Topping advantages and disadvantages?

[angelsdontki11]

Okay... i know that by topping the plant you get 2 top buds instead of one but when is the best time to do this? also does this effect the amount of time it takes the plant to bud? and 1 more thing where exactly do i cut it just cut the very top off and snap the end a little then put the cloning powder on it?thanks

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

Top right before flower. I topped some of my BB last time, and
left some untopped. The topped girls caught up eventually, and
the buds came out dense.

Snip it and leave a few leaf sets for a clone...GL

 

[Betterthanjesus]

Top right before flower. I topped some of my BB last time, and
left some untopped. The topped girls caught up eventually, and
the buds came out dense.

Snip it and leave a few leaf sets for a clone...GL

Is this advice correct?? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!

 

[Father Jack]

I like to top my plants at just above the 4th or 5th true node. Not counting the first node with the first set of leaves from seed.

This will create a nice even canopy of 4 to 6 tops.

Drink!

 

[Father Jack]

Is this advice correct?? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!

If I do any topping or pruning...I like to let the plant veg for a couple days before putting into flower. That being said...I will prune the lower shite up to the 14th day of flower...but never top the plant in flower.

Drink!

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

Is this advice correct?? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!

It's really a matter of preference.

The longer you let it veg., the more potential clones
you will be able to take.

That was my basic opinion, and it's worked for me.

 

[Pullin' weeds]

Sometimes I "top" a few times during veg. Top the main growth, give it a week, then top each of the major side growth.

I like to give them a week of recovery after doing any cutting.

 

[ohyaitsgrowing]

does ne one have an excact picture of where to top your plant that would help alot

 

[angelsdontki11]

Yeah, a picture would be nice but i think i got the drift of it. Thanks for everyone's input you were all very helpful

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

These WW are still a little young, but heres an idea.

To TOP, just snip the whole top off leaving the two
top internodes intact (haven't developed yet on this
girl). This will cause the internodes to take off and
act as two tops.

To FIM (Fuck I Missed), snip it leaving about 1/4" or
so of stem. This will cause the nodes to shoot up,
and force additional tops.

 

[mondaypurple]

does ne one have an excact picture of where to top your plant that would help alot

 

[smokinchokinloc]

Nice pic couldnt be much more simple than that

BTW you dont need to use a razor but it is the cleanest way. You can just reach in and pinch with your fingers.

 

[Early]

The only disadvantage is that your buds won't be as big as a single top cola.

 

[angelsdontki11]

both cola's together will be more than having just the one though, correct?

 

[email468]

I like the FIM technique for topping! Seems to make them nice and bushy.

 

[stonerbean]

woot woot good luck!

 

[PlasmaRadio]

I'm going to do half my crop topped and half aux-natural, we shall see what we shall see.

 

[JonnyBlunt88]

both cola's together will be more than having just the one though, correct?

It depends on the plant...I usually top my most vigorous girls.
Sometimes the two colas are bigger than the ones left untopped,
they just take longer to bulk up...

 

[HazednConfused]

I'm just trying to revive a thread that I feel will help out many rookies like me increase yield. I seem to be having good success with topping my plants. This is only my second grow overall, and I decided to make the snips and hopefully increase my yield. I topped these plants after they had developed 4 nodes. Topped at the third node and prayed that it wasn't too early. They have been topped for 9 days now and I think it's crazy how quickly the main stems on each plant "beefed" up. The stems went from about 5mm stems to 10mm stems that look as if it's four stems in one. Guess that's a feature of breaking the "apical dominance" of the plants. I have also LSTed these plants with pretty decent
results overall.
This picture is at approx 2 weeks prior to topping

Second pics are right after topping

Third pics are of LST

And These are of my plant with 8 main tops and one with 7 main with 2 that I'm trying to expose to light to become mains.

And under the LEDs

 

[ganga gurl420]

Topping is a great thing. Keeps your plants short and bushy. You get more yield as well....though there are a lot of training techniques that will bring bigger yields as well.