3RD Week Flowering, Touching the light. Should I TOP?

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kinley

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Hey all,

My girls are into their 3rd week flowering and they seem to still be growing! Some of them are now touching the lights and I have no room to pull the light up higher. When should I expect them to stop growing vertically?

Should I use a rope and bend the top toward the lights?
Should I top during flowering?
 
killeroxx

killeroxx

Active Member
huh...id start tieing tops town slowly but try to go for a foot or more not all at once tho Slowly....like within a few days pretty much and you may be fine...
 
ExDex1x1

ExDex1x1

Active Member
Definitely go with lst. Topping is gonna cause too much stress and it could affect your yield or quality when done during flower.
 
GottaHaveIt

GottaHaveIt

Active Member
I wouldn't top any later than 2 weeks before flower. If you can't get them down far enough by LST, then maybe pinch and bend...but only as a last resort imo
 
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wiseguy316

Well-Known Member
i just got done doing the pinching and bending about 2 weeks, has stunted the vertical growth and working wonders
 
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kinley

Member
I am using an air cooled hood so it only gets slightly warm. It is getting really hard to manage these girls, they seem to keep touching the lights after a a day or two of LST. Can someone tell me if its too close?

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K

kinley

Member
Also is this the best way of LST? Any suggestions? I just used a piece of string to pull their head slightly to the side.
 
bushybush

bushybush

New Member
Keep doing that SLOWLY as others have said. Too fast=Stress, topping now=stress, leaving them touching the light=stress........and STRESS=POSSIBLE HERMIES. Among many other negative things. Just be slow over the course of a few days and I think you'll be ok. LST is much easier in veg because the stems have not hardened and become "woody". At 3 weeks they are probably somewhere in between. trying to LST at 6 weeks in would be a whole other story.....
 
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irieie

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i sometimes supercrop up into the second week of flower. i have never noticed any "stress." it seems like it makes the bud get fatter. the stem heals thicker where you bent it and that means there is more access for nutrient exchange. i have never had a plant hermie because i super cropped.
 
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