Auto, blue dream, in a 3 gallon pot, in a 3x3 tent. I’m probably 8 inches away from the light, move the light as much as I can. Will it stretch anymore? If so, should I trellis it to try to bend the main stalk? I did try to LST with some clips but almost broke in half, reason for the red tape in the middle. It did recover quickly though.
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You can tie the close bits to one of your poles to get it away from your light. Or get some 3x3 netting and gently tuck it under.
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Ha my gods gift auto did the same thing 
I topped mine to stop going up but she’s still going up so I’ll just wait til she’s done and assess from there 
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Depends solely on your individual plant. Has it stopped stretching this week yet or is it inching higher everyday still? Those are internal operations that we growers can slightly influence but ultimately are just passengers on their journey lol.
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Looks good to me.
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Yup looks good man.
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Looks like stretch is done. If it is you are good.
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They will fatten up give them time.
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I don’t worry about it until the plants get to within a inch or two of the lights. If putting the back of your hand there and it is not hot, your plant will be fine.
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Hopefully they are done stretching and can just soak up the rays and make you some beautiful flowers
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I have been in your situation several times, if they hit the light it will burn the bud. I have took and bent the stems by pinching a flat spot kinda and bend and tie down. That is a last resort for me, but it will work. I got so I put in my net at the max height, and once it gets there I start tucking and like the one I have now it took two nets to tame it.
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I caught one cola touching the light, it burnt the top a bit but that’s it. Will it stunt it? Do I need to do anything or wait it out? I tied it down more as you can see in the 2nd pic. This auto is growing crazy lol.
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That sucks
Don’t know what happens if that occurs .
Hope it doesn’t effect anything else…
Plant looks absolutely huge.. for an auto…
Happy Growing…
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That bud will stop growing where it got burnt. I have had that happen several times. But very nice grow overall.
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Look great. If no heat at canopy issues then I wouldnt worry. Can always dial down a touch but cannabis can take a lot of light. They stopped stretch it looks like so until see any heat issues or burn roll on. Just my thoughts. Just an aside but auto can roll just fine on a 5/3 schedule for any tent heat issues you get.
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Thanks all for the input. For that burnt bud not to grow, I’m fine with that, guess was more worried if it would affect the plant overall. So far no heat issues at canopy in the tent(72 degrees, 48%RH) This is the first this happened and probably won’t be the last for me, great learning experience for sure. First auto(Blue Dream) I’ve grown that it got this tall and bushy. The one prior(same seed) I used fox farms OF with Gaia green, never got this huge. I’m loving the results so far when using Coco(Canna)
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