Damnit! The monster is just that! A monsterrrrr! I switched to bloom last Friday and it’s like all the girls had a growth spurt. Big Bertha on the other hand had a growth marathon! What’ll happen if I chop the tops off? I hate to ruin the chance at big fat colas 
. Maybe I could train it? And yeah, I know I need to raise that light but I’m home alone tonight and I can’t reach dat shit. Hopefully it’ll be okay for the night 
. Advice?! Tips?! Ghost stories?! It’s ‘ppreciated 
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training is a good option but yes… you can cut them back… not really tuning chances of big buds… just creating more sites…
think of it like topping… and don’t be afraid to go back a few nodes if need be
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You could cut her tops back a couple nodes. She’ll still stretch but hopefully in the auxiliary buds. The issue is that it could induce enough stress for her to express inter-sex traits or “hermie” as everybody like to call it.
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Yes! I just needed the go ahead! It’s less than a week into bloom so I think she can take it. Hopefully it’s a she. Big Bertha also happens to be the mystery plant. … @toastyjakes, what’s your opinion: I swear there’s white hairs sticking out of the apex’s here and there, is that an indication of it being a female?
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I did that to the 501 I was flowering and she still came in at over 3’. Plus she gave back about a dozen or so seeds in the lowest airiest buds
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As long as the other three plants aren’t effected I can deal with a few seeds. Can a hermie pollinate females???
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lol I had to as well and mine is also over 3’
@Sativaindica it is an indication of female… but picture a help us tell you for sure 
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It might be too early to tell but I’ll try to get a pic in this light
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Yes it’s possible she could pollinate any surrounding females. If the pollen sac is on the outer part of the cluster it could pollinate a whole room theoretically. Odd are tho if it happens you’ll get a handful from her and a couple from the closest ones
By handful I mean like a dozen or so
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Well @toastyjakes the fucker is so tall I was able to just pull a head outside the tent a bit and got a couple ok pics. Hard to see!
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congrats !!
it’s a girl!!
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Lol, I’m only doing four plants each grow so if they wanna get big they can, but this is toooo big. I might risk turning her hermie and chop her… maybe train her, idk she’s at least three to four feet tall as it is 
U really think so? This early? Sweeeeeeet 
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you’re chance for stressing that plant to herm are low… don’t get me wrong, it happens, but not always on a massive scale… maybe a few balls you find and pop off… maybe a couple seeds you find in the end…
not really a big deal though, cuz the seeds would be female and you’d still have seeds lol
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but yea… those are pistils ma’am, treat her well
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One more question before I chop @toastyjakes … does it matter that she already has at least 8 tops from all the other chopping I had to do? 
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I’m singin lullabyes to these babies I’m takin such good care of em all
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lol not at all… just top as needed to lower the canopy and level it as much as possible and continue as you have…
make your cut length count though, i wouldn’t suggest doing it again
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Gotcha. Thank ya thank ya! Here I go 
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I’d go at least to the red an no.lower than the blue
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