Hi 67 Flying V!
You'll notice when you raise seed plants that the little branchlets eventually stretch out with age.
After about the first month,the branches begin to appear.I call those little branchlets "suckers"
.
At about the second month,these branches will have taken on some size,and you'll notice that little stick in the mud is now a compact little bush.
I like to wait to notice that the branches that have grown out of the "belly" of the plant have now taken on a bit of burl and girth.(It just ups the survival rate to cut the plantlet at a decent size anyhow.)
Even under long day lengths,after a while of watching things grow,you'll notice that the nodes on the branches don't come out even.When plants are young (first weeks/first month),the leaves come out at the nodes symmetrical.
Notice in this picture of a young Sharkie what I'm talking about:
This node is what I'm talking about when I say that the plant will go "kinky" at a certain point during "pubescent" growth.(yes,I do mean under a long day length photo schedule)
This "kink" would most certainly appear were one to reduce day lengths immediately.I just do so because I like to wait for the plant to tell me what she's all about
(as in I wait while she's in "veg" to see this)
2monthish old Sk.Hz from seed (notice how the petiole/leaf stems don't meet each other adjacently…that's the "kink"
):
The only sound advice I can offer is to make sure to take something big enough for it to survive.If it's too small,you can't really bury the stem in deep,and that sucks,because plants need balance to live!!!