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

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You can top at any node. Topping directly above the second true node will give 4 heads. This is a pretty uniform process, and topping above this will change according to plant. Some will grow out 6 heads, but others only 4, sometimes even only two.
 
jewgrow said:
You can top at any node. Topping directly above the second true node will give 4 heads. This is a pretty uniform process, and topping above this will change according to plant. Some will grow out 6 heads, but others only 4, sometimes even only two.
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I topped about six plants right above the second node, just like the guide says. In every case, I still got two dominant colas and the other two fell far behind by the time the grow was finished. So next time I might top anywhere it is convenient.
 
9867MIKE777 I topped a plant in an aero garden,cloned the top and planted it in the ground several times. I worked out great!
 
Xiphos said:
Believe me sweetie ive read it 100 times. The only clarification is the word "true" used once.

Rephrased: What happens if you select two random nodes, top above them, and clear off the other shit?
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Yes, you can do it that way if you want. The same principle still applies. Although Im not a big fan of removing stuff from the bottom. They're quite useful when you have a mobile nutrient deficiency.
 
Noballs said:
9867MIKE777 I topped a plant in an aero garden,cloned the top and planted it in the ground several times. I worked out great!
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Thanks. I might do this as my veg time might be a little longer than I would really like. It is always tough topping a plant, especially when you are topping four or five inches of nice growth. If you get a whole new plant from the top, the pain is gone.
 
I have plants from seed that are a little over a month old, Started under CFL's under a 600 watt hps for the last week. They aren't really branching very much I would have hoped to have the materials to make clones at this point.

I am considering topping but i'm worried cause they are they are working on their 7th and 8th nodes, will this have any adverse affects on the plants removing this much matter.

I was planning on trimming the top and scraping it and using it for the clones.
Is this a good idea or a bad idea?
I am a novice growing I have read and watched videos but lack actual experience
 
UB
i have a few questions.
recently i sprouted a whorled phyllotaxy(when there are three petioles at each node)
and i was wondering,
have you ever gotten one?
if you have, did it turn out male? because i heard someone saying that every one that he got turned out to be male.
and finally if you were to top it using this method, would you get 6 tops?

thanks a mill for any feekback
 
what do you mean veg time, i grew it for 33 days in veg little over one month. and i dont understand lollipopping. what does that mean
 
kb12679 said:
what do you mean veg time, i grew it for 33 days in veg little over one month. and i dont understand lollipopping. what does that mean
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It looks like you've removed the bottom 30%-40%. If the plant was going to be too tall to get any production that far down, it would have been best to just veg less time and ended up with a shorter more squat plant.

Since you didn't intentionally lollipop them, then it doesn't apply in this situation.
 
Thanks uncle ben . They are lovin that topping technique. it really paid off!
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This Bud's for you UB
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halftime said:
Thanks uncle ben . They are lovin that topping technique. it really paid off
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Plants are healthy, nice and green. I don't see 4 main colas though which should be quite distinct if you topped above the 2nd node. In fact, it looks like you topped above the 6th or so node. BTW, I see you use twine. Try using women's hosiery cut into strips. It's much more forgiving.

Good luck,
UB
 
Uncle Ben said:
Plants are healthy, nice and green. I don't see 4 main colas though which should be quite distinct if you topped above the 2nd node. In fact, it looks like you topped above the 6th or so node. BTW, I see you use twine. Try using women's hosiery cut into strips. It's much more forgiving.

Good luck,
UB
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Thanks for the advice. Once I seen how aggressive they grew back I topped again and got tons of bud sites.
 
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