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

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schoolmeplz

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duchieman said:
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I looooove these pics, thanks, it makes me feel better about my ugly lil tree....I accidentally let it get WAYYYY to hot and I had pull dead leaves off, then remembering having read about uncle bens topping tek I went for it...and my lil plant looks like yours in the beginning stages...Im just hoping she makes it, its a fem Nrthrn Lghts and between me and my cats my lil ladies arent having the break they need! Thanks to all who have explained this time and time and time again, I have been following along since pg 1 when the comment was made about top above 3 and get 8 colas, in essence Im a "topper" by accident .....
 
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i see your pic about topping at the second true node to get 4 main colas, hard to say on mine which is the 2nd? well for me anyways!! right above the cytoledon or those round leaves theres what looks like the first node but im not sure as the leave has only one point leaf and not the usual 3 points like the first baby leaves on most ive seen. would that still be the first true node? Picture 001.jpgPicture 002.jpgand if you know what this stuff is all over my leaf could you help me fix it!!!!thanks UBPicture 003.jpg
and this last one my question is ive taken the first 2 nodes for clones so if i were to top above the second node now would it give me the same outcome?Picture 004.jpg
 
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well nm about the topping on the small ones the post above mine shows what i was asking!thanks but if you could tell me somethin about the discolor on the leaf that would be awesome?!!! thanks to all
 
duchieman

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HUNTERLEVELL said:
i see your pic about topping at the second true node to get 4 main colas, hard to say on mine which is the 2nd? well for me anyways!! right above the cytoledon or those round leaves theres what looks like the first node but im not sure as the leave has only one point leaf and not the usual 3 points like the first baby leaves on most ive seen. would that still be the first true node? View attachment 1328608View attachment 1328610and if you know what this stuff is all over my leaf could you help me fix it!!!!thanks UBView attachment 1328611
and this last one my question is ive taken the first 2 nodes for clones so if i were to top above the second node now would it give me the same outcome?View attachment 1328613
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In pic 2 you are holding branch for the first node and just above that is the second. Looks like you cut at the third or higher, I don't know cause I cant see it. You can do it with a clone too but I haven't tried it yet and I'm not sure how to do it with staggering leaves as opposed to opposing cause I just haven't got there yet. I would think a node is a node. And for your leaf problem I can't help you there either, sorry, but there's a sticky in the forum that covers plant problems.
 
K21701

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Okay this will be my first time topping so I just want be sure I will be topping her in the right place:
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In the red circle if that one leaf wasn't in the way is where I would top right where the red line is ....yes?
 
Longtimetoker

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Ladies and gentleman, you're making this topping thing too difficult. Go back and read page 1 of the thread and your questions will be answered!
 
K21701

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Longtimetoker said:
Ladies and gentleman, you're making this topping thing too difficult. Go back and read page 1 of the thread and your questions will be answered!
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I have read the thread...all I am asking for is confirmation, which you could have given in less time then it took you to write your response.
 
Uncle Ben

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K21701 said:
Okay this will be my first time topping so I just want be sure I will be topping her in the right place:
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In the red circle if that one leaf wasn't in the way is where I would top right where the red line is ....yes?
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You posted a photo of a plant whereby a leaf is hiding the nodes, and you want a confirmation?

Sheesh, 149 pages and some of you are asking the same questions. READ the first page and study the photos, since you guys will not or can not grasp the simple concept of hormonal influences as it relates to apical dominance. If you understood those concepts which I've explained many times, you wouldn't be so apprenhensive about how, when, and where.

Good luck,
UB
 
K21701

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Uncle Ben said:
You posted a photo of a plant whereby a leaf is hiding the nodes, and you want a confirmation?

Sheesh, 149 pages and some of you are asking the same questions. READ the first page and study the photos, since you guys will not or can not grasp the simple concept of hormonal influences as it relates to apical dominance. If you understood those concepts which I've explained many times, you wouldn't be so apprenhensive about how, when, and where.

Good luck,
UB
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Why is it that some can ask the question and get some really nice folks to help them out and others get bitched at and talked down to???? I am not some 17 year old punk ass kid who deserves to be treated like an idiot and talked to that way. Thanks for all your help and you have a wonderful day....
 
VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO

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K21701 said:
Why is it that some can ask the question and get some really nice folks to help them out and others get bitched at and talked down to???? I am not some 17 year old punk ass kid who deserves to be treated like an idiot and talked to that way. Thanks for all your help and you have a wonderful day....
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Look at your pic, you want him to tell you it's o.k to cut it somewhere, yet the place you asked for is blocked by a leaf. And if he tells you it's o,k and you fuck it up, then your gonna blame him because he said to do it. If you would have posted a better picture, I bet you would have got a better response. Now I bet he won't help you at all. Just sayin.
 
K21701

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VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO said:
Look at your pic, you want him to tell you it's o.k to cut it somewhere, yet the place you asked for is blocked by a leaf. And if he tells you it's o,k and you fuck it up, then your gonna blame him because he said to do it. If you would have posted a better picture, I bet you would have got a better response. Now I bet he won't help you at all. Just sayin.
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No worries...I won't be asking
 
DaLeftHandMan

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THANKS UB. i am enlightened! ^_^ just got done with my first successful grow and am about to transplant my new babies into the main grow chamber, they are all about to tier up to their first node, so i will def be snippin 'em after that second node! whats better then one top?! uuh duh! 4!! great post! +++rep
 
DaveCoulier

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jungobo said:
great thread, good advise.
topped three of my plants today exactly as UB described. just for the curiosity i topped one above the third node and the others above the second.
just a small question, do you need to train the first two branches until the lower ones will match in height or this will happen anyway ?



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Sometimes they will catch up, other times the two highest tops will become dominant. If you see the upper tops outgrowing the lower ones, then I would lst them to let the lower ones to catch up.
 
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