Underestimated Stretching, 4'9" tent, What do?? [How much bending is too much?]

Hey guys, I am having a little problem right now. I put my plant into flowering roughly two weeks ago and it stretched alot since then.
Now the problem that I have is that if this goes on for 5days longer I expect the plant to grow in the fans or my lighting soon.
I already bended the plant so its more or less positioned diagonally in the tent but I dont know if I might damage the plant by bending it further.


What should I do, or what would you do in my place? Can I safely bend the main stem further (without damaging the plant) or should I just bend the flowering top colas?
I attached a few pictures of my wacky setup - this is my first time growing - so please be considerate Px
feedback appreciated much tho

This pic is from 12 days into flowering

This is a pic from 35 days into flowering.

Personally I didn't want to bend anything, so I disassembled my tent and use the frame. I have seen people bend their plant and it turns out fine. You can do either.

I suggest you add more 2700k cfl's. The more the better the yield.

I ran into this same issue once! Lol.

Just bend it over. If it snaps leave it alone and it will mend itself. I suffer from tremors and break branches all the time. These weeds barely skip a beat when damaged. If you tear the branch loose use some tape to put it back together. I use floral tape. It is stretchy and works really good. Get it at a craft store.

ButchyBoy said:

I ran into this same issue once! Lol.
Just bend it over. If it snaps leave it alone and it will mend itself.

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I am not 100% certain this is a good idea since people kept telling me that this kind of stress, especially during the flowering stage could affect the quality/quantity of the yield :/
But I guess since its the early flowering stage the plant will be able to cope with it (?)

mean.green said:

Personally I didn't want to bend anything, so I disassembled my tent and use the frame. I have seen people bend their plant and it turns out fine. You can do either.
I suggest you add more 2700k cfl's. The more the better the yield.

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More 2700K CFLs are on the way! They should get delivered tomorrow
Removing the mylar cover sounds like a good emergency plan, in case they really grow much larger, I'll keep it in mind, for now I will just try to bend them a little bit further (without snapping the stem)
^^
And thank you for the pictures, I didn't know you could grow buds like these with CFLs!

fagit_isobar said:

But I guess since its the early flowering stage the plant will be able to cope with it (?)

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That is my understanding as well.

fagit_isobar said:

More 2700K CFLs are on the way! They should get delivered tomorrow

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Awesome! you will be glad you added more.

fagit_isobar said:

And thank you for the pictures, I didn't know you could grow buds like these with CFLs!

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Ya, I am in a 3x3x6.5 inch space with 825w of cfl's. (450w 2700k cfl's) (375w 6400k cfl's).
I have no idea what I'll yield, but so far everything is going good.

fagit_isobar said:

I am not 100% certain this is a good idea since people kept telling me that this kind of stress, especially during the flowering stage could affect the quality/quantity of the yield :/
But I guess since its the early flowering stage the plant will be able to cope with it (?)

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I did not see any reduction in growth. in fact that particular plant grew the largest top I have had to this day. I had to break it 12 inches down from the top. I did support it with string from the ceiling and after a week it held itself up.

Seriously! These plants are very hardy. Just look at all of the dumb things growers do to them and they continue to produce. Lop off a branch and the plant keeps going. Bend it and it keeps going. Break it and it keeps going.

Now if you mess with the roots you will stress the plant and it will suffer.

I pulled mine down with a pipe cleaner and it worked excellent, the two colas are packing on weight. I knew I shoulda took pics when you could see better. I did this toward the end of stretch, maybe 4 weeks ago?