Argh!!! Oops!!! Yikes!!!

Hey y'all,

5 weeks into my first grow and I've got a problem. I've got 7 plants 1 week into flowering in a budbox small version & a 400w dual frequency HPS. After 4 weeks my plants were almost 2 feet tall so I switched the timing down to 11 hrs on 13hrs off to stop them getting too close to the lamp.

Here's the issue. They are still growing !!!! I fed them two days ago and took a look back in there today and they are nearly filling the bud box (.75m x .75m x 1m). Definite heat stress as the tops are getting burned. There's good ventilation via a powerful extractor but it ain't helping the plant tops (mean temperature in the box is only about 75-80F).

I should have topped them I guess but I didn't expect this crazy growth spurt.

Now in a week I guess I'll be able to see which are males and that will free up space. I wonder, though, if it would be worth me trying to bend the stalks slightly or do ye think I've waited too long?

If anyone has any hints for a newbie it would be greatly appreciated.

SD

What strain is it you have growing?

wow that was quick!!!

Unfortunately they didn't have any indica strains in the head shop so I got an "indoor mix" - which is 75% Indica 25% Sativa. From the looks of it 3 out of the 7 plants are Sativas.

If the crop dies I still have 8 seeds left that I can try with the benefit of experience behind me Just a pity cos we're in a serious smoke drought here in Ireland at the moment.

SD

Well you still got a bit of growth from those plants to come yet.

Normally a pure indica will grow upto around 2x its size when it starts flowering. With a sativa its more like around 3x its size.

So they were around 2 foot tall when you started flowering and how much space do you have total.

Could you post a picture of your space and the plants.

oh yikes again. I've only got a foot to spare at this stage. After reading and researching for a month before growing I must kick myself gudo for not noticing this. I thought that all energy went into the flowers at that stage.

Will take a photo later on as they are in the dark phase atm. I'll start tying them down tomorrow then.

Thanks for your help nongreenthumb.

SD