This plant has been doing very well until it got too top heavy. It doesn’t look ready to harvest. What should I do? first pic is a couple of days ago.
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GoldLeaf 3m veg 6-7wks flower. HLG600 redspec 70-75F 40-45 RH
It’s a good problem to have you can tie them up using wire or string
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Many people have great results with plant yoyos
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Very nice you have a good problem bamboo sticks will support the large colas. 
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Not ready for harvest yet. Gotta ways to go. Just support them and let em keep growing. Nice job.
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Like others mentioned get creative and support them by tieing, or stakes. Next grow look into a net. When you flower them, grow them through the net, then when bud gets heavy the net supports it…
Good problem to have and a natural one. Flowers get heavy and close to ready, buds fall to the ground and spread seeds. Obvoiusly most of us dont want that so it needs some help.
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Thanks for the replies and advice.
I probably should have thinned this plant out earlier so that I would have a chance to support it now but I am still learning.
Great to have a resource like this when things look wrong.
Thanks
JimC
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looks like the gold leaf is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Big plant and big buds.
Do what you gotta do to get a couple more weeks. trellis, add a frame, bamboo stakes etc etc.
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Great looking plant! i’d drop a net on top and pull the branches through for support.
Bamboo stakes are the cheap, easy, and quick solution.
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They’re fine until they hit the floor
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Add a fan to prevent rott. Big buds big water keep the air moving
I have a fan, I like using a 12" table fan rather than the small ones many people seem to use because it moves a decent amount of air without blowing real hard at any one point.
May be part of the problem, the stems not getting enough wind to grow strong.
I thought of this after I posted but the droop happened a couple of hours after I watered and they have been perking up as it drys back out. I have a 25Gallon pot and it takes ~2gal of water every two days. I wonder if I should water more lightly but more frequently at this stage.
JimC