Pinching, good idea or not in 2 week of flowering

is it a good idea to pinch and bend over top stem in flowering stage 2 weeks in. plants are getting to close to light, want to give them room to strech

robside said:

is it a good idea to pinch and bend over top stem in flowering stage 2 weeks in.

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No. Your plants will stop flowering to mend the area you pinched resulting in less of a yield. You should top plants while there in veg so you can let them recover before flowering.

Im sure there is people that have topped while in flower but i wouldnt personally advise it.

if you can avoid it i would but if you have no choice then go ahead it shouldnt effect it to much...may slow growth for a day if you do it right shouldnt effect at all...we are talking about suppercropping...i supercrop and with in a couple hrs it starts to correct itself...

If your talking about removing a top, it is best to this with at least a week, preferably two, still left in veg. This gives the hormones, called auxins I think, time to redistribute. As far as bending, I will pinch and bend my buds through the first month or so of flower as I sometimes need to keep them from getting too close to the light. I don't bend anymore than I need to and it dosent effect the yield. If you are bending to supercrop (increase yield), I think that needs to be done while in veg or very early flower.