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

[KlosetKing]

Howdy all! Yeah, ya'll can take ur lollipopping questions and.........

Can you believe it, just got a PM from a guy that needed info on topping clones! Referral? Back to the thread junior.

Sup BT? I got 2 fine looking C99 plants growing outdoors. Can you believe no one wants the one I'm trying to give away!?

Garden hard,
Tio

fed ex that shit! lawl!
no really though, lollipopping is just something that in 'logic' i agree with Ben on(iam only starting grow 2 so iam by no means an expert on ANYTHING lol). iam not saying that it doesnt work for people, but i just think the same way as he does on the subject is all =D

 

[ColaFarmer]

our laughter and comments are based on this thread

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/244201-lollipopping.html

if you take the time to read it you will understand

I read it, still come to the same conclusion. To each his own, not going to turn this into a pissing match...

 

[riddleme]

I read it, still come to the same conclusion. To each his own, not going to turn this into a pissing match...

cool no pissing match intended, like BT said we were having a laugh, not an arguement

 

[ColaFarmer]

All good.

 

[KlosetKing]

ya hope my whole question didnt muddy up the thread too much, i felt bad even asking, but due to my last batch having cotys on their own node i was a bit confused and wanted to make sure i didnt kill my girls. thanks again for the patience gentleman, this n00b is appreciative =D

 

[Uncle Ben]

Too bad you live so far away. Id give a nice home to your little lady

I reckon. You've got a fine looking garden going.

Gonna save one. They started autoflowering about 3 weeks ago. Except for a yellow leaf or two that drops because I forget to water them daily, they are fine lookin' ladies. They are both double cola dominant, not 4 cola. I'll try to get a photo or two. Have not fertilized except for the slow release 18-5-8 that's in the mix. I love that stuff. Cost me a whopping 5 cents and looks like a million.

 

[MrJones86]

Thanks for this tutorial man. I topped my plant about 4 days ago and am totally happy with the results I've seen so far.

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[DaveCoulier]

Thanks for this tutorial man. I topped my plant about 4 days ago and am totally happy with the results I've seen so far.

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What type of medium are you using Jones? Your plant looks like its experiencing water stress.

 

[MrJones86]

It's perlite covered on top by aquarium gravel. It's a 5 gallon DWC bubbler... so unless it's not bubbling quite enough I'm not sure what to do about that.

 

[DaveCoulier]

It's perlite covered on top by aquarium gravel. It's a 5 gallon DWC bubbler... so unless it's not bubbling quite enough I'm not sure what to do about that.

Im no hydro expert, but if you pm Snutter and tell him Dave sent you, he might be able to help you out. DWC is his expertise.

 

[poppersmoke]

okay so basically i need to cut my plant in half for this method to properly work? and does it matter for outdoor plants?

 

[Uncle Ben]

okay so basically i need to cut my plant in half for this method to properly work? and does it matter for outdoor plants?

Bascically you need to start with page one and read the thread.

 

[Airwave]

okay so basically i need to cut my plant in half for this method to properly work? and does it matter for outdoor plants?

Yeah, I had to take my plants right down when I did it. It's a worrying thought but it does work.
I simply used the tops as clones for more plants.

 

[GoldenGanja13]

One wonders how many times UB has typed that out?

Bascically you need to start with page one and read the thread.

 

[ElectricPineapple]

at least 100 times

 

[Uncle Ben]

Topped late above 2nd node. 2 colas are dominant, 2 colas are recessive.

Close up of one I'm trying to give away:



One plant has pot sunk in ground 3", with cage:



Another angle:



Fertilizer is some organics I threw in the mix and about 2 TBS. of a slow release plant food, high N - 18-5-7. Has been outdoors and been flowering for about 4 weeks. This is one of my C99 backcrosses. Fair amount of lower leaf loss due to moisture stress because I forget to water them.

Grow hard,
Tio

 

[cali boy]

Thanks dude, definatly gunna do this shizz on my 2nd grow when i got more space/lighting

 

[Hotwired]

Not sure if this was discussed UB but I only work from clone. Is the 4 cola method possible from clones? I've been trying now for over a year to get your method right but I fail every time. I seem to get 2 dominant and 2 secondary branches, and sometimes the secondary branches can't keep up during flowering and need to be cut.

The staircase pattern in which they grow throws my node count off. Is 1 branch = to 1 node? Or do you include the branch that grows an inch above it as one full node? IMO they grow too far apart to count 2 branches as one node. Also, the branches that grow from the bottom of a clone usually suck and don't grow well. I always like to cut them off and use the new growth branches because they come out fatter and stronger.

After all this time I'm starting to believe this method can only be done from seed. It works from seed for me every time, but I have not succeeded in doing it from clone. Should I give up and grow out nice bushy plants with my clones? Or do you have a working method that you use from your clones?

Thanks

 

[Uncle Ben]

Not sure if this was discussed UB but I only work from clone.

Only a dozen or so times, sheesh! Read the thread.

 

[Steph187]

All 250 pages of it?!!!?!