My plants are too big!

Pheno

Member
Well, my ladies are way too fucking big--probably a good four and a half feet tall when you subtract the height of the hydro tubs. Are there any real dangers in letting them flop over a little? They don't stand up straight under their own power, but they can't really fall over more than 45 degrees because they're up against eachother and the walls of the grow room. Last time I changed the reservoirs, they started to flop over, so I propped them up with wire as best I could, but they're just too big for that now, four weeks into flower.

(Yes, I know I shouldn't have vegged them so long--I was hoping some smaller clones in the same tub would take off, and I underestimated how high ECSD likes to stretch.)

Also, what are the dangers of using the same reservoir for the next four weeks? I'm really not looking forward to changing the tubs once they've had another two weeks to nug out--they're way too big for my grow room, and way too big to easily move around. They drink about a gallon a day, and I top up their tanks during the week. If I'm intelligent about giving them a gallon of plain water every 3-4 gallons of nutes, will they be okay? I plan on feeding them water only after week 8 to flush, so any imbalances will only be a problem for the next four weeks.
 

dank nug

Active Member
your plants will be fine. some people (including me) bend their plants over on purpose. its called low stress training.
 

Pheno

Member
I don't have the room for it! The plants already fill all the area under the HPS and then some--I'm using supplemental CFLs on the side. On top of that, they're starting to fill up my entire grow room just standing straight up!

I'm more concerned with the reservoir problem, btw. It's gonna be impossible to change it in a couple weeks.
 
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