Was This a Good Idea?

my seedling streched badly so after potting on i topped it. i hope it will grow
bushier lower growth nView attachment 1625288ow has anybody had this before should i expect a diminished
harvest the plant looks healthy apart from being lanky. any feedback would be great.View attachment 1625287

You will be fine. How is your light source set up?

Yeah other than being stretched your plant is looking healthy

My plants were stretchy as I started my grow with a 100w bulb!

They went from this


to this!

Your harvest should be fine, as long as you take care of the light problem, now. I'm guessing you're using CFLs? You want your plant to be bushier? Throw them away, go buy a $20 shoplight, and position it within 1" from the top of your plant. I can guarantee it'll stop stretching, and grow outwards, instead of upwards. Idk why more new guys don't do this, they work much better than 95% of the CFL setups I see.

You could also LST it, either now or when you have more nodes... this will bring down the profile making up for the stretch. I also would have cloned that top, to sex and see how the bud might come out.

When did you topped it? Looks like the 4 or 5 braches you'll cool I top at the 5 set of braches cuz the first 2 ain't shit that'll leave you a Six Pack of cola's

Razztafarai said:

Yeah other than being stretched your plant is looking healthy

My plants were stretchy as I started my grow with a 100w bulb!

They went from this
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to this!
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yep, that's why you shouldn't grow large plants with cfls. or grow at all with cfls, unless you really know what you're doing.

jawbrodt said:

Your harvest should be fine, as long as you take care of the light problem, now. I'm guessing you're using CFLs? You want your plant to be bushier? Throw them away, go buy a $20 shoplight, and position it within 1" from the top of your plant. I can guarantee it'll stop stretching, and grow outwards, instead of upwards. Idk why more new guys don't do this, they work much better than 95% of the CFL setups I see.

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what's a shop light?

a light bought from a shop I would guess, hehe, j/k. I think he may mean just a normal halogen light, a regular bulb , fuk me I don't even know what they are called either...you know, shop bulb things.

asaph said:

what's a shop light?

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^Nah, I was talking about a T12 or T8, with the 4' bulbs. They call 'em "shoplights" around here. I'd NEVER recommend halogens for growing, or anything ineffective, for that matter....

Thanks for all ya comments and stuff makes me feel better coz i was not sure. I used a 125 watt florescent to start the seeds,
in 1m by 1m grow tent with a small fan. I did five first and they were fine then i did some more but there was a increase in
temp outside and they strecthed. They are now under 400 watt hps veging and look great.
im wondering how long the buried stem an inch or two under the soil will take to start producing roots??? as i dont really
want to pot it on into 15 ltre untill has lots of roots in pots (plant in picture i mean)
Thanks again folks