Can a plant be too bushy?

I know they say "the bushier the better" but is it possible to have a plant get so bushy with little stretch and that affect the plant in a negative way? This is a 6 week old white widow. It is just at 11" tall. It is getting so bushy that the tops and leaves just seem to be tangling around each other.

Are you planning on flowering it soon? You can get so bushy all you end up with is popcorn buds. And if they can't get airflow then you could end up with mold and mildew. You might want to cut off some small inner branches close to the stalk. take another pic from the side and the inside of the plant because its hard to tell what all you have going on from the top.

Yes, I plan on flowering it within the next week or so!

they should streatch out once you flower, I have a strain right now that is super busy too.I am raising the lights tomorrow to try and get a little stretch

Also one thing I like to do when this happens. Is once they are around 8-12 inches Ill pull the outer edges of the plant down and I zip a hole with a drill in the top rim of my pot and tie the team down. Now you dont want to do this right after water, there is a good chance is your over zealous you can snap the stalk, Little bends at a time this will open up the center and get more light in side it works great.

I had considered putting up a trellis of some kind but can I start that so close to going into flower?

Spread the branches out a little. Get some more circulation around it. I'd also suggest reading a little about defoliation. Pinching of a few of those fan leaves strategically! Would help. Other than that you can bush it out as far or wide as your lighting will permit it to receive enough light to grow properly.

TF Leary said:

I had considered putting up a trellis of some kind but can I start that so close to going into flower?

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What I would do is drill 4 holes all opposite of each other(four corners) take one branch with some twine and tie it off repeat all four corners. no need to do a trellis. check this out my man http://www.growweedeasy.com/lst#what-is-lst I do this every grow some times I top and LST, OR Sometimes just LST. But I always try to maximize my crop. At this point I think to cause as little stress going into flower, I would not remove ANY fan leaves unless they are in the bottom on the plant and buried under leaves, you want all the leaves you can putting sugar into your soil.. FAN leaves are GOOD! LST allows you to maximize your harvest with little to no stress.

Don't pull off leaves or cut any branches until you show us those inner and side pictures. Like I said you cant tell from the top view.

TF Leary said:

I had considered putting up a trellis of some kind but can I start that so close to going into flower?

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A tomato cage will work and give you freedom to move the pot around.

Doomhammer69 said:

Here is how I grow the majority of the time. Top and LST, Tuck large fan leaves under so the inner canopy can get light,

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The video you posted says "private" and will not let me watch it....anything I can do to watch them?

TF Leary said:

The video you posted says "private" and will not let me watch it....anything I can do to watch them?

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nope. he should delete the post.

thats odd

lets try again. I have my privacy settings off ? alright try that

Doomhammer69 said:

lets try again. I have my privacy settings off ? alright try that

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....OH YEAH, much better!! Thx!!

I think that the problem is that your lights are all blue. Red light causes distance between nodes to increase and you have very less red light and so your plant is bushy. I would add a bit of red light for healty growth

This is from 3 years ago lol

Tnm1912 said:

This is from 3 years ago lol

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I want to see how bushy it is now....

Yes definitely as it seems their nature. So, don't need to worry here...

Tnm1912 said:

This is from 3 years ago lol

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shhh

Yes a plant can be too bushy. Then it makes a lot more but smaller buds, hassle to trim for the same yield or maybe less. The branches get crowded and the shorter ones are blocked out.