Height Issues During Flower

Hey all,

I am now about two weeks into flower and realize I should had tied some of the plants. The light is at max height and I'm worried some heads might burn. Could I still tie some down or is there a "light shield" type thing to help dim the light?

Cheers!

Tie them down

You're lucky it's so early on,
You can very well tie the plant down, some people even super crop at the early stages of flower.

But if you want to take it easy, yes just get some garden wire or soft string and tie those bad girls down to the pot !

manifolding/mainlining is your friend.

Supercrop if need be!

714steadyeddie said:

You're lucky it's so early on,
You can very well tie the plant down, some people even super crop at the early stages of flower.

But if you want to take it easy, yes just get some garden wire or soft string and tie those bad girls down to the pot !

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You can do it when you want - need. Later bloom is OK too!

b4ds33d said:

manifolding/mainlining is your friend.

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"Mainlining" is best done from the time the plants are topped and have several "mains" starting. You tie them down and train them to grow up once they have been spread out..(as far as you like)...This can be done after multiple toppings.
Starting to "tie down" at this point is not mainlining in my book!

Before you start the next run. Put something white (flat white) on those walls. Get the light working for you (reflected). You could use a mirrored film if you like - You would have to attach it at the edges only and run a fan in there!

I see your growing in some "buckets"? At least 1, 5 gallon bucket! I don't see any holes in the bucket for drainage/aeration ! That is a "bad" thing!
Plastic pots made for growing are easy to get and cheap if know where to look! Take a look at Plant Warrior pots - good stuff!
Skip the "smart" pots....

Good luck

Alright then, looks like I've got some work to do. I threw together some of the material. Different size pots, bucket one has drilled holes and cut slits. There is also a vent system off picture going outside with a fan on the bottom coming up.

Everything has been working great. Little yellowing now...I think from the lights. I'll see come harvest.

Thanks for heads up!

Looks like the only height problem is with the 3 large colas in the back. With only a couple weeks flowering you are at a good time to bend those 3 colas 90 degrees so the colas are perpendicular to the ground. It's OK if the plant stem appears to 'break" after being bent. Not to worry. Those colas will continue to flower as normal. They'll just be doing it at an angle.

NOTE -- if you had caught the problem the first week of flowering I would say to take the top 6-8 inches off the top of those 3 colas and make clones of them. I've found, however, that plants flowering more than 7 days are exceedingly difficult to root as clones. So I would bend them over now.

Good luck, BigSteve.

If the yellowing I starting on the older leaves it could be a nitrogen deficiency or a magnesium issue. Id add some calmag to your next feed