Pruning and stretching

Man- if your light is as high as it can go (or close to it) - set some stakes in those pots and start bending those tops over before it's too late!

And. No, pruning lower limbs won't change stretch. But. Pruning lower limbs WILL have a positive impact on your finish, as long as all else goes well :). At first, I was like...no- there are buds on this branches and I can't cut them off!

Then I cut, trimmed, cured...and realized how little there actually was down there.

And now? I don't go crazy. But lower branches don't stick around.

Looks like you have enough plants to "risk" an experiment ;)
Keep us posted!
 
Beautiful! What will you do for supports?
I'm just gonna throw some stakes in and tie limbs off. They've had a fan on them so they have decent strength. I've seen the same exact genetics grown in coco n untopped and they were about 6ft and didn't need to be staked at all.
 
Man- if your light is as high as it can go (or close to it) - set some stakes in those pots and start bending those tops over before it's too late!

And. No, pruning lower limbs won't change stretch. But. Pruning lower limbs WILL have a positive impact on your finish, as long as all else goes well :). At first, I was like...no- there are buds on this branches and I can't cut them off!

Then I cut, trimmed, cured...and realized how little there actually was down there.

And now? I don't go crazy. But lower branches don't stick around.

Looks like you have enough plants to "risk" an experiment ;)
Keep us posted!
I have another 8 inches to go up on the light and the blue dream and one pheno of gummy bears and the gorilla cookies won't get much more than 4 inches higher. So it's really the two middle gummy bears I'm not sure how much more they will go exactly but I do know when in 5 gallon pots and put in at 3 ft and untopped they gain around 2 ft in hieght. I've seen all the genetics flowered at my buds grow that I got my clones from. Would you recommend tying the stretchier ones back? Thanks for the help!
 
Sorry I didn't see this before!!
Yes- I would have tied them back and moved them to the edge of the light so the shortest plants were in the center...but I'm sure you figured that out by now ;)

How's the grow? It's been a couple of weeks ?
 
Sorry I didn't see this before!!
Yes- I would have tied them back and moved them to the edge of the light so the shortest plants were in the center...but I'm sure you figured that out by now ;)

How's the grow? It's been a couple of weeks ?
Hey there! They didn't end up stretching too much! The tallest finished their upward growth around 5 ft n everything fits well under the light. They are starting week 5 n have healthy pistil bunches. They should start moving on to the nug phase in the next week! I'll post pictures when the light comes on later!
 
Lookin good :)
You might consider deleting some (like, at least a few. Don't go crazy!) low branches on those ladies- your final colas should thank you ;)
 
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