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I'd try and bend them over by pinching the stalk firmly and wiggle back and forth until flexible enough to bend in the direction you want them to go. I've even used pliers with cloth to hold the part to flatten the stalk before bending...even a break is no big deal you can duct tape and support it for a day or 2 and it will heal up and be tougher than it was before the breakView attachment 1267720
I have these 4 Pennywise plants in my greenhouse with supplemental lighting due to trees blocking the sun for most of the day. My "problem" is that they are getting too tall for my setup. The canopy is pretty even, and I don't know if there is room for LSTing them. The top of the stalks are only flexible for about 5-6". I wish that they were in flower now, but that is probably a month away. I'm thinking of shutting off my lights completely to slow their growth, but I don't know if that would have unintended consequences, as most things do. I also think that there are too many small stalks that won't produce much.
In short, I don't know WTF to do. ANY advice is appreciated. p.s. I don't know why the photo is so shitty looking.
Can you move your pots at all to maximize the area you have to work with? You are probably going to have to lolly pop them and clean up the bottoms right up to the window...I see a large sea of green ( scrog ) like in a large tent with 1 billion watts of sun for your light.Thanks for the ideas. I'm wondering about supercropping. I understand the technique, but my canopy is pretty dense as is, and I can't figure out where to place the newly-bent-over stems. My lights are 24" X 26", and they light an area about 36" X 36". I can raise them about another foot, then I'm out of room. Should I remove any smaller stalks and leave just the larger, thicker ones? That would give me more room. The plants are photoperiod, and they will start to flower whenever the sunlight diminishes enough. I have no control over that.View attachment 1268005
Yeah my buddy did this all the time. Like you guys said plants are pretty resilient so bending & pinching is fine. I had plant that snapped main stem once. It was a bad break! I threw some tape on it & it was fine.That would be my suggestion as well. It's supercropping time ... just follow what @PipeCarver said. It's a ritual for many greenhouse growers. We do it every year.
Yeah I’ve done this with tarps & big black garbage bags to induce early flowering on my outdoor plants.You could always just get a tarp and bring on the flower now if you can't bring yourself to bend em..
There's no flipping them. They're in a 9' X 12' greenhouse, not a tent.If you haven't flipped them yet honestly brother you need to chop. Take 1.5ft off the top then put a trellis on it. Wait a week of so for them to recover then flip. Tying that shit down is gonna be tricky they are just too tall and there is too many of them your already pushing into the lights before the stretch. Its called a deep top don't worry your plants will handle it
How dark does it need to be for them to flip? I really can't imagine getting the entire greenhouse covered. Heat is also a BIG problem right now. It has gotten up to 120.9 in the greenhouse with the lights off, fans going, and no window covering.Yeah I’ve done this with tarps & big black garbage bags to induce early flowering on my outdoor plants.
Yeah I guess that’s true. Would seem like big endeavor to cover all that. I usually was covering like 3 or 4.How dark does it need to be for them to flip? I really can't imagine getting the entire greenhouse covered. Heat is also a BIG problem right now. It has gotten up to 120.9 in the greenhouse with the lights off, fans going, and no window covering.
I think that if I DID get it covered, the plants would spontaneously combust from the heat.Yeah I guess that’s true. Would seem like big endeavor to cover all that. I usually was covering like 3 or 4.
I would probably super crop like someone said earlier.How dark does it need to be for them to flip? I really can't imagine getting the entire greenhouse covered. Heat is also a BIG problem right now. It has gotten up to 120.9 in the greenhouse with the lights off, fans going, and no window covering.
Probably lol, I never covered in a greenhouse mine were all outdoor.I think that if I DID get it covered, the plants would spontaneously combust from the heat.
Yeah thats gonna be tricky man. The LED light in there threw me off. Only thing I can think of is trying to raise that light more instead of using those ratchet rope systems maybe you can remove them and use wire to tie the light directly to the eye-bolts. Maybe you can gain about an extra foot vertical clearance that way. Then try to tie and trellis the canopy down as much as you can.There's no flipping them. They're in a 9' X 12' greenhouse, not a tent.
Should have scrog ages ago bro I had the same issue and it’s helped a little still out of fucking control and I’m worried me self lol if you can bend them arms down mate get some square netting and just hope for the best there beauts thoView attachment 1267720
I have these 4 Pennywise plants in my greenhouse with supplemental lighting due to trees blocking the sun for most of the day. My "problem" is that they are getting too tall for my setup. The canopy is pretty even, and I don't know if there is room for LSTing them. The top of the stalks are only flexible for about 5-6". I wish that they were in flower now, but that is probably a month away. I'm thinking of shutting off my lights completely to slow their growth, but I don't know if that would have unintended consequences, as most things do. I also think that there are too many small stalks that won't produce much.
In short, I don't know WTF to do. ANY advice is appreciated. p.s. I don't know why the photo is so shitty looking.
It's possible... Well, maybe not combust but it could be harmful to them.I think that if I DID get it covered, the plants would spontaneously combust from the heat.
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