What do you mean you tied them up? Lst is tieing plants down. Katatawnic makes great use of topping + lst. Once she tops it, she uses lst to make the four tops grow outwards towards the sides of the pot, then they are allowed to grow straight up from there. It should give better light penetration down below.FIRST TO SAY HELLO!
AND BIG RESPECT FOR UNCLE BEN FOR SHARING ALL THE INFOS WITH US.
Now I have some questions...
I'm growing with HPS 600w. I topped my plants to get 4 colas. And they're just doing fine. Now they are in the flowering stage. 4th day. And I tied them up, on the side, just to get more light down.
Is that ok? some kind of LST in the beginning of flowering with topped plants? or just to leave them alone, because of that hormonal response?
PLEASE HELP!
Read the first page. If that doesn't work, read page two, then read page 3 if necessary. If you have to read any further, maybe horticulture isn't for you.hey guys kinda new here.
im kind of at a loss for understanding how topping can get 4 colas?
i understand getting 2. but to get 4 would u top the tops u already topped (haha)
or does it just happen naturely when u do it early on?
thanks again
Read the first page. If that doesn't work, read page two, then read page 3 if necessary. If you have to read any further, maybe horticulture isn't for you.
Yep, nice job.can you guess which are the four
http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/posting.html?hey guys kinda new here.
im kind of at a loss for understanding how topping can get 4 colas?
Read the first page. If that doesn't work, read page two, then read page 3 if necessary. If you have to read any further, maybe horticulture isn't for you.
well for me, I don't like trim small buds...I never trim branches. I mean, why would anyone want to remove the very plant unit that produces bud?
WAIT till you have 5 or 6 nodes, you want the plant to be mature enough to handle the stress of the toppingI am a noob to growing. This is my first attempt. I am using "Short Rider" auto flowering seeds. My plant is 17 days old, and it starting to grow a set of leaves out of the second and third node. Should I top it now or wait?
Having mother plants is all about getting them bushy. You can top, lst, or fim. Whichever floats your boat.Love the thread guys. it took me a few times to understand this method but i'm on board now.
This question may sound a little dumb, but I'm curious. in my defense, I've searched all over RIU for info about topping mothers and mothers in general, but i'm not finding much. If anyone has some good literature about caring for mothers, i would love a link (off topic i know )
I'm growing 4 mostly indica plants up to be my mothers. After reading this thread the ol' wheels started turnin. If i used this technique on my mothers while they're still young, would there be an increase in the number of clones i could produce?
My thinking is, if there are 4 "trunks" instead of 1; there will be more oppurtunities for folliage to grow because of the constant food/water/hormone supply coming from the "trunks."
What do you guys think? I understand this could be one of those "well, try it!" situations, but i wanted someone to at least confirm or deny my thinking.
Thanks in advance