Hello-
My first greenhouse run this year. These are Mandala plants, (Kalichakra, 8Miles, PNR, and Krystalica).
I thought they would peak around 6-8 feet but are over ten at this point. I have pulled them down with twine as much as possible, doing more would create a super-dense mat of horizontal growth which I want to avoid (there are already too many horizontal layers). I have also pruned these to 2' below the plastic but they are stretching in flower.
They are just starting to flower... I would compare them to week 2-3 on an indoor grow. The sites are really forming with alternating node growth and getting leafy, and there are pistils here and there, but not really in bloom yet.
My concern is that they will reach the plastic again soon, and that will be a huge mold vector since condensation can form there.
Should I prune again? I decided I would but found it very difficult to reach them, and then started to 2nd guess myself.
So for those of you more experienced, will cutting them down again be good insurance against mold problems, or should I let them go for it, trying to pull the colas down as needed to keep them off the plastic? How much room should they have at this point? Unfortunately I have not grown these types outdoors before so I cannot say how much more they will stretch. I did the 8M and KC indoors, and they are looking like different plants outside. For example, the 8M was way faster indoors, but the KC has seriously outpaced it in the greenhouse and is flowering faster.
Any help is appreciated, as I am nervous about all that glorious growth being lost to mold.
My first greenhouse run this year. These are Mandala plants, (Kalichakra, 8Miles, PNR, and Krystalica).
I thought they would peak around 6-8 feet but are over ten at this point. I have pulled them down with twine as much as possible, doing more would create a super-dense mat of horizontal growth which I want to avoid (there are already too many horizontal layers). I have also pruned these to 2' below the plastic but they are stretching in flower.
They are just starting to flower... I would compare them to week 2-3 on an indoor grow. The sites are really forming with alternating node growth and getting leafy, and there are pistils here and there, but not really in bloom yet.
My concern is that they will reach the plastic again soon, and that will be a huge mold vector since condensation can form there.
Should I prune again? I decided I would but found it very difficult to reach them, and then started to 2nd guess myself.
So for those of you more experienced, will cutting them down again be good insurance against mold problems, or should I let them go for it, trying to pull the colas down as needed to keep them off the plastic? How much room should they have at this point? Unfortunately I have not grown these types outdoors before so I cannot say how much more they will stretch. I did the 8M and KC indoors, and they are looking like different plants outside. For example, the 8M was way faster indoors, but the KC has seriously outpaced it in the greenhouse and is flowering faster.
Any help is appreciated, as I am nervous about all that glorious growth being lost to mold.
