A lil help plz!?!?!?!

hey yo! im a rook for real you guys with no expereance indoors. here is what i've got going on. i have grow lab 60 (2x2x5.3) sun system 150w on top, 68w cfl box said = to 300w (2700k 4500 lumens) underneath for supplamental light. 170cfm inline sucking on a carbon filter (just got this in the mail last night after the lights went off and set it up this morning) with 4 1/2" & 3 1/4" axial fans with one of the bottom flaps of the tent open for intake. strain trinity kush. vegged for 3 wks switched the lights on it when she was 9-10"and i am now on wk 4 of bloom. my issue is im running out of room!! ive takin my rope ratchets off the light and stuck a cross bar thru the hangers on the light. but every thing that i've read on trinity said to focus on the main stalk with minimal side branching. but its not doing any thing like the reviews or description said. side branching out the wazoo with lots of good bud production. but the top literally stopped streaching and is starting to finally push pistols. im just worried that its still going to hit the top of my tent. any suggestions would be greatly apreciated.
 

Total Head

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lesson learned. all you can do is bend it and tie it down, but at week 4 of flower the stems are probably too stiff for that so there's a good chance it will break. it's a real bitch to lose the top cola but this is one of those things that needed to be taken into consideration before this point. if bending is just impossible then you're going to have to clip the top stuff off. if you put up a pic of the setup and plant someone may be able to offer some better suggestions, but based on your post you're out of options.

you have now learned that:

a. seed descriptions are for decoration only
b. you need to account for the stretch before it happens

those lessons alone will greatly improve your next crop. so don't look at this as a setback. look at it as something that just improved every plant you will ever grow in the future.
 
yeah no bend on it at all. so would pinching then bending or just go ahead and top it and let it concentrate on the side branches? and no camera yet. its in the mail.
 

Total Head

Well-Known Member
if you can pinch and bend then go for it. i doubt it would work on a stem hardened from 4 weeks of flowering, but it's a lot better than losing the whole top.

if you have to clip it, you have to clip it. it will likely stress the plant out a bit and it might take a couple days to recover, but at this point concentrating on the lower stuff sounds like your best bet. with the top gone the side branches should get a boost.

after 4 weeks the stretch should be pretty much over, so getting a handle on it for the rest of the cycle shouldn't be a problem once the top is dealt with. good luck.
 

FarmerWiz

Member
Start to tie 'em down! they should naturally start to point back upwards after you tie them down but wont get nearly as big!
 
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