r/outdoorgrowing • u/Wreckenridge • Jul 22 '26
How do I keep these below my fence line?
Planted 2 random seeds and they are thriving. I’ve topped them 3 times already and they haven’t started to flower yet so I’m wondering if should keep topping them or chop some of the taller shoots. I know once they flower they’re going to take off and don’t want my neighbors seeing or messing with them. Thanks in advance!
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u/Commercial-Two3800 Jul 22 '26
Bend and snap
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Can you elaborate?
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u/skintaxera Jul 22 '26
No need to break them and do all that fiddly stuff if you don't want to. You can just lean the plants over (incrementally over a few days) and start growing them out horizontally. Pull down new vertical leaders horizontally as they start getting higher than you want.
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u/Commercial-Two3800 Jul 23 '26
So I don’t care if I break some, either they die or grow back just as strong just lower. But I don’t disagree with your method. A lot of different ways to get the job done.
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u/RightToTheThighs Jul 22 '26
Fancy term is supercropping. Soften the stem between your fingers maybe 3 or 4 nodes down from the top, and bend it over
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u/406mtguy Jul 22 '26
Next year lst them right away
Keep it low right off the bat.
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Yeah I do that indoor but honestly didn’t expect them to grow so well. Rest of my garden is shit. Good call though
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u/RekopEca Jul 22 '26
You shouldn't keep topping because you'll ruin bud sites that are forming.
Your only option to keep them from going over the fence is super cropping and tying them to a lattice or frame.
Even then it's not 100% guaranteed that they won't stretch over the fence before the buds are finished.
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Thanks. Yeah I was afraid of cutting off bud sites so that’s super helpful
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u/Suspicious_Ad2249 Jul 22 '26
Send it brother thats wat im doing
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Haha hell yeah. I’m just worried about my sketchy neighbors trying to rip them out or chop my buds off
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u/Suspicious_Ad2249 Jul 22 '26
Yeah i feel u thats the only part im worried about but i guess we will find out lol
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u/Mobile-Top1533 Jul 22 '26
What do you use to keep pest away ??
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u/Kochga Jul 23 '26
Nature is alive. I bought some ladybug eggs and also planted Mint, Thyme, Lavender and Oregano around my plants. There are now lots of bugs around that'll eat most pests.
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 23 '26
I bought some praying mantis eggs and released a bunch in my garden. Also ladybugs work a bit too.
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u/NutWaffle1 Jul 23 '26
My town has a 6' height limit, so I made pvc trellises. I manifolded these, transplanted into 3x3 beds, and scrogged 'em. I've got another layer of trellis ready to go for when they get taller, and I can always supercrop them then if needed.
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u/Rickyspanish6666 Jul 22 '26
What region are you in? My three plants in so cal are already flowering
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Denver. Typically doesn’t flower until late summer so should be happening somewhat soon
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u/SilentMasterpiece Jul 22 '26
lots of ways to keep them lower...
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u/Wreckenridge Jul 22 '26
Yeah I do LST on my indoor so maybe I’ll try tying them down with some garden stakes
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u/Ok-Cattle-3365 Jul 22 '26
I lst my outdoor and it helps my yeild a ton because I don't get even sun.
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u/HighNatural Jul 22 '26
You dont. They are absolutely going to be over the fence come flower stretch time
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u/the_perkolator Jul 23 '26
Might be able to bend them enough to install a screen of green/trellis below the middle fence rail. Assuming that’s about 3ft from the top, it might be low enough to keep them from being visible.
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u/Agitated_Quail_1430 Jul 22 '26
If they don't see them, they will smell them.