Autoflower too tall

JVKdopegrow
JVKdopegrowstarted grow question 7h ago
My 8 week Northern Lights Auto (49") has stretched beyond my Lights. Cannot raise light further. Bud sites just now forming. No ill effects yet. Leave alone or supercrop? Other suggestions?
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Stoney_Stark
Stoney_Starkanswered grow question 1d ago
look up monster cropping or use bud clips to lay them over so there not in the light fixture
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1d ago
To fix the problem in future: the light is not strong enough. You have a very stretched-out plant. Long internodes... As far as when to snap a branch down... more than one factor to consider. If growth has stopped, it's easy to pick a spot and level it out a proper distance from the light. Expect the top portion of anything you snap down to culr upward 90-degrees..It'll regain maybe 5-8 inches of height will, so consider that when choosing where to snap it down. If it's still growing, you may have to snap it twice or snap it a bit lower than you expect to mitigate future growth to avoid doing it twice. A moving target in that context. The first time i snapped a branch, i did get some leaf droop, meaning the vascular tissue was damaged a bit too much. When you do it right, you won't even see the leaves droop, which means the vascular tissue is still pumping water and nutrients to the stretch of stem above the snapped point. Either way it'll heal within 24-48 hours
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Ultraviolet_
Ultraviolet_answered grow question 1d ago
Pretty nice problem to have to be honest 😀. Its still very early, personally id bend her right across the tent if there was free space to do so. If thats not an option bend back nodes you can and top her close to top, need to break her apex dominance, once she knows there's no light further vertically ahead she should bush out, still not going to be ideal, but buds won't develop without the correct light hitting them so try keep it under the lighting.
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LokaGass
LokaGassanswered grow question 1d ago
Yoo i have the exact same with my Tangerine Dream bro don't do that just try to apply LSTto equal down the branch if you do you can supercrop it but it will take aways the bud development the time on the branch to reconnect... if you have a lot of time from flower to harvest like a month i wouldn't advise supercrop ;) hope that helps look at my diary to see the example ;)
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