Plants out-growing grow box!!! Help

[landoficensnow]

Hi All;

I have 4 white widows and 1 jock horror, all females about 3 weeks into flowering... all plants are healthy doing well etc...

the problem is that the 4 ww's have gotten so tall they are touching the glass on my light (heat isnt an issue 400w ventilation and duct work etc) and one plant has actually grow above the light. I cannot raise the light any higher as it is fixed...

Should I bend them or top them?

Thx

 

[Stealing]

Topping them would be a good thing, you can also add some lights on the sides to work on the bushiness of the plant, and not so much the height.

If they are old enough 1-3 months, you also could consider starting to flower them(if you havn't already)

Also check out this method of growing in a space with low roofs
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[LoudBlunts]

Why Would You Top A Plant That Is 3 Weeks Into Flower?

 

[Yota]

lol, ya, he said they are into flowering already Stealing....id say that u need to tie them down. Don't top them.

 

[smokingbot]

Why Would You Top A Plant That Is 3 Weeks Into Flower?

true words.. bend um, move them, or kill them... your only options.

 

[Stealing]

ha sorry, I missed that one.. my bad. True though, not good to top a plant during the flowering stage. but still, the side lighting is a good idea, or tying them to grow horizontaly works too.

 

[landoficensnow]

guys,

thanks for the quick responses.... gonna go tie them down... its a jungle in there... i thought ww genetics were supposed to say short and stubby...
guess not... any thoughts on that?

 

[landoficensnow]

i topped 2 of them and left one

all have extreme sativa characteristics (nirvana shop).... so i started having to tie them down right at the beginning of flowering period (as they were touching the light).... now i'm 30 days into flowering.... the bud development seems slow compared other grow journals ive seen here with the strain at the same time period....

so the question i pose; does lst (during the early flowering stage) just slow growth? or complete fuck up the plant chemistry?

please advise

thx