Recognizing the end of flower stretch

[phxazcraig]

I'm somewhere near the end of flower stretch for 4 Sour Diesel plants growing in coco coir. I'm now trying to learn exactly when flower stretch is done, or winding down, so I know if I need to supercrop or scrog the tallest buds. I have run out of space between light and canopy. I flipped lights to 12/12 on Feb 15, and last week the plants grew about 15 inches in 8 days.

Beside noticing that my plants didn't grow another 2 inches overnight, the tops of the buds seem different now. Where before I had new growth coming up with a pair of fan leaves on each side, it seems now I have solid bud tops with sugar leaves instead of fan leaves. This is new in the past 4-5 days, and it leads me to think my vertical growth is finally at an end. I did have to supercrop 3-4 of the tallest shoots. (Bent them sideways.)

Pictures of transition and post-transition buds would be nice to see.

 

[growsince79]

I'm somewhere near the end of flower stretch for 4 Sour Diesel plants growing in coco coir. I'm now trying to learn exactly when flower stretch is done, or winding down, so I know if I need to supercrop or scrog the tallest buds. I have run out of space between light and canopy. I flipped lights to 12/12 on Feb 15, and last week the plants grew about 15 inches in 8 days.

Beside noticing that my plants didn't grow another 2 inches overnight, the tops of the buds seem different now. Where before I had new growth coming up with a pair of fan leaves on each side, it seems now I have solid bud tops with sugar leaves instead of fan leaves. This is new in the past 4-5 days, and it leads me to think my vertical growth is finally at an end. I did have to supercrop 3-4 of the tallest shoots. (Bent them sideways.)

Pictures of transition and post-transition buds would be nice to see.

Depends on the plant. Pics?

 

[steamroller]

When I asked how late you can supercrop I think 3-4 weeks into flower was too late I was told .

Super cropping | Why and How?

Not after week 2 of flower. Stems start getting hard and brittle from then on.

www.thcfarmer.com

 

[mysticepipedon]

Stretch usually ends by the end of 4 weeks.

 

[sportyridr]

I'm somewhere near the end of flower stretch for 4 Sour Diesel plants growing in coco coir. I'm now trying to learn exactly when flower stretch is done, or winding down, so I know if I need to supercrop or scrog the tallest buds. I have run out of space between light and canopy. I flipped lights to 12/12 on Feb 15, and last week the plants grew about 15 inches in 8 days.

Beside noticing that my plants didn't grow another 2 inches overnight, the tops of the buds seem different now. Where before I had new growth coming up with a pair of fan leaves on each side, it seems now I have solid bud tops with sugar leaves instead of fan leaves. This is new in the past 4-5 days, and it leads me to think my vertical growth is finally at an end. I did have to supercrop 3-4 of the tallest shoots. (Bent them sideways.)

Pictures of transition and post-transition buds would be nice to see.

how do you run out of space with an 80" high tent...seems like training is the issue not the stretching...maybe start there