Getting Really Nervous...

You can definitely bend that bad girl over. As stated before, if the stalk breaks it should still survive. I usually wrap the effected area with electrical tape. You could try hanging a light weight from her to continue a steady bend on her.

You really don't have to worry about light pollution outside. Unless you have a bright security light right over the top of it or some such thing then the light will be diffused before it effects the plants budding. You should see discernible buds any time now. Harvest should be around Sept 15 - Oct 15.

I think your big problem is going to be odor once she starts to bud up. I hope your neighbors are either cool of ignorant because there really isn't much you can do about that.

Best of luck

ccf

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think the bending option is going to work the best for me. I am really unsure about topping (i.e. how to, will it work, will I kill it, etc.) I'm waiting for the rain to stop so I can go out and tie it down. Hopefully it will begin to flower any day now, although it doesn't even look like its ready to flower yet. Then again, what do I know? It's my first grow.

Anyway, as for the smell, that was just another thing I hadn't thought of ahead of time. I didn't realize how much she would smell so much. I don't think there's much I can do about it either. My neighbors have always been the religious, church 3 days a week, nerdy types so maybe by chance they will be ignorant enough to get me by this season.

Hmm, wonder how much PMITA prison time I'd get for 1st time offender with one plant? Never mind, I'd rather it be a surprise.

OK I tied her down. I hope I did it right. It had just rained when i did it so i think I was able to bend her more than normal. So did I bend her right or did I just make her the marijuana equivalent to Down's Syndrome? Sorry for the hazy pictures. It's gotten pretty humid here today.

I think it'll do good. The only thing you have left to do is wait for it to flower (bud). It is ready for flowering but since it's outside i don't think you can force it with darkness. The four hours of light doesn't really matter....your plant can detect the sunlight pretty good especially since it's huge. However, it's the lack of light that helps the flowering. More light will continue vegetative growth. The only thing to do about that is, let nature do it with it's fall season (shorter days)....as for the smell this really isn't a problem unless your growing indoors.

you guys are recommending he top, and it's already flowering....

what the hell is wrong with you?!?!

tie it down, GENTLY. any cutting or breaking at this point is cutting and breaking your final yeild.

geez.... btw, you're taking a HUGE risk.... be careful, i personally would cut it down and wait til next year. the smell will more than likely be a big issue.

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Originally Posted by tha_green_ghost

....as for the smell this really isn't a problem unless your growing indoors.

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Not trying to bust your stones or anything Ghost but, trust me when I say odor is a problem outside. A plant that large is going to stink to high heaven. That is his neighbors drive way and house directly on the other side of the fence.

Mingles, Best of luck. I hate the thought of advocating for the destruction of a healthy plant but you should at least take in to consideration what Scarlet Sky had to say. Only you can determine your security risk fully.

Peace,
CCF

hm, would it even be possible to carefully dig it up and transplant it into another part of your yard, without killing it or harming it too much? I don't think you picked a very good place to plant it in general. Anyway, it looks very healthy. Hopefully you can grow it, and not rip it down. Maybe there's something else you can do.

NEVER PLANT IN YOUR BACK YARD!!! (unless u live in the cuts) meter readers are HUGE snitches pluss the people working on the power lines. that plant has NO camo u should have bushes on the sides that dont block out the light and match the color i really hope u dont live with parents or have kids put up some type of stuff between the fence and ur plant so no one can look through the fence and trust me IT WILL REAK unless sativa witch that plant looks indica mostly and i see the nieghboors garadge if they walk by the fence and smell it witch they will have about 50-60 days to do that UR FUCKED (unless thier cool with it)

Just my opinion, but I don't think your neighbors will notice. Good job bending her over. Good Luck!

Thanks for all the responses. This feedback has helped me so much. As for the issues raised.

1. Growing in the backyard. I will acknowledge, this was all sorts of stupid. I have no future plans to ever grow there again after this one. This is my first grow outside so I had no idea it would become what she has. Hell I was just hoping they would get past a couple feet. Oops.

2. The smell. Again, not having a clue how the smell would be, I never even thought of that in my initial planting. A few things in my favor though are that my neighbors never park their car that far up in their driveway. They only go into their garage to get their yard work supplies out and such. (i.e. mowing, trimming, etc.) Which means about once a week they are near it. Plus, as I previously stated, they are quite religious conservative folk. I think they are too naive to realize what it is, regardless of the smell.

I do realize I am really rolling the dice on that hunch, but just from past conversations, they seem pretty square. Would they be cool with it if they knew what it was? I highly doubt that. My wife and I are always extremely careful not to smoke in front of windows and we easily pass for your basic law-abiding citizens. ( married, one little one, dog , cat. etc...) Think the show "weeds" but the other end of the financial spectrum. I seriously thought about hanging cherry tomatoes from my girl for appearances if I hadn't bent her.

This thing is taking on a life of its own and I'm learning more everyday. All I wanted to do was save some money on my herb. Famous last words?

P.S. As for the bending, not only does it not seem to be damaged, they've started growing straight up from the bend about 2-3 inches over night. I don't even want to think of what comes next. Thanks again for the advice so far.