Thanks weedhound...yeh thats why i wasnt sure.

Didnt wanna give the plant more stress...but when u say the damaged area looks "rotten", how would that look? becuase the damaged part of the stem looks brownish/purplelish. at the top its all hard but when u go abit lower the stems bit floppy and brownish. Would that be rotten?
sweetsensi Reviewed by sweetsensi on . Burned Top please help! ok so im growing in a cab and im in 3rd week of flowering. the problem is i didnt check on it for 24 hours and my plant grew to touching the 250w cooltube and the whole top is burned. :( the budsite all crispy,& leaves have curled up an the top part of the stem brown/purple. the rest of the plants leaves were all drooping. i moved it straight away and watered it & now it seems a little better. but im thinking whether i should cut the top off? all the yellowed dried up bits. i mean, would Rating: 5