topping during flowering

[BigfootsCousin]

I have never once heard or read of not a single benefit of topping once flowering has begun (visable bud sites). The point of topping is to create more bud sites. Topping once flower has begun is doing nothing but removing bud sites. This is unneeded stress and will certainly affect your yield.

I think your right , I just stopped mine 4 days into 12/12 , my thoughts was I take one bud off 2 replace it in 3 weeks then I times that extra bud by 15 tops ......you don't think it will work ??....maybe I should put her back to 24 Veg ?

 

[BigfootsCousin]

Topping during flowering will leave you with well pretty much the same thing below the cut as you would of had without topping. During flower the plant is pretty much locked in. Anyone who suggests you top during flower don't want to be the only ones who jacked all there hard work. There is not going to be any explosion in growth as YOUR IN FLOWER and the plant has quit that and focused on producing the flowers it has. Top in veg you'll end up with loads of nice bud. Top in flower and you'll end up with jack crap. You all can call me stupid but in 30+ years of growing a flowering plants that looses it's top is crap.

But the Truth is She doesn't stop growing in flower til the end of 3rd week , 4th week she puts all her growing into the Buds , and no more strething

 

[BigfootsCousin]

But the Truth is She doesn't stop growing in flower til the end of 3rd week , 4th week she puts all her growing into the Buds , and no more strething

Stretching till end of 3rd week Flower , 4th Week till end is all into the Buds

 

[SidV]

You can top, I could care less it's not me that will be doing another grow because I didn't produce.

 

[Star Dog]

I've not got the luxury of 30 years experience but yes I've had fantastic results topping in early flower, I'd need to check to be absolutely sure but week 3-4.

 

[bk78]

I top at weeks 10 through 11

 

[Star Dog]

Week 10 through 11 is certainly the best time not doubt, I,d run out of height I had no option with one plant and a couple of other shoots, at the end idk about the couple of other shoots I didn't pay that much attention but one that I hammered yielded roughly 2x the 7 others, that could be for whatever reason idk nor pretend to.

I've not got the balls to try again unnecessarily and doing a branch or two didn't have the same affect.

I seem to recall taking out the growing tip early flower giving you two buds of approx half the height of regular top, it's handy for limited head room.

 

[BigfootsCousin]

You can top, I could care less it's not me that will be doing another grow because I didn't produce.

Your right I don't know what I was thinking , She has only been 12/12 for 4 days, I Butchered her and throwing back to 24 or 21/3 , I did this one other time and had no problem she went back Vegetation. I was just reading a bunch of posts on all these sites and it's conflicting , I think it's definitely ok 2 keep super cropping but the topping in flower I agree , 2 weeks is 2 short

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Your right I don't know what I was thinking , She has only been 12/12 for 4 days, I Butchered her and throwing back to 24 or 21/3 , I did this one other time and had no problem she went back Vegetation. I was just reading a bunch of posts on all these sites and it's conflicting , I think it's definitely ok 2 keep super cropping but the topping in flower I agree , 2 weeks is 2 short

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I'd leave them alone. I wouldn't be switching back and forth.

 

[Star Dog]

I found a couple of buds that had the growing tip removed for flowering.

I'd say it gives approx the same weight with approx half of the height of one not tipped.

 

[Boreal Curing]

I did see a video once on backbuilding. You snip the very top of each bud to force the bud to get a little rounder.

Once the stretching has started, topping shouldn't be done. It can only slow the plant.

 

[Scotty_the_guy]

What about tipping 1 week before pistils appear? I did I t by accident as I didn't know it was about to flower. But I only did the lower branches and left the top

 

[HydroKid239]

What about tipping 1 week before pistils appear? I did I t by accident as I didn't know it was about to flower. But I only did the lower branches and left the top

Ummm why?? Topping the tallest stalk is how the lowers catch up to be potential tops. Start googling “Supercropping”

 

[Scotty_the_guy]

Ummm why?? Topping the tallest stalk is how the lowers catch up to be potential tops. Start googling “Supercropping”

I have super cropped it and its tied down all the branches we're taller then the main stem so I topped them. Then one week after pistils started to appear. It's It's sativa strain

 

[Tas devil]

Topped 3rd day in flower room.couple days off 6 weeks since bud onset