i want to bend my plants NOWWWWW

i'm only 3 weeks in.... i started all wrong i admit...

i couldn't wait so i started off with incandescents and now i have CFL's.... due to the incandescents i had stratching issues and also my plants went through a little shock by not being transplanted in time.... anyways... that problem is fixed but like i said... i have the stretching issue and i'm growing in a cab... is 3 weeks to early to start bending?

Probably not, but how tall is it?

umm..depends..
if it went into shock recently then dont bend..wait a week or so to recover

I agree, wait a week, then bend.

Sgt.Sly said:

I agree, wait a week, then bend.

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not sure why this is an issue.....if you are merely just bending it BUT not breaking the stalk the plant will NOT go into shock....therefore makes no difference to do it now or a week from now....

Peace

ive bent all my plants, but started way later. You can bend now or later. Advantage to doing it early is that new leaves will grow towards light, if you bend later, you get the safety that plants is real healthy and strong. If your plant looks rough-wait, if it is kicking ass- go ahead and fuck with it all you want!!!

let me know what u decide on dude -
recently topped my babe , new growth since has been pretty promising , the new leaves where she had looked a bit bare from slight stretching now not bad at all and the denser top just gives me good feelings

i think i will wait a week.... simply because of the shock of late transplanting.... the stalk started to turn a golden brown and the very bottom leaves dried up and the top started to curl downward..... after transplanting, the stalks are back to their healthy color and starting to slowly curl back to their natural state or close to it i guess... but yeah...i'm going to wait a week.. rather safe than sorry...

with incandescents, late transplanting, and now bending... shit.. my plants might think i'm trying to kill them on purpose

Pix,, pix,, pix,, pix, please...........

i'm so sorry that i don't have pics...i'm mad at myself also

my cam broke.... but once i get a new one, i will be an active participator on here with pics...i might even make a plant go through deficiencies on purpose so i can post pics on here to help others... i think thats a good idea

A bit extreme,,, but,,,,,,o.k...........

slowly bend it and dont put it thrue too much stress

theres a few ways to bend tho so id look into that if i was you..

but my oppinion is you can start TRAINING your plant whenever you think its ready too and can handle th bend..
an as long as you go easy on it it should be fine>>>> and yes theyre all right dontbend it, crack it nothing you could splint it if you do but it takes some of the plants attention to healing not growing "that is if its fixable at all"

to answer your earlier question
Ive been waiting to see preflowers on all my plants. Then you know its sexually mature
I havent been doing this long but thats what I was told on my first plant. The strain I have shows preflower between 3-5 weeks


hope this helps

the stalks are flexible...and i'm eager to start training because of my cab space.....

and Stoney...i didn't know i could watch for preflowering... i'll look out for that... what strain are you growing...i'm just doing bagseeds just so i can get familiar with this

Its just some cheap bagseed. Same thing, I wanted to get some successful plants under my belt and practice cloning before buyin some seeds.