HELP?

[yetibear]

Ok I'm a rookie and have made a huge mistake! 1 of my blackberry mothers is now 7 feet tall, and I wanted to put her into the secret jardin and bloom her under the 600, the tent only allows 5"3 after the light, any ideas? please be nice!

yetibear Reviewed by yetibear on 10-06-2010. HELP? Ok I'm a rookie and have made a huge mistake! 1 of my blackberry mothers is now 7 feet tall, and I wanted to put her into the secret jardin and bloom her under the 600, the tent only allows 5"3 after the light, any ideas? please be nice! Rating: 5

[copobo]

top it or bend it. I don't know there are any other choices

[copobo]

also, keep in mind, when you put it into flower, it's going to stretch... growing sometimes 50% taller.

you could tie it down so it's pretty much growing sideways. you can bend the shit out of them, even krimp the stems and they'll be fine. Just be as nice as you can.

[McLuvin]

A great method for bending is to use paper clips or wire of some sort and fishing weights. This way you can place the weight so the stems won't break and still allow them to grow. Hope this helps.

[Zedleppelin]

copobo is right, put it in there and bend the hell out of it and start training the new growth to cover as much horizontal space as possible, if done right it will be equal to 4-6 normal size plants.

[SoCoMMJ]

7' is going to take a whole lot of pulling, tying down, or whatever to get it down to the 2 1/2 feet you will need it to be. I'm guessing you may have to cut it some.

It will double, then you have to have space for the light. Going to be a fun one whatever you end up doing

[yetibear]

Thanks all for your in-fo! anyone no or heard anything about (super cropping)? worst thing is that it got this big under t-5's:wtf: I'm even slightly thinking about trying to fruit it under the same?

I bet you cant tell I'm new at this!:stoned::dance: thank you for not rubbing in my stupidity!!!!:thumbsup:

[copobo]

you won't get good buds under t5's.

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Honestly that's waay to big for a newbie & a tent.

I would take a bunch of cuts for clones, even if I had to give them away.
Guessing it might be your first time taking cuts, so do a little reading. It's not hard and if you need more straightforward answers ask here (there's a lot of what seems like conflicting info out there). Since it is probably the first time, take more cuts then what you need, and then take some more... You might get lucky and get all of them to survive but just in case... If they all survive, give some away to other patients (could always sell them I guess but giving them away builds karma).

Keep one as your new mom - read up on keeping bonzai mothers.

Veg your new clones for a couple of weeks - get them well-rooted, then flip the switch on them.
Depending on the height of your system (buckets, pots, tray, etc...) will determine how tall you'll want those clones to grow. They'll probably at least double in height after the flip so factor that in.

Good Luck!
:thumbsup:

[yetibear]

High Copobo, hope your having a good day! what do you mean, "top it" please explain? thanks