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Mel_Macallanstarted grow question 5y ago

My girl started flower this week, but I'm running out of space! The crown is 5cm from the lamp! My box is only 70cmm.tried lst, but there's only so much I can do without snapping the main stem again. Should I supercrop? I'm still feeding BioBizz Grow,maybe i should stop?Help

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GrowCNanswered grow question 5y ago

How big is your tent? How much light wattage? It looks like the plant is stretching. I would not supercrop because of the risk of damage to the plant. I would get back to the LST and try to even the height out as best you can. A 70cm tall box is tough to work with. 20-30cm for a pot then 5 or 10cm for the physical size of the light and there isn't much room for plant. Next time I would consider light as soon as the plant is able to handle it to try and keep it short and compact.

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Mel_Macallananswered grow question 5y ago

Meaning...???

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Yuruguaanswered grow question 5y ago

Cambia de caja .Es más prudente qué generarle stress .Además son más sensibles en floración.

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Mel_Macallananswered grow question 5y ago

I should add it's an autoflower, pure power plant. I snapped the main stem at my fist try of lst, at about 3weeks age. That's why didn't lst for a while to let her heal. But maybe i resumed the lst too late.

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Mel_Macallananswered grow question 5y ago

It's mostly the crown that is too tall. I tried pull it further down, but then I could see s tiny crack in the stems fibers, so I stopped imidiatly. I read about aupercropping, but since I think she started to flower it might be too late for that? Should I al least trim some if the bigger fan leaves and maybe some of the not so promising smaller branches? Or would that only increase the growth of the crown? Any suggestions??? 🙏🙏

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