Autoflower gone wild. Hitting the max height

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Below is the details on my grow. I just have six in the tent. Although I have pots for 8. Also I never even bothered activate the autopot system and just hand watering twice a day currently. I am scared of leaks so this helps ease my mind.

Some of them are starting to flower while others still in veg. Is it ok to feed them all some nutrients for flowering /bloom?

1 of them is approaching the max height and growing into the light which then burns the top leaves. Unsure what I should do with that plant? I have a SOG net, maybe could try that? Maybe fold it a bit? How much trimming required there do you think? It looks like its just starting to go into flower.

FYI: there is a 1-2 week gap between several plants so they are not all same stage.


Strands for this grow: (I don't know what is what as yet. I couldn't be bothered labelling. I hope to find out later when they produce)
Auto Cinderella Jack x1 (Dutch Passion)
Auto Critical Orange Punch (Dutch Passion) x1
Gorilla Glue Auto x4


Ventilation:
-1x clip on oscillating fan
-2x 200mm exhaust fan
-1x heater
-ink bird temperature controller
Configuration: I have 1x 200mm exhaust fan on low at all times. If the temperature exceeds 28 degrees then it will activate the other 200mm exhaust. If it goes below 26 degrees heater will activate.

Lights:
2x quantum boards Samsung leds. These Quantum board pull 400w each from the wall on max power. I have 1 light at max height! They are on max power also.

Autopot system:
6x 3.9gal (15l) pots with 100L flexitank.

Grow medium:
70/30 Coco/perilite mix with 1 inch of clay balls at bottom of each autopot

Nutrients
Goliath A+B
Goliath Veg
Goliath Bloom
Canna cal mag
 

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Below is the details on my grow. I just have six in the tent. Although I have pots for 8. Also I never even bothered activate the autopot system and just hand watering twice a day currently. I am scared of leaks so this helps ease my mind.

Some of them are starting to flower while others still in veg. Is it ok to feed them all some nutrients for flowering /bloom?

1 of them is approaching the max height and growing into the light which then burns the top leaves. Unsure what I should do with that plant? I have a SOG net, maybe could try that? Maybe fold it a bit? How much trimming required there do you think? It looks like its just starting to go into flower.

FYI: there is a 1-2 week gap between several plants so they are not all same stage.


Strands for this grow: (I don't know what is what as yet. I couldn't be bothered labelling. I hope to find out later when they produce)
Auto Cinderella Jack x1 (Dutch Passion)
Auto Critical Orange Punch (Dutch Passion) x1
Gorilla Glue Auto x4


Ventilation:
-1x clip on oscillating fan
-2x 200mm exhaust fan
-1x heater
-ink bird temperature controller
Configuration: I have 1x 200mm exhaust fan on low at all times. If the temperature exceeds 28 degrees then it will activate the other 200mm exhaust. If it goes below 26 degrees heater will activate.

Lights:
2x quantum boards Samsung leds. These Quantum board pull 400w each from the wall on max power. I have 1 light at max height! They are on max power also.

Autopot system:
6x 3.9gal (15l) pots with 100L flexitank.

Grow medium:
70/30 Coco/perilite mix with 1 inch of clay balls at bottom of each autopot

Nutrients
Goliath A+B
Goliath Veg
Goliath Bloom
Canna cal mag
The traditional advice would be just to bend that top cola over so that it's the same height (or a little below) the other colas. That will help you get height for the other colas and increase your yield while solving the problem.

It might look a little weird for a few days.

They're all autos, so keep that in mind when feeding them. It's safe to give all of them just flowering nutes at a lower level than you might give photos.
 
So I folded it and its going hard. I am basically using an entire quantum board LED light on it because why not, its massive. Biggest autoflower I have grown yet.
Look at it compared to the others. Loving this freak. I had to move it to the back as I could not get past it properly and enter the tent. I will find out what strain it is later as still unsure.
 

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Here is an update. Going strong. I have the dehumidifier on now to help keep humidity optimal levels at around 40%. Temp is at around 25degrees /77 f the entire time. Any suggested change on that?

The back plant is basically taking up half the tent so an entire 4x4 on its own. But it's running out of water too often.

I recently purchased 8x autopot taps so I can turn each plant off and on individually. Hoping to hook up automatic watering soon.
 

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Here is an update. Going strong. I have the dehumidifier on now to help keep humidity optimal levels at around 40%. Temp is at around 25degrees /77 f the entire time. Any suggested change on that?

The back plant is basically taking up half the tent so an entire 4x4 on its own. But it's running out of water too often.

I recently purchased 8x autopot taps so I can turn each plant off and on individually. Hoping to hook up automatic watering soon.
It doesn't look like an auto - it looks like pure sativa! Is that the Cindy Jack? Inquiring minds want to know....
 
It doesn't look like an auto - it looks like pure sativa! Is that the Cindy Jack? Inquiring minds want to know....
I think you are right, I think its Cindy Jack. But I only purchase and grow autoflowers so it would be weird if its not auto. It also seems to be finishing around the same time as the others and I never did any 12 hour darkness.

I purchased more cindy jack auto dutch passion seeds for my next grow. So I will see how it goes. If you check reviews on herbies for it, the plant does look like mine, although I could still be wrong. Scroll to bottom for reviews: https://herbiesheadshop.com/cannabis-seeds/auto-cinderella-jack

Unfortunately, I did not feed that big Cindy jack plant enough water for a few days and it became droopy before I finally got my autopot setup all back and working with automatic watering and no leaks. Plus I have on/off taps for each plant now which I am happy about. 1 branch was also damaged when I was doing the work and I have ended up cutting it off and I am drying the buds now despite them being immature.

Some of the branches have become heavy with buds and started drooping for the big plant. I am going to pick up some bamboo stakes today and try stabilize it. I think its maybe 3 or 4 weeks away from finishing. My other plans will finish within 1-3 weeks.

After getting it stabilized and everything, I will do another picture. Overall pretty happy with how grow is going, just hope the big plant can finish off healthy. Its the biggest plant I have grown.

My next grow will be these. Might do a proper grow diary for these ones now I am getting more back to the flow of things.

BANANA PURPLE PUNCH AUTO​

AUTO CINDERELLA JACK​

 
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