Tie down question, help plz.

[MrGreenFingaz]

Hey whats goin on? 'I' have 3 plants about 2 1/2 weeks into flower.. They have gotten a lot bigger than i wanted, or i should say expected :rasta:.

Anyways tying down the main stem has worked fine until now, but the sidebranches are starting to get too close to the light now.. im just wondering what would be the best way to tie-down/lower the branches (my lights have nowhere to go :frown:. peace.

id give em a day or 2 b4 burnage.

[MOBABN]

Well what method have you been using???? I use metal hanger wire cut into about 7-9 inch pieces and simply bend them in a U shape and after a good watering bend and insert the hanger into the dirt holding the bent stem in place. Hope that helps....

[MrGreenFingaz]

no i have just been tying the main stem down by drilling holes in the pots and attaching the strings there.

[MOBABN]

try the hangers out fast easy and saves room

[MrGreenFingaz]

.. i am trying to make the side-branches lower, not the main stem, thats fine, they are the lower sidebranches too, like the 5th and 7th node they are like 17th node or higher and every node has a longer distance between, so tying down the main stem furthur wont do anything to lower the sidebranches that are high. tx tho.:rasta:

[Chronic Chrissy]

Try a Scrog grow. Get a wire mesh and mount it at the maximum height you can have, as the branches grow up through the mesh carefully tuck them back under every few days till they fill the screen. Should give you an awsome yeild if done half assed.

[MOBABN]

.. i am trying to make the side-branches lower, not the main stem, thats fine, they are the lower sidebranches too, like the 5th and 7th node they are like 17th node or higher and every node has a longer distance between, so tying down the main stem furthur wont do anything to lower the sidebranches that are high. tx tho.:rasta:

hmmm hanger wire worked fine for me with the main stem or side stems, sorry your havin trouble.

[Tomthehippie]

Try a Scrog grow. Get a wire mesh and mount it at the maximum height you can have, as the branches grow up through the mesh carefully tuck them back under every few days till they fill the screen. Should give you an awsome yeild if done half assed.

Scrog 2 and a half weeks into flower?? thatâ??s leaving it slightly late isnâ??t it? :)

[Chronic Chrissy]

Scrog 2 and a half weeks into flower?? thatâ??s leaving it slightly late isnâ??t it? :)

Never scroged before here, just seemed like an easy way to hold his plants back since he has few options anyways.

[Markass]

Tie the side branches down in a similar manner that you tied the main stem down comes immediately to thought for me..Or like he said, use metal hangers and put them in the dirt..Just tie em down bro...not like you can only tie down the main stem..:thumbsup:

[MrGreenFingaz]

Yo, last night while i was flushing one of them, i re-aranged the main light (took a lil dremeling) and the plants. I managed to get it so that the most prominent branches are growing around the light and only had to tie a few down, which wasnt as bad as i thought itd be.

Also, i made 2 floro light fixtures, one is a 42w bulb for the lower branches, and the other has 2-26w(52w total)bulbs for the few that are higher than the hps, should be nice :cool:

[madeline]

Probably too late to be installing chicken wire unless you want to move out the plants while you work it in. I use bailing wire to train and tie down branches. It's stiff enough to bend a loop around the stem then push into the soil or clip to the edge of the pot and is also good stuff for hang drying. It's sold in rolls for very cheap and is a lot easier to work with than hangers but are of a similar gauge wire and will not cut through the stems. Any hardware store carries it.

[Tomthehippie]

Try this man? we need some 1 to test it whos at the right stage. none of us currently are! :) http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-growing/109505-new-kind-scrog.html