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Plant too big for growbox
minigrowwstarted grow question 4 years ago
Long story short, I overshot my container size, and now I have plant that is outgrowing my box. I cannot move it, so the only options are to manage the growth or kill it. Any tips that would help me keep the size down and bring this plant to successful harvest would be great.
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sir_isOanswered grow question 4 years ago
Imo, twist, bend and maneuver some of that. Don't chop tops.
BUT even before that, look if stretches more in the next few days (since you posted that 2 days ago, that'd be now, so yeah maybe I'm too late with this comment).
It's BARELY gonna stretch more than that at that stage, from most plants I've seen.
Psilocubensisanswered grow question 4 years ago
care with what are you gonna do, plant flowering doesn't handle hard training the same way veg plant does.
Your plant might climb a little more, so keeping the plant that way could compress her to the top or walls.
What you could do is sacrifice tops, and keep the middle buds. It has plenty time to go fatter on the middle, without loosing quality.
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HeavyHittahanswered grow question 4 years ago
You could try supercropping each branch . But only if there is still some play left in the branches and they haven't hardened yet. As it can be easy to snap them at this stage . Squeeze the stem and bend down.
If no other option than to kill it, dare I say it ? But you could Snip the tops offs 😷
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Mikewithgreenthumbs420answered grow question 4 years ago
Start hst those branches to tall
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Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 4 years ago
I'd do a scrog net and hope for the best! Good luck!!
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