Plants too TALL!!! Already in flwr. What to do?

Alright this is my first grow, and Its going quite well..except my plants are getting way taller than I anticipated.

Status: DWC, sativa, DNF nutes (as directed) 400w equivilent CFL +4' flouro dual lighting.

Any suggestions on how I could limit/stop vertical growth. they are starting to grow out of the box I built for them. I belive It may be too late to top and/or scrog.

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I wish I knew how to help but its too late to do much of anything. Bump for an answer

How long into flower? you can still supercrop for the first 2 sometimes 3 weeks of flower.

n1knightmare said:

How long into flower? you can still supercrop for the first 2 sometimes 3 weeks of flower.

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10 weeks since 12/12 but they look more like 4 or 5 weeks into flower, (due to stress of a light fall earlier on)

Still early....you can top them. That or raise the light.

You could try topping and using those cuttings for clones. Also, I have had luck with supercropping 3 weeks into flower, didn't seem to affect it too too much but delayed the harvest by a week or so.

break them or bend them. scary i know but they will survive. Rub the stalk or area you would like to fold her at and rub your index and thumb back n forth till she gets bendable or soft and bend over she will then bud from the bend down might try and curl up at the end and def will then will re -top if you will or get beefy at the bend up as those it is king cola. Or you can bend with bailing wire --- if the thought of bending is unfathomable.
That pic if you look close she is bent and see the tri top at the bend as well? that is a 10 inch bent top with a 6 inch base that went tri topped. about 10 days out from pluckin

CrackerJax said:

Still early....you can top them. That or raise the light.

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Raise the light? Im not doubting you crackerjax but I thought raising the light would make them stretch. And topping them at what node from the top? (IYO)

How stiff is the stem? You could always try to just tie down the vertical growth tip. You'd have to do this consistently/actively though as new growth tips will be recognized as others are tied down. The benefit though is that there is minimal to no plant stress like there is with pruning techniques. Plant stress during flowering can fuck with your final yield. Hope this helps and good luck!

imabeast said:

Raise the light? Im not doubting you crackerjax but I thought raising the light would make them stretch. And topping them at what node from the top? (IYO)

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I simply mean you have two choices.... top them or raise the light. By ur pic...they will soon HIT the horizontal light above. So, if you don't top them...(fill in the blank)

If they are fully into flowering they shouldn't get too much taller. Energy is slowly being diverted from growth of stem to growth of buds.

avid.toke said:

How stiff is the stem? You could always try to just tie down the vertical growth tip. You'd have to do this consistently/actively though as new growth tips will be recognized as others are tied down. The benefit though is that there is minimal to no plant stress like there is with pruning techniques. Plant stress during flowering can fuck with your final yield. Hope this helps and good luck!

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There pretty stiff, and I dont have alot of room so the bends would be steep.

CrackerJax said:

I simply mean you have two choices.... top them or raise the light. By ur pic...they will soon HIT the horizontal light above. So, if you don't top them...(fill in the blank)

If they are fully into flowering they shouldn't get too much taller. Energy is slowly being diverted from growth of stem to growth of buds.

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I see what you mean.
Yeah I was hoping they would stop vertical growth by now, they grew a foot since last week!

You may only have to raise it a few inches.... they will stop.

It may just be ur pic.... but the bottom seems pretty dark...you may want to get more reflection down below.

You shouldn't worry, just keep the lights close to minimize stretching, as everyone else is saying she will start to focus on bud growth in a matter of days.

Block said:

You shouldn't worry, just keep the lights close to minimize stretching, as everyone else is saying she will start to focus on bud growth in a matter of days.

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Thanks block, its good to hear many people saying the same thing, I hope she slows down soon though, I might have to cut out my roof to accomidate her! LOL

CrackerJax said:

You may only have to raise it a few inches.... they will stop.

It may just be ur pic.... but the bottom seems pretty dark...you may want to get more reflection down below.

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Yessir, I couldnt agree more, next grow the res will get reflective taped (both for reflect and light proofing) and maybe some bottom cfl's too. Thanks again Crackerjax

Perhaps a strain which produces a smaller plant next time.....

I dont know if its just me but you said they have been flowering for 10 weeks and i dont even see any hairs on that bitch

jakethetank said:

I dont know if its just me but you said they have been flowering for 10 weeks and i dont even see any hairs on that bitch

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Yeah there are some hairs but I had a light fall on them awhile back and I belive it stunted there growth, check out the journal in my sig to read up on it if you want.