too tall........cut? bend?? your help please

[caroline]

Hi,
All is well in the growing room my ladies are about 5weeks into flowering but they seem to be growing taller that i antisipated, some suggested bending?? i'm not sure some advice would be appreciated, :thumbsup:
thanks

[SkunkNZ]

Now that its in flowering stage i wouldnt cut them, maybe try bending thats what i would do but just wait for an experts opinion

[Garden Knowm]

they should have stopped growing taller at 5 weeks of flowering...

they should have done most of there growing 20-30 days after you induced floweriing..

if you have to bend be careful.. the plant will bend easy.. and you can use a twist tie to hold it in place.. but if you break the stem, you will feel a pain so sharp in your heart that you may cry... : (

seriously!!

another thing... have a band aid ready.. many people have broke a branch, but this f-ing amazing plant called cannabis is so darn resillant.. you can actually tape the branch back together........

[RastaKaze]

Hell yeah I've had times when I was fucking around with fan leaves and snapped some almost in half... But I just closed the growroom door and stopped fucking with them. The next day a white crust like something had bonded the broken leaves together again..

[caroline]

Thanks for all your help, i've got a few inches left of growth so fingers crossed i won't have to bend them.

[latewood]

the 'ol lady came up with this one...awhile back, when I had 'Mongo, the 7 foot sativa.... Take some bread ties and big 'Nuts"
...you know...like, nuts and bolts...anyway, take a nut big enough to cause the top of the plant to somewhat naturally bend over, out of the lights/ceiling...fasten it with a bread tie, or I use a little 1/4 inch airtube and the little backflow filters that come with my airpumps and make a ring to slide the nuts onto, and I have a soft, non evasive way of bending the branches over when they get too tall...couldn't find pic, sorry

[Garden Knowm]

yeah what latewood said... I hung a 10 pound weight from the end of a branch on a maple tree.. I wanted it to grow over a walk way.. a natural arch.. it fell off in a storm.. could have killed somebody.... I tied it back up.... still there today...


: )

[squareguy]

find the area of the stalk you want to bend. squeeze the stalk with you fingers(massage) until it gets soft, dont murder it though. then you can bend it, but dont bend it into a sharp angle. then use a stick and twist ties, or string to tie the plant to the stick for support. plant will continue to thrive.