I am flowering for the first time. My plants were left in veg state for a long time because I was going to clone to determine sex. My clones died and I decided in my impatience to just flower the plants. By this point, one of them is over 5 feet tall.

They've been flowering for one week (I think they're both female). My problem is, the tall one is almost touching the bulb of my 400W HPS (which is hung as high as it can possibly go). The top parts of the plant are dying off because of being so close, and some light is being blocked and not making it to lower branches.

Anyway, would it be safe to cut off, say, the top foot or so of my plant at the main stem, or should I just trim away the burned parts?

I know I should be keeping the plant about 2.5 feet from the light, but they're just too tall.
sundaytoker Reviewed by sundaytoker on . HPS Question for flowering... urgent! I am flowering for the first time. My plants were left in veg state for a long time because I was going to clone to determine sex. My clones died and I decided in my impatience to just flower the plants. By this point, one of them is over 5 feet tall. They've been flowering for one week (I think they're both female). My problem is, the tall one is almost touching the bulb of my 400W HPS (which is hung as high as it can possibly go). The top parts of the plant are dying off because of Rating: 5