Clementine

At day 88 from seed, 42 days since the switch to 12-12, most of the tops of her 8 main colas were already 15"-17" from the light. I have experienced foxtailing before from plants being too close to my light. I know people will suggest that I do anything buy cut the tops off my plant but it just wasn't worth it. The benefit of manifolding is that you end up with long colas. If a cola is only 16" instead of 20", who cares? So I'm not thrilled I needed to chop the tops to avoid foxtailing but chopping is preferred to airy buds that don't ripen properly. As part of topping a plant half way through flowering, I also defoliated again to have tops without too many fan leaves. At day 91 from seed, 45 days since the switch to 12-12, she is looking good to me. I'm glad I cut her tops off even though I felt horrible doing it. She is now 18"-20" from the light which is better than before. It is also better for the fan height to keep air moving without it blowing too hard right on a cola. Nothing to do now but wait.