First grow just starting to flower, getting too tall, worried neighbours will see

Hi everyone,

Back in September (Australian here) I figured I'd plant a few seeds in pots for fun, and lo and behold I've wound up with this one big girl, which I'm pretty content with for a very half-arsed first grow. However, she's gotten way too tall and has only just begun to flower, and given she's already damn conspicuous I really can't afford to let her gain much more height.

Is there anything I can do at this fairly-late stage to get her down to a more manageable size with minimal compromise to her health/final yield? As far as I can gather cutting anything sizeable off the top will likely be too stressful, and any sort of minimal topping/FIMing will be too little to achieve what I need. Googling around I haven't really found anything specific enough to my situation to help, unfortunately.

I'm wondering if any kind of LST or something similar is viable? Or any other recommendations would be awesome.

I've included a photo of the whole plant and a close up of the flowering progress (not much).

Thanks so much guys!

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I would probably tie the plant off about mid way & pull her so the main stalk is more parallel to the ground.
You may want to do this in stages to avoid breakage.

And welcome to RIU.

tilt the pot at an angle, the plant will grow upwards to the sun

yea LTS/tie her down, if she is in a pot you could also dig a hold for the pot ..

dig a hole in the ground about 1-2 ft deep and place the container in that.

Slipon said:

yea LTS/tie her down, if she is in a pot you could also dig a hold for the pot ..

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dam you beat me to that one by less than a min LOL

I'd tie off under the first set of branches that are good and sturdy, then pull the other end of your string down to a stake in the ground. I would lower it incrementally every four to five days. You may want trim off/back some of the fan leaves that are going to be forming the new "top" of your plant.