To Tall! Top or Bend?

I have a problem with height...the kiddos are now taller than me and im about 2 weeks into flowering...I was told to go ahead and top the tallest stalks or manipulate the branches to grow sideways so the bottom branches can also share some light penetration. Well im lazy(imagine that) i just cut the tops and hoping they dont stunt to long and continue flowing well...anyone have any suggestions for future similar complications or experience with toping this late into flowering because im anxious to know if im ok lol

ur plants are ok, but youre WAY past the topping stage. that needs to be done in veg. just let em finish doing what theyre doing or ull affect the yield. bloom tends to slow down groth to a crawl, so they probably wont get much bigger. if they do, send me the seeds!

it's not recommended that you top during the flowering stage, i personally have never tried it either so i wouldn't advise it. You can bend the plants easily using bread ties or any other practical item.

KidCreole said:

ur plants are ok, but youre WAY past the topping stage. that needs to be done in veg. just let em finish doing what theyre doing or ull affect the yield. bloom tends to slow down groth to a crawl, so they probably wont get much bigger. if they do, send me the seeds!

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plants tend to at least double in size from flowering start to end.

"Rather than raise the lights the tip of the stem is gently bent at a 90 degree angle with the help of a simple twist tie. Cannabis plants are very easy to train and manipulate but it does require regular adjustments due to the plants fast growth"

Quoting mr. Seemorebuds himself from "Marijuana Buds for LESS"

you can also help the bend by pinching the stem a few times before making the bend. this method is very effective when you dont want to top and your running out of vertical space.

they double in size if you count bushiness... mine hit a max of aboot three feet tall then she started to pack on weight faster than a ugly chick in her first year of college!

im soo going to hell for that one...

KidCreole said:

she started to pack on weight faster than a ugly chick in her first year of college!

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haha! thats funny

LST them next time if it's indoor which I'm guessing it is.

I had a sativa strain growing way to tall for my normal indica I grow and they got super tall....I ended up in flowering bending/breaking every branch one way to get my light back down and more light to every top....the tops just make a sweet u turn and grow back up and you can bend the tops all even so its like a fresh start....worked well for me. On another note I cant believe you chopped your top off two weeks in flowering that could devistate your yield.....best of luck to you my friend

Lg

letsgrow said:

I had a sativa strain growing way to tall for my normal indica I grow and they got super tall....I ended up in flowering bending/breaking every branch one way to get my light back down and more light to every top....the tops just make a sweet u turn and grow back up and you can bend the tops all even so its like a fresh start....worked well for me. On another note I cant believe you chopped your top off two weeks in flowering that could devistate your yield.....best of luck to you my friend

Lg

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have you ever topped your plants in flowering? have you ever had a top stalk get broken off or anything by accident and seen a decrease in yield? what evidence do you have to support this claim? i have accidentally and purposely lost the top stalks on plants with little to no effect on yield in the first couple of weeks.

yes it will shock them for a couple days and decrease the yield slightly but what is going to cause more of a decrease in yield, topping the plants before they start bud production (late week 1 or early week 2) or letting them grow into the lights, burning up the top colas and blocking all of the undergrowth?

if they are bushy plants that have been vegged for a while with one main top stalk. topping the stalk will make all of the lower branches will form colas and have better light distribution and a more complete canopy. its pretty much the same concept as bending, sending more auxins throughout the plant causing secondary growth to spur, only slightly more stressfull. correct me if im wrong and show me the proof!

check out my LSTish(LOL) job i did with my girls. Their nowhere near too tall or anything, but ive been tying them down since they were about 4 weeks old. I have updated pics i havent posted yet, which i will post on wednesday when i take some new ones during watering, and theres pretty much double the ties on my plants now than there are in the pics in my journal. Tying down the branches really does work, you can bend them as far as it feels like they are willing to bend, and within a couple hours of you putting them back under the lights, the tops will have grown upwards back to the light and look all cool n bendy, lol.

I made a banzai tree out of my one plant - it looks fuckin wicked, n i hope to keep it as a mother o[nce it grows completely. Height is only a problem if you let it become one - its actually the one problem that has an instant fix to it as far as growin bud goes

topping gives you more leafes not branches

brodietheconeking said:

topping gives you more leafes not branches

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have you ever even grown bud? when you top a plant it makes it switch its resources to secondary growth, i.e. lower branches.. so your telling me all the growers that top their plants dont end up with more side branching and bushiness they just end up with bud that is a bitch to manicure?

come on now dont give out advice when you have no idea what you are talking about

FLo

wait how exactly do u bend the plant.... do u bend like each branch down or the top one im confused

im guna make a full loop with thi little girls. bennding is simple . i bend the girl back and forth at the spot where i want my 90% angle to be then stake it down with 20 gauge wire.
https://www.rollitup.org/members/young-grasshopper-140492-albums-then-great-bend-picture835081-ben-003.jpg

Wow, that almost looks...naughty,

lol i know. their growing fast

My trees are peeping out of my balcony which made me paranoid.I bent the tree 3 nodes down from the cola in the morning,it sounded like a snap,some fluid oozed out,and it was resting on the lower leaves,came back in the evening it was standing back up with a scar on the bent area.I will tie it down tomorrow so it doesn't play peek-a-boo.