Topping During Pre-Flower?? Plants too tall, any advice? (pictures included)

Greenhousegrower

Greenhousegrower

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Hi everyone, I'm growing in a greenhouse and my girls are getting pretty tall. They're about 6 inches from hitting the roof and at this rate, with at least 8 more weeks to go, they're sure to hit it. They began to pre-flower about 2 weeks ago and have not developed much since. Is it a bad idea to top them at this stage? Keeping in mind I would have to top what looks like the sites that will be top colas.
Will the plant develop new cola sites or am I reducing bud potential?
Either way, something has to be done before they hit the roof, and I cant move them outside, too visible. Any Ideas? Do you think even if I top them they're definitely going to hit the roof anyway? I don't know what to do, Help!!! lol
Thanks!
I'll post a couple pictures so its clear what I'm dealing with!
 

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n1knightmare

n1knightmare

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Greenhousegrower said:
Hi everyone, I'm growing in a greenhouse and my girls are getting pretty tall. They're about 6 inches from hitting the roof and at this rate, with at least 8 more weeks to go, they're sure to hit it. They began to pre-flower about 2 weeks ago and have not developed much since. Is it a bad idea to top them at this stage? Keeping in mind I would have to top what looks like the sites that will be top colas.
Will the plant develop new cola sites or am I reducing bud potential?
Either way, something has to be done before they hit the roof, and I cant move them outside, too visible. Any Ideas? Do you think even if I top them they're definitely going to hit the roof anyway? I don't know what to do, Help!!! lol
Thanks!
I'll post a couple pictures so its clear what I'm dealing with!
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When my plant got too tall i just super cropped it.
 
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tahir24

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I just recently had the same problem, so I just chopped the top 6 inches, and it forced the flowers below to push up and out, and they are growing stronger and faster.
 
masterd

masterd

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yaeh that will work, most of the time, it is easy to stress them out doing that and then u got a big room of hermies. (it just seems safer to LST to me)
 
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