top of plant hitting light

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boodaluver

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Hello, I'm doing my first grow and I,m 4 weeks into flowering. I'm growing in a hydroponic chamber room for 9 plants about 3 1/2 feet high. The top of one of my plants is hitting the top of the chambers protective glass. I cannot move the light up, what would my best option be. The other plants seem to be ok for now. ty
 
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trustmeimadoctor

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topping this late into flower is not a good idea...

train the plant gently so that it bends, try not to snap any stems completely... but if you do, use some sticky tape to piece things back together... use string to hole the bent plant in the position you desire

Only top it if you intend to turn the top into oil...
 
medicineman

medicineman

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Yeah, I had to bend mine over. If standing upright it would be about 7 feet tall. I broke the main stem and it healed itself, made a knot around the break and doesn't seem to have hurt the flowering process at all. Now I have a top area of about 3 feet X 2 feet instead of just the 1 foot square top usually obtained by straight up plants, Still. some of the buds are getting crisp fried, but I just take those off and smoke em.
 
It's 5 o'clock somewhere

It's 5 o'clock somewhere

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I woke up to find mine had shot up 6" overnight and the top was in the light. I pinched the main stalk from different ditections til I could gently roll it with my finger tips about 1.5 inches tall. Then I gently bent it and put a support on it. The stem cracked open but if you mist it once a day when you check on them it will be fine. The nodes and tip turned up over the dark period and were standing tall for the light the next day......
 

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