jolleyrancherpurps
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Is there any way too slow down the vertical growth of my plants without hurting them?
plants are too big!!!!!!!!
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JealousGreen
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Topping and lst.. works wonders..
jolleyrancherpurps
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ok cool ill check that out, is it gonna be hard too do? I have 16 plants in a 4x4x6 and they are already 2 to 2 and a half feet tall and are only ten days into flowering, and they are indica strains
jolleyrancherpurps
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anybody??????
Mudslide9791
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LST em man. You've already begun flower, so grab some yarn and duct tape. Slip knot over the top cola and slowly bed it over sideways. Duct tape it to the side of your grow container. It will work in your situation.
kiwiskunk
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It is too late too top them bro if they are already flowering. You will have to spend a few hours tying them all over, don't be worried they can take a lot of stress!! just bend them all over at different angles until you get them all to the height you want. It will also help the lower buds develop as they will receive a lot more light!! good luck
jolleyrancherpurps
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ok ill try that, when i bend them does that stop vertical groth completley or will it still grow to the side
Mudslide9791
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The apex tip will curl back up towards the light and continue vertical growth like this
As you can see the vertical growth has began again as the plant will instinctly raise the LST'd tip back up towards the light, only now the entire plant is lower and I have let more light into the middle bud sites =) This is just a branch from one of my flowering girls but you can get an idea of what we mean by Low Stress Training the plant. You can do this to the apex (main) cola with the same/similar results.
Hope this helps
As you can see the vertical growth has began again as the plant will instinctly raise the LST'd tip back up towards the light, only now the entire plant is lower and I have let more light into the middle bud sites =) This is just a branch from one of my flowering girls but you can get an idea of what we mean by Low Stress Training the plant. You can do this to the apex (main) cola with the same/similar results.
Hope this helps
JealousGreen
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You should use bushmaster. It stops the vertical stretches...
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
jolleyrancherpurps
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ok cool hopefully ill be able too find that bushmaster stuff where i live.Ty for all of the info
if you already know you are going to run out of vertical space, you may want to look into using bushmaster. works great at stopping vertical height, but trade off is that many say it is a bit toxic to smoke.
If you go the supercrop and LST route, you should put up a trellis to make things more efficient. I find the $5 ones from home depot work great and I just toss them when Im done.
If you go the supercrop and LST route, you should put up a trellis to make things more efficient. I find the $5 ones from home depot work great and I just toss them when Im done.
JealousGreen
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You only use it once or twice in the first week of 12/12 so its totally gone way before you smoke anything...