will cutting my lights off 2 hours early stop my plant from growing taller?

ifoundnemo

ifoundnemo

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long story short, my plant didn't show any signs of the 2 white pistils so i kept it in veg. it continued to grow until about 5 feet tall, and i said screw it and took it out of veg and put it in flower. Now its about 5 feet 9 inches tall in a hydro system in a closet grow. problem is i can only move my light about a foot and a half taller before it reaches it's maximum height. Buds haven't formed but the hairs are about the size of my pinky nail.


Suggestions?
I'm wondering if I put it on a 10 hour on, 14 hour off if itll continue to bud and halt the grow of my plant.

Other than that im concerned i will have to harvest early because the light would end up burning the plant when it reached about 6 inches away.
If it helps, I'm using a 250w HPS in a closet grow. Its been in flower for about a week.


Help!
 
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Iree

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Nope. Cutting the light won't do anything. You can bend the top over and tie it. But becarful not to snap the stem.
 
ifoundnemo

ifoundnemo

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TheWorldIsMine said:
Look up LST, Uncle Ben Topping, tying down, and start over! Lots of peoples first attempts were lanky 5+ ft monsters.
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well I let it grow so big because i was looking for preflower signs. I'm reading jorge's book religiously, but i guess know that i'm going a female i can veg it for half the time haha.

im going to look up everything you said, thanks so much!

any other suggestions, keep em comin!
 
ifoundnemo

ifoundnemo

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also- all of these require me starting over. im in an apartment (stupid to do i know but my next door neighbor is a customer and its only us 2 in our townhome :]) but is there anything i can solve the problem on this plant? or am i royally screwed?
 
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shizz

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im not getting y its not flowering if u cut the light. where did u get the seed? and how long have u had it at 12/12. i would cut it in half just chop it.
 
rucca

rucca

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bend it over man... if you do it right the main cola will pick itself up and be pretty awesome still
 
ifoundnemo

ifoundnemo

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shizz said:
im not getting y its not flowering if u cut the light. where did u get the seed? and how long have u had it at 12/12. i would cut it in half just chop it.
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it is flowering now... it wasn't when it shouldve and was 2 weeks late. so i kept it in veg and it grew to be a monster haha..

i don't want to cut my baby in half, at this stage.. how and what do i use to bend it over without cracking the main stem? i mean am i talking string or something hardcore?
 
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