Newbie, first post, 8 weeks into flower, questions

Hi all. My first grow is going pretty good I think, started out with 10 bag seeds, 8 germed, 3 turned male.

10 - 40 watt CFL's in a 2' x 3' x 6' white grow box

All are 8 weeks into flower after 5 weeks of veg. They are 5'+ tall! and I'm out of room

I can't raise my light fixture any higher, so three are growing into (touching) the lights and the other two are getting close, although they are getting heat stress at the top leaves they seem to be doing ok otherwise. How bad is this?

pics1 and 2 are of the 3 tallest (The plant in back of pic 1 is mostly hidden but looks exactly like #2), how much longer before ready?

Pic 3 is of the smallest I'm figuring this is a sativa strain and needs a lot more time.

Pic 4 is the weird one, it's not growing like the others but it isn't male, not sure what's going on

Any help or input is greatly appreciated.

tie them down to keep them below the lights.

ditto. just bend them and tie them. bitch aint gonna get away...lol

Judging by the size of them you might have to do a tie up/down, pull the buds down so they are in the light, then tie them up so they don't fall over.

Thanks so much for the tiedown info, did it last night.

Wow, you can definitely see the difference in the density of the buds when flowering under CFL's. Could this be what is wrong with the last pic, it is hard to see, not very clear, but it looks like long pistils?

definitely tie them down. simply take a fishing weight and tie that sucker to the top and let the plant just bend over. this will prevent your top cola from burning and also expose some of the lower bud to more light helping them grow bigger. so do this asap

5 weeks of veg != CFL grows... You'll find better luck next time flowering them when they are 8-12" tall... The plants do look very nice for being SO tall in such little light, so just less veg next time will prevent this Good lucK!!