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

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hyroot

hyroot

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I read this whole thing over the last few days. So what I get is you are growing 2 mains and 2 secondaries. And laterals off the mains and secondaries where the lower 2 secondaries produce less than the 2 mains. Why not just mainline to have all main colas and everything is the same size and more of an even canopy. My 2¢
 
Alexander Supertramp

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hyroot said:
I read this whole thing over the last few days. So what I get is you are growing 2 mains and 2 secondaries. And laterals off the mains and secondaries where the lower 2 secondaries produce less than the 2 mains. Why not just mainline to have all main colas and everything is the same size and more of an even canopy. My 2¢
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Because mainlining gives you 8 TOPS not 8 main colas. Mainlining has little or no effect on auxin transfer. UBs method has science and botany on its side. Mainlining is just physical manipulation of the plant kinda like bonzi.
 
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shvantz

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my plants are 3 weeks and the bottom leaves are browning with spots, i plan on doing uncle bens topping at the 2 node where the infected looking leaves are. will the browning leaves screw up the topping? I plan on topping at 5 nods high. Please help me
 
hyroot

hyroot

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Alexander Supertramp said:
Because mainlining gives you 8 TOPS not 8 main colas. Mainlining has little or no effect on auxin transfer. UBs method has science and botany on its side. Mainlining is just physical manipulation of the plant kinda like bonzi.
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Mainlining gives you all and only colas unless you lollipop them. It makes it so the auxins / hormones distribute evenly through out the plant so every cola is equal. This topping method is based on an article in a magazine by some grower who figured it out on accident.. mainling has been in magazines too. Weed world and high times. Neither method was thought up in a lab.
 
Sir.Ganga

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This is a very good technique if you actually are not concerned about adding time to your vegging schedule. People with smaller grows or single plants should impliment this because an extra week or two is no big deal, but for the larger growers it is not cost effective over the course of a year. The time you loose on every crop could actually bring in another crop.

This was one of the first techniques used on cannabis to increase yeild. I think it was the early 80's when this was a popular way for better yeilds, but since, other techniques have been found to increase yeild and not increase timelines. One gooe example of this is lollipopping. Topping your girl once at the right time(usually 10-14 days before flower) will also vastly increase your yeild but it does not increase your veg or flower time.

Personally I no longer use this 4 cola thing, there are better ways to increase your yeild...overall.
 
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hbizz21

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Uncle Ben,

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and this technique. I've topped 3 of my current plants above the 2nd node. This is the first plant I cut and 24 hours later.

Chemdawg1_Top.jpgChemdawg1_AfterTop.jpg

And my 2 other plants:
Chemdawg2_Top.jpgChocolope_Top.jpg

I will be updating now and again. Hopefully they all respond well!
 
Samwell Seed Well

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Alexander Supertramp said:
Because mainlining gives you 8 TOPS not 8 main colas. Mainlining has little or no effect on auxin transfer. UBs method has science and botany on its side. Mainlining is just physical manipulation of the plant kinda like bonzi.
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by weekly defoliation does the same thing . . . . . .. . but there's no thread to claim of fame from commercial agricultural

or gas lantern technique, or many others the claim to fame in thread is more tops . . . not atypical auxin distribution do to Topping early

which i should say is strain dependent on symmetry and growth characteristics by no means a generalization


the method is the method , lets not assign names to tried and true commercial agricultural tech. . .. carry on, with your blinders discussion
 
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hbizz21

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UB,

Here is the first plant I tried topping for 4 main colas. The plant had 6 nodes producing a 7th when topped. This picture is day 21 of veg, 8 days after the top.

Chemdawg 2 trunk.jpgChemdawg 2 4 colas.jpg
 
Nocturnal1

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About to top my babies for 4, but before I do the cut I want to quadruple check, I have done it before but I'm being paranoid(I did it 2 yrs ago :P ) I know not to top above the coytel-whatever leaf lol. But above that are 2 leafsets but not full on fan leaves, just single point ones. But they do have growth at the nodes, so would that be the first true node? Just wanna make sure.
 
yankeegreen

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Nocturnal1 said:
About to top my babies for 4, but before I do the cut I want to quadruple check, I have done it before but I'm being paranoid(I did it 2 yrs ago :P ) I know not to top above the coytel-whatever leaf lol. But above that are 2 leafsets but not full on fan leaves, just single point ones. But they do have growth at the nodes, so would that be the first true node? Just wanna make sure.
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Correct. The node above the cotyledon with single leaf is the first true node. The node above that is the 2nd true node - top above that one. GL!
 
budman111

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Nocturnal1 said:
About to top my babies for 4, but before I do the cut I want to quadruple check, I have done it before but I'm being paranoid(I did it 2 yrs ago :P ) I know not to top above the coytel-whatever leaf lol. But above that are 2 leafsets but not full on fan leaves, just single point ones. But they do have growth at the nodes, so would that be the first true node? Just wanna make sure.
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And make sure the nodes alternate too.
 
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