Uh oh..too tall?

Hello fellow riuppers, I am currently in my first grow ever ( very excited ). I was scared to do any LST but now I'm thinking I should have. How much taller do you think my girl will get from this? It appears the vertical growth has stopped but I have never flowered before, so I'm not sure it the buds will get taller. There is roughly 11" from the top to the light.

She is a nirvana NL auto in ffof
I believe ~2 weeks into flower

Yea, gonna get crowded in there.
Search "SCRog"
Screen of green.
This will def help.
Set your screen as low as possible and spread the tallest branches out to the perimeter letting light in to the lower budsites.

Will that work this far along? I feel my main stem will snap if I force it to lay over

Here a picture of my top flower

It shouldnt grow too much bigger at this point...its focusing energy on flowering

your plant looks perfect and its not going much more as she grow bud

It might gain another third of its length.

Jeep112 said:

Will that work this far along? I feel my main stem will snap if I force it to lay over

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ya your right, do not scrog that plant now, its too late for this run, also I feel after seeing the bud sights that have already formed those tops will still come up maybe 3 or 4 inches,
I say that because I have one of those led lights and there really isnt enough power to make them continue stretch like a bulb would do
also how many inches between the tops of your cola and the led light?
I think that type of blurple panel you can get within 12 inches during flower,, this will help your buds get thicker ,
and CONGRATS its looking good man

Jeep112 said:

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Here a picture of my top flower

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your in FFOF right, are you adding any nutes?,, I am finding my ffof to run a little hot, just adding 1/4 nutes I got some tip burn, and I can see the beginning of that in yours

Tim Fox said:

ya your right, do not scrog that plant now, its too late for this run, also I feel after seeing the bud sights that have already formed those tops will still come up maybe 3 or 4 inches,
I say that because I have one of those led lights and there really isnt enough power to make them continue stretch like a bulb would do
also how many inches between the tops of your cola and the led light?
I think that type of blurple panel you can get within 12 inches during flower,, this will help your buds get thicker ,
and CONGRATS its looking good man

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Thanks man, I have about 11 inches from cola to the light. I can possibly raise lights 2 more inches.
Yeah I'm in ffof and have only done 2 feeding at 1/4 strength. But I am also seeing what appears to be cal def.
If it's going to grow another 4 inches should I look at gently tying down the main stem?

I have a feeling your going to be OK , raise the LED as high as you can, I have seen those panels as close as eight inches, take a look at nitrogen toxicity before jumping up to cal mag def,

You'll be fine... Get some reflective materials on those walls would be my only suggestion.. Mylar, panda paper.. White paint. Your buds will thank you!

Tim Fox said:

I have a feeling your going to be OK , raise the LED as high as you can, I have seen those panels as close as eight inches, take a look at nitrogen toxicity before jumping up to cal mag def,

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Thanks, I'm going to raise it up as high as it can go. I was just worried because I read the 5w LEDs get a little hotter, but I can hold my hand right below it and feels almost no heat.
I think I definitely have some nitrogen tox from the ocean Forrest. Thanks for tip, I really didn't want to run out to the hydro store and buy calmag right now.

Indagrow said:

You'll be fine... Get some reflective materials on those walls would be my only suggestion.. Mylar, panda paper.. White paint. Your buds will thank you!

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Hm never thought of that, thanks. What kind of white paint? High gloss? Or would the Mylar be the best bet?

Also if I painted it, how long until I can put her back in there? or will the paint fumes not hurt her?

You can still throw a screen over! Just spread your stems outwards with the scrog,dont force it, just have the bud sites grow through the outer squares of the net that way when they stretch, the stretch outwards and not vertically.
they still look flexible but dont bring the screen too low to the point of snapping stems. You could also "tie" the stems to the sides of the pot so she stretches outwards instead of vertically. Its okay to move branches over ect just keep away from the resistance feel of snapping.