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Hey, manifolders, do I need to trim these somehow....out of the pot

Cronk

Cronk

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I'm at day 31 and since I topped at the 2nd node and quite late due to overwatering during the first two weeks, my main branches are quite long and growing out of the pot. I could let them grow up but then they;d be much taller than the rest. for not I'm drawing them back into the pot sideways and that seems kind of messy. I'm worried about setting myself up for a messy grow in flower.

What do I need to do?

I've topped, defoliated, tied down and continue to do this as needed but I feel like I;m missing some obvious action

5 gallon pots, coco/peat/perlite mix, 1/2 strength nutes, axiom, 315 watt LEC at 27"

anyone?
 

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Morning Cronk, I don't get no easier than the way Nebula shows you ,step by step, I don't see how you can mess that up, it ain't all got to be done at once, you just want to try to keep em all the same height an flat, you probably gonna have to get some more lights for that many especially when they get larger.
 
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Hey Cronk, Interesting problem. I would release the the ties on the extremities and let them reach for the light, seperate the pots a bit and keep em trimmed. That or up the neuts. and get a pith helmet and a machete.
 
isn't the idea to keep all the tips at the same level? the reason I have them all tied down.

you say let them go and leave the inner ones behind?
 
I'm sure you'll get better ideas from growers way more qualified than I. But with proper defol. that 315 should pound the light down to everybody.
 
Heres what i learned.. Follow Nebulas step by step like D said. As far as keeping the canopy even it requires tying colas down and lst training that involves time. If you follow her guide and keep your plant healthy and growing strong it really isnt hard.. This is mine rn in week 5big bud. has 18 strong colas
 

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thanks, all. indeed I've read the tutorial and tied down all the growth so that the canopy stays the same height and continue to lst.

maybe that's not evident form the photo. I'm using wire into the coco instead of ties to the pot. same thing.

I guess I'll just get some short tomato cages and continue. I reckon my issue is the length of the main canopy branches and I just have to deal
 
Cronk nice looking ladies you got there. Remove the wires holding the main stem and let them come up a bit, then you can tie each cola or site separately to keep height even. You may have to abandon the wire in the medium method and tie to pots. It looks like you have lots of room near the middle of the plant to let them grow in a bit. Does that even make sense? I know what I mean but not sure that says it haha
 
Or maybe if your in no rush to finish you can take some clones from the longer branches to give the others Time to catch up
 
I'm attempting a Green75 style manifold. you think it's not working with the extra long limbs? there is no growth on the inner arms of the limbs, they shot out and formed colas nearer to the ends. like two bushes on a dumbbell. I think a tomato cage might give me more to attach to and better handle these crazies.
 
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It looks like you cut your plant, allot. Certainly more than in two places. The tutorial has you cut your plant in half early in life. Shortly after you cut the, now two colas, again. This gives most plants 12 growth nodes or potential colas. The tutorial recommends cutting the vertical, second nodes, off. This should result in an eight cola plant.
 
no, I topped twice as per the tutorial. then I spread out the limbs and held them with wire so that they are low and then controlled the growth further with wires so all growth is even height. I believe it's so out of control because I topped to the 2nd node which is longer than the 3rd was and now I have this crazy growth way far from center. One plus I can see is that I might be able to space them nicely for lots of light as they grow tall. one bad thing is that they are way past the circumference of the pots and will be hard to hold to where I want them. I've since defoliated more and pulled some things tighter inward

we'll see. I'm no longer worried about it. I think it's just a crazy first grow and I'll be ok. the growth tonight is more than pictured . so fast. maybe because I used the Axiom, or the particular nutes I'm using.
 
18" is fine its up to how big u want them really and how much they stretch. I always flip mine about 15"
 
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