Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

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well grow

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Hi UB i have been following your topping thread now for a while and to be honest i haven't seen better than this, so i thourght that i would give it a go im a first time grower and i am growing big buddha cheese i know some people dont like bbc and would rather have the exodus cheese but the cuttings are too hard to get and i have smoked bbc before, im useing Hesi soil nutes my veg period all together took 44 days after 35 days of veg i topped for the 4 main collars and they all responded well to the processso i left them for the remaining 9 daysbefore i put them into flower i used 400watt sodium for veg, so now they are in flowering and im useing a 600watt sodium, and i have got hairs coming out on all of them and all have got the 4 predominant heads and they all look good. i was just wondering how many leaf sets will each stem get untill it reaches the main collar at the top of the stem or dose it differ all the time? thanks for all the help you have given me so far.
 
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born2killspam

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Totally a question dependant on the genetics in the backward direction, and its impossible to say how long the colas will grow, but in the forward direction it should be all bud growth from here out..
Sounds like you did things correctly though..
 
well grow

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Thanks i have just been taking note of what everyone has been saying what their problems have been and so on but it's helped a lot learning by other people's mistakes and some of my own if you know what i mean. all the seeds that i got where feminized and i got no hermies. but if anyone was going to try the 4 collars technique i can say for certain that bug buddha cheese responds brilliantly.
 
masterganja

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grow to about 5-6 nodes and pinch out (cut) the stem just above the 2nd true node

so u let it grow 5-6 nodes then cut them off?
 
well grow

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Hello to everyone, I havent had much time to start a thread but i have put some pic's of my Big Buddha Cheese gorw on my profile if anyone wants to take a look im useing UB's topping technique and all is going well.
 
southernsmoke03

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what if i got alittle impatient and cut the newly forming leaves right at the stem as they were protruding upward? the 2 branch leaves underneath and the stem all the way down to the first true node have turned purple. whats goin on HEEELLLLPPP
 
Uncle Ben

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southernsmoke03 said:
what if i got alittle impatient and cut the newly forming leaves right at the stem as they were protruding upward? the 2 branch leaves underneath and the stem all the way down to the first true node have turned purple. whats goin on HEEELLLLPPP
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Wait for the plant's response and go from there.

well grow said:
Anyone that wants to have a look ive started a grow jurnal its called My big buddha cheese grow here is the link https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/207978-my-big-buddha-cheese-grow.html their is some bits missing but ill add them in as i go but have a look and let me know what you think
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Gave you some thoughts in your thread.
 
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amsterhamster

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Alright UB, I come to you again in need of a guiding hand. So, I have a very nice indica and a sativa waiting to be topped.. however.. due to PH problems, my initial leaves have died (probably the first few nodes) but the new growth looks GREAT! now, at these nodes, small 3 speared have started coming out, but do not grow more than about a 1/2" long.. my question is.. if I top these.. #1 how do I know which is the true node, and #2 I don't feel I'll have enough foliage to support the redistribution...

Would you recommend simply topping at any node or just flowering for 1 main cola? :\

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/208306-fim-topping-after-plant-damage.html
 
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born2killspam

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Those new shoots will grow more vigorously, thats what topping is about, they eventually grow out even without topping assuming the plant is happy, and I wouldn't worry about too little foliage to get them going, it will start slowly then speed up nicely as long as its getting good care..
 
well grow

well grow

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Hey UB here are some pics of where i topped my plants



I think ive topped them right to get the 4 main colas i just made a typo on my thread lol.
 
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amsterhamster said:
Alright UB, I come to you again in need of a guiding hand. So, I have a very nice indica and a sativa waiting to be topped.. however.. due to PH problems, my initial leaves have died (probably the first few nodes) but the new growth looks GREAT! now, at these nodes, small 3 speared have started coming out, but do not grow more than about a 1/2" long..
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Not good. Sounds like a cultural problem which needs to be addressed before you start thinking about topping or other training methods. Having abundant foliage is what it's all about.

Chumlie said:
Uncle ben can you do the topping along with lollypopping?
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What is "lollypopping'? Some kind of new French dessert, or a kewl sex toy? :D

well grow said:
Hey UB here are some pics of where i topped my plants



I think ive topped them right to get the 4 main colas i just made a typo on my thread lol.
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Yeah, I went to your grow journal, looks good. No biggie. The only way you're gonna learn and decide what's best for you is to just "do it", which you have. You are manipulating the main control mechanism of a plant - growth hormones.

Good luck,
UB
 
Chumlie

Chumlie

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What is "lollypopping'? Some kind of new French dessert, or a kewl sex toy? :D




its where you cut the bottom limbs of so all the fucus goes to the top of the plant.
 
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