plants are too big!!!!!!!!

Is there any way too slow down the vertical growth of my plants without hurting them?

Flower or Veg?

If you are in Veg then you can TOP it LST it FIM it or SUPERCROP it.

If you are in flower the only thing i would recommend is LST. Anything else can cause too much stress and put you at risk of Hermies


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You should look into lst. It helped me control the height of my plants alot.

Topping and lst.. works wonders..

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

anybody??????

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.

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

ok ill try that, when i bend them does that stop vertical groth completley or will it still grow to the side

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

if your plants are in flower it is ok to supercrop ive done it throught flower with no bad affect on my plant

You should use bushmaster. It stops the vertical stretches...

Merry Christmas.

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.

adidasks8 said:

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.

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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...

i personally use at the beginning of the 2nd week. I find I only need to use it for 2 days, then I do a good flush.

looks like you're getting good advise. LST will probably be the best bet overall and help your yield at the same time