A bit overgrown -- what to do? (Dosidos, Runtz etc)

Overgrowtho · Mar 7, 2022

These have been in flower for just 10 days. They are still stretching and unfortunately my lights can only go so high. Any suggestions?

I should have flipped to flower a week earlier or used 8 instead of 10 plants! I know its a bit too much of a jungle. So I've tried to clean up the bottoms and even cut off some of the tops and cleared out places with too dense fan leave foliage.

Any ideas please? How can I keep these on point?

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Driver733 · Mar 7, 2022

Nice mess! Raise the lights and lower the drain table.

bam0813 · Mar 7, 2022

Maybe the pic is deceiving, but it does look like there is plenty of room to raise lights

bk78 · Mar 7, 2022

You have 3+ feet below the plants, and it looks like 4+ above the plants? I don’t see a issue at all here. Grow trees

bam0813 · Mar 7, 2022

Imo if you ran a galv. Cable with a turn buckle you could eliminate the slack in your rope?setup

McShnutz · Mar 7, 2022

I'd lollipop everything, prune out any small twig branches. And after all that's done, then go back and "pinch" or crush, all the mains. Break the vascular system, this will keep all the nutrients focused in the tops. Keep lights closer to minimize stretch.

bk78 · Mar 7, 2022

McShnutz said:
. Break the vascular system, this will keep all the nutrients focused in the tops. .

Huh?

Mr_X · Mar 7, 2022

Buy some ceiling hooks and raise your lights. This has happened to me before, but in my grow tent. I ended up moving my carbon filter from hanging on top to letting it sit on the floor so i have space to raise my lights.

McShnutz · Mar 7, 2022

Supper cropping is going to leave a shit load of overlay, blocking light from penatrating and cutting down airflow to flower sites.

McShnutz · Mar 7, 2022

bk78 said:
Huh?

Zylem and phloem, probably spelled wrong.

Overgrowtho · Mar 7, 2022

bam0813 said:
Imo if you ran a galv. Cable with a turn buckle you could eliminate the slack in your rope?setup

Thanks guys, I like the idea of the turnbuckle. I am understading that: to just run the cable through the existing light hangers and wall hooks, then tighten the turn buckle?

McShnutz said:
Supper cropping is going to leave a shit load of overlay, blocking light from penatrating and cutting down airflow to flower sites.

I agree. I am reluctant to try it.

McShnutz said:
I'd lollipop everything, prune out any small twig branches. And after all that's done, then go back and "pinch" or crush, all the mains. Break the vascular system, this will keep all the nutrients focused in the tops. Keep lights closer to minimize stretch.

Agreed except not sure how the vascular system breaking will help anything? Please unpack

bam0813 · Mar 8, 2022

Yup just get a couple crimps. They look like mini muffler clamps. That’s how you make “loop” in cable . Pull tight then the turn buckle makes it taught

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McShnutz · Mar 8, 2022

Overgrowtho said:
Agreed except not sure how the vascular system breaking will help anything? Please unpack

In the past when I've pinched it did slow down the stretch. I could have been the strain I was growing at the time but the only stretch I gained was pure cola stacked with flower.
I feel like the "injury" greatly minimized the plants focus on vertical gains and instead it focused on healing. This coupled with keeping the lights closer to control stretch.

Daddymcdank · Mar 8, 2022

Overgrowtho said:
These have been in flower for just 10 days. They are still stretching and unfortunately my lights can only go so high. Any suggestions?

I should have flipped to flower a week earlier or used 8 instead of 10 plants! I know its a bit too much of a jungle. So I've tried to clean up the bottoms and even cut off some of the tops and cleared out places with too dense fan leave foliage.

Any ideas please? How can I keep these on point?

Id start by smashing that table to pieces. I’d get so frustrated always having to work around that.

McShnutz · Mar 8, 2022

Daddymcdank said:
Id start by smashing that table to pieces. I’d get so frustrated always having to work around that.

Aww shit, we got another MC up in here.

coralreefer999 · Mar 8, 2022

Overgrowtho said:
I agree. I am reluctant to try it.

I used these 'plant trainers' with decent success (small size). They allowed me to bend the stems without breaking them. The plant does seem to raise the entire branch to compensate, but between the trainers and the net I was able to keep them under control with lots of colas.

Daddymcdank · Mar 8, 2022

coralreefer999 said:
I used these 'plant trainers' with decent success (small size). They allowed me to bend the stems without breaking them. The plant does seem to raise the entire branch to compensate, but between the trainers and the net I was able to keep them under control with lots of colas.

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No need for those trainers or lst, just gonna cause herms. Do more topping and no lst, just IMO

McShnutz · Mar 8, 2022

Low stress training stresses to the point of hermi?
High stress training like topping doesn't?
Hmmmm :wall:

A bit overgrown -- what to do? (Dosidos, Runtz etc)

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