Plant getting to tall i need some advice

this is my first grow and everything is going well. I just have 2 questions. I'm growing 6 plants 5 different strains. one of my strais called purple dragon is about 5 foot 8 ( wth 5 gallon bucket. so jst the plant is around 4 foot 8) its been growing since the first of feb. its wayyyy bigger than my other plants. nice and full but it grows about 2-5 inches aday. my light is a 400 watt mh and is about 6-9 inches away from being at its hghest point (roof restriction) I was wondering what I can do to stop the main stem to stop growing an focuse on all the other branches. I was looking into toping it. but I heard it will split it into 2diferent stems that share the same potentional yield. I have already started lst on the lowest branches because they are huge and if left alone to stand straight up they arre about 3/4 the size of the whole plant. so I pulled those down so they will have moore room to grow.

another question is that Its getting so big thaat iits having a hard time standing straight. it doesn't fall over or anything but it feels looseand freely moveable. I was wndering iff there is anyway to make it sturdier.. I just tied it to 2 points on the wall yesterday. I don't know if that is fine or is there a better way to make it stronger.

thanks to everyne for some info. I will post pictures later. I'm away from my computer and typed all ths on my phone. so sorry if some letters are missing in some words.

if you want to see pictures right away. then you can look under the forum pplant problems and click on the thread '' top leaf excellent bottom leaves droopy ''

Well if i was you i would top it and then scrogg it...i think thats wat its called or top it and then lst when it starts to grow again.....just some questions how long has it actualy been in veg stage and are you flowering now or still in veg?

bending my friend. if you dont want to cut then bend, tie string around the branches that are to high and tie them off to the stalk. Or get a dowel or other straight object and use that to support the heavy sagging branches.

Like he just said bending...wich is also known as lst as i told you would be a good option in my first reply....but wat i was thinkin is if it is 5 ft 8 in tall then u shoulda started flowering a long time ago...I start flowering at 4-7 noeds wich is usually about 12 inches tall or 1 ft....or is it in flowering>and if so how long has it been in flowering?

i got it as a clone, so i dont kno how long it was being rooted for, but it was only about 6 inch tall when i first planted it that was 34 days ago. it is in veg state still because all of my other plants are still only about a foot tall and about a week behind the first 2. so i was going to let it run for about a week and a half more in veg then go to flowering so that the other ones can get a lil more behind them before they start in flowering so ill get a better yield.

Well just from experience on my end....i havent realy noticed a difference in yield when letting your plant be in veg longer n get bigger...its pretty close either way...just depends on ur light and a foot is a good height to start flowering becuase do keep in mind that it will still grow bigger when in flowering.So if you veg to long your gonna run into more height problems like u already have.

here are the pics

alright then i will probly start it in bud tonight or tomorrow, i can still lst right? also i need to get ahold of my powerdy mildew problem, its not really a problem but i saw some today so i sprayed, some stuff that i got for it, on it. there isnt alot of powerdy mildew, u can really only see it at certain angles.

my other plants

the first picture shows big kush on left front and grape ape behind it

the second and third picture is master kush

the fourth picture is strawberry diesel on the left, grape ape on the right.

your plants look healthy man except for one thing...ur super tall one looks a bit stretched so thats y that one is so tall...but other than that they look nice dude n great choice to start flowering....keep me updated

it might look a little stretched because i pulled alot of the branches down, but i dont think its stretched because i kept the light like 5 inches from it at all times, dont they usually stretch when the light is too far? it might also look steched because i did a pruning method, where once the node has grown about an inch cut the fan leaf so that the node can absorb all the energy and grow a lil faster. who knopws tho im new at this so i have no idea. if i would have not trained them i think it would look a little fuller.

ill keep u updated

growing has consumed my life, every minute of the day im researching about it on the computer or stairing at my plants OR just making sure they are alright. what a .... hobby? lol

thanks for the help, i hope the two plants that are only 11 inches tall still come out with a pretty good yield, i have my fingers crossed

heres a pic before i started training it

your plants look healthy man i think the only thing u gotta wait for now is to see wat sex they are....and yews stetching is from having the plants to far away

yeah i know, i got them as clones so im pretty sure they are female, but there still is a chance they can change( so i hear) from stress and other stuff

O yea i forgot u got them from clones so yes it wil be a female unless u give it to much stress than it will be a hermie

can you take a pic from outside the cab so i can see what room we have to work with\

its not a cab, its just a serperate room that is about 8x8, but i still had my plasma tv box that i cut open and put mylar on so i can put iot around my plants so they would get more reflection.

today is the first day of flowering, i switched my MH bulb out for my HPS bulb so the pictures look a little different now. i also tied some string where the top on the plant is to try to SCROG it hope that slows it down from growing more.