i'm one week into 12/12 cycle and i am dealing with a real space problem....i have no flowers, just a jungle in my closet...i have been bending and shaping for a couple of weeks now, and they are still over 4 1/2 ft tall...i cannot raise my 400 wt mh any higher.....i made a huge mistake of letting them get to tall....i'm afraid they are not getting the proper light spread over the 4 plants....it has a round 18" alum reflector that seems to be benefiting just the middle area of my plants....would it help if i remove the reflector?.......should i trim branches?....any creative ideas would be greatly appreciated.......thx
If your only in it a week,,and elongation has kicked your butt,,,prune back a few high chutes daily as they overgrow,,energy will redirect lower on the plant,,after budset ends and the swelling begins,,you should be ok,, yield will be lower....
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS BUY SOME GARDENING TWINE AND LOOSELY TIE IT TO THE TOP OF THE PLANT AND THEN TIE IT LOOSELY TO THE BASE OF THE PLANT. DO NOT TIE IT TO TIGHT OR YOU WILL SNAP THE PLANT. THE PLANT WILL NOW BE BENT AND WILL NOT GROW ANY HIGHER. I DID THIS ONE YEAR WHEN I GREW 3 PLANTS OUTSIDE IN MY GARDEN. I PLANTED THEM BEHIND MY TOMATO PLANTS AND YOU COULD NOT SEE THEM. BUT YOU SURE COULD SMELL THEM. THEY SMELT LIKE SKUNK AND THEY SURE WERE GOOD. BY THE WAY, I ALSO BOUGHT BAGS OF COW MANURE (ABOUT $3.00) IN ANY LOCAL GARDENING SHOP AND PLANTED THEM DIRECTLY INTO IT. THE BEST SOIL/FERTILIZER YOU'LL EVER GET. GOOD LUCK AND LET ME KNOW HOW IT WORKS FOR YOU.