New Grower Please help-thc auto bombs

[Needtoknowautos]

So my girls are only 24 days old and they're outta control. They don't seem to be stretching towards the light and they're massive. I'm worried once they get buds on them they're gonna fall over. This is my first time and I've researched LST and I'm nervous as hell to try with it being my first grow. What about creating some braces outta dowel rods that I stick in the soil to hold the nodes up, without pushing too far down and damaging the roots. Or do I just let her grow and see what she does? And what about removing some of the lower fan leaves to allow more light in? Is that bad karma for the yields or no? I never thought I would be so worried with them growing so well.

 

[EverythingsHazy]

Get a fan in there to make the stems sway (oscillating) so they will thicken up. Don't remove fan leaves. Just tuck them out of the way if they are blocking buds or growth tips. LST is easy. Just do it veryslowly so nothign snaps, and if something dows, some support holding the wound together will usually be enough to have it strong enough to support itself in a few days.

 

[Needtoknowautos]

Yea my fan right now doesn't oscillate and I wondered when I purchased it if it would bring me problems later on and sure as shit here we are. So how does the growth look on them? Would u recommend I LST them or should I let them go on their own?

 

[Needtoknowautos]

Can anyone answer my last two questions? And they're showing pistils all over now, and still not day 30, so should I switch my lights to 2700k or is there a way to really tell? The help is much appreciated

 

[pher2]

They look good from what i can see in the pics mate. Are they still growing taller? If not, it may be a good time to switch to flowering nutes and switch your bulbs if thats what you've decided to do. If they are still growing taller, i would blow the fan on them directly and get the lights as close as you can without burning the plants. Other than that, they look like they are doing well.

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[Needtoknowautos]

Yea I was getting a bit worried not hearing anything back. I appreciate the timely response. Over the past two days they haven't grown any taller, but it has been three days since their last watering and they were a bit dry so I just gave them their normal ph'd water a few hours ago. So would u recommend I try to LST on my first grow or let them grow grow grow?

 

[pher2]

You should still get that fan blowing directly on them if you can. As far as LST'ing them, it's ultimately up to you but i think with the amount of CFL's and the way that you have them surrounding the plants that they will grow just fine without LST.

Read up on LST'ing before you make up your mind and also check out some of the CFL threads. i would suggest Nood's grows...they don't call him the CFL master for nothing!