What to do? Huge stretch has grown into my lights

[Sharky88]

My recent grow has stretched a ton and has grown all the way into and above my lights. As you can see below my lights are as high as they will go. They are supposed to have a 9 week flower and I'm 4 weeks in and don't see a ton of flower growth either.

Has anyone dealt with this before? I'm worried the buds with little light are not gonna fully develop and the ones right under the lights are gonna go albino (I've seen this before).

These are healthy plants, heat isn't an issue so far. These are LED's and everything is nice and healthy and green.

Should I just let these finish as-is? Or should I cut them back a bit? Or should I cut them back a lot and start flower over again?

Thanks in advcance for the help. Pic's attached below.

Sharky

 

[Peripatera]

Start topping all the plants very low don't worry about stress they are more stressed rigth now hehe this will save your grow good luck.

 

[JuanCarlos]

Super crop them.

 

[Spitz]

Wow! I cut down a Purple Haze 4 weeks into flower because she was a runaway. I'd prune the bottom 1/3 and then super crop about 30" below your lights. Come back a week later and selectively defoliate. I hope you learn a lesson. I sure did. (I mean that with nothing but respect). Good luck!!

 

[Sejd2131]

You have some nice clones to work with. Which is exactly what i would be doing right abt now. If you can stick these girls outdoors, i suggest you may want to finish your grow that way..

 

[Sharky88]

Thanks for all the posts guys. Outdoors isn't an option. I would supercrop them but the cabinet is pretty full already because I scrogged these out already. I also defoliated everything below the screen like spitz suggested when he said defoliate the bottom 1/3. Supercropping will help with the height but I'm worried It's gonna be way too crowded.

Given the cabinet is pretty full. Should I go ahead and supercrop the largest branches and trim the rest or just go ahead and trim the tall ones back?

It's ironic because this is Indica dominant (Black Lime Reserve) and my Sativa (Blue Dream Strain) in a second cabinet that I flowered 1 week later is a perfect height and doing awesome. This Black Lime is a Monster. It grew in Vege really really fast and stretched a ton during the transition. It scrogged out really easy too. Would be great outside.

 

[rhetorrikz]

Sharky can you take a pic standing back a little and without the led light .. i think im seeing some clawing and strange deformed leaves ?
Would it be possible to thin the plant out some giving you room to supercrop limbs and tie them down if needed ? You really need to get some distance between them and the lights and creat a more even canopy

 

[AKgramma]

I wish I had YOUR problem! Oh, wait, I WILL have your problem in about 4 weeks!

 

[Sharky88]

Sharky can you take a pic standing back a little and without the led light .. i think im seeing some clawing and strange deformed leaves ?
Would it be possible to thin the plant out some giving you room to supercrop limbs and tie them down if needed ? You really need to get some distance between them and the lights and creat a more even canopy

Here you go Rhet... Some pics below.

You are correct, there's some clawing going on with the top leaves. Thats heat for sure. I can thin it out and supercrop it. Think I'm gonna cut back the clawed branches. Take out some of the thinner branches. Then supercrop the biggest branches. It will take more time to finish, but that's not an issue. I'm not even worried that much about yield. Just want a healthy plant.

Believe it or not this thing was all even at the top of the screen just 4 weeks ago.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Sharky

 

[rhetorrikz]

Looks like single leaves? Any chance she's re-veging? Check your timers

 

[Sharky88]

Looks like single leaves? Any chance she's re-veging? Check your timers

Thats a good call Rhet. I did notice a timer issue about a week ago but thought I found it quick enough that it didn't cause an issue. She might have re-vegged. I'm gonna cut her back and supercrop and just wait until she's done.

My main question in the OP was whether to just let her go or do some pruning or training. It's pretty clear now what I need to do.

Thanks for the help guys!

Sharky