefully high night @monkman
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hey southerngal. i’ve been out of touch for several weeks. the holidays, travel, family, etc. just getting back to my journal. your 60 day lemon (now 72 day?) looks fantastic. i hope i can get mine to that point. i’m on day 18. progress!
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thanks kettle. got some updating to do on my journal. been away for a few weeks
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hey @Bulldognuts! great story. i like how your grow turned out. love to get my plant to that point. as i am limited on height with a smaller grow tent, i NEED to control the height and make it more of “bush” as represented in your pic(s). what is a “soft tie” ur refering to? a twisting tie from a bread package?
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hey @MrPeat. thanks for the tip on the hangers. jumped on amazon. 5 star rating. no brainer. ordered several. thanks man!
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I’m mad at him right now lol, my seed bank is merging with his.
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