Topping autos with excellent results

[Po boy]

this northern lights auto is 15 days old. it was topped 7 days ago and is beginning to branch out nicely. now a little under 8" tall. i've had really nice yields from topping like this, plus a little more stealth from a shorter but bushier plant.

pic one is 7 days after topping and 15 days old
second pic is when the plant was topped at 8 days old

 

[Yodazherb]

Seems it recovered well.
I see you topped above the 2nd node.
I did as well. But the two lower branches became mains on yours.
Is that a Autoflower thing ?
On mine all four mains came from the second node.
Interesting.

 

[Po boy]

i got the idea from reading Uncle Ben's Topping Method.

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get.html

 

[Dannysayo]

Yes that happens often when you top at the 2nd to 4th nodes. The first branches act as tops then the new two tops grow out
Cool

 

[budman111]

Nice, I wonder if topping autos is strain dependent or can you top all autos?

 

[Po boy]

i top only the ones that take a while to finish. the ones that take about eighty days between germination and harvest are what i use.

 

[Po boy]

also, u have to top them early. i've never topped one that was over 10 days old, usually 7.

 

[budman111]

Great advice po boy, got some auto freebies here, think i'll crack them soon and top them with summer round the corner!

 

[Dannysayo]

If you have a quicker strain just Lst them. Tie down the main cola and the plant will produces branches which all act as tops. You can continually do it because produces a chemical called "auxins' that OS what develops the tops.
When the plant is pulled sideways auxin gets sent to other areas of the plant

 

[Dannysayo]

If you have a quicker strain just Lst them. Tie down the main cola and the plant will produces branches which all act as tops. You can continually do it because produces a chemical called "auxins' that OS what develops the tops.
When the plant is pulled sideways auxin gets sent to other areas of the plant

 

[joe blow greenthumb]

Sounds like you used the fim technique, not topping.

Seems it recovered well.
I see you topped above the 2nd node.
I did as well. But the two lower branches became mains on yours.
Is that a Autoflower thing ?
On mine all four mains came from the second node.
Interesting.

 

[Jubag420]

She looks nice bud I topped my photo around the same time, shes 17 days

 

[Po boy]

three weeks after germination and 14 days after topping. the plant grew over 12" high in the last 7 days. it is now 20" tall.

 

[Herb Man]

three weeks after germination and 14 days after topping. the plant grew over 12" high in the last 7 days. it is now 20" tall.

Very Sativa.

 

[Po boy]

one month old northern lights auto. three weeks after topping. it is now 28" tall. pic #2 is two weeks ago.

 

[Po boy]

today at five weeks old and over 30" tall. starting to fill in nicely.


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[ImDankest]

You ever tried topping a top? so it turns the two tops into four? I honestly haven't seen it before. I've seen fimming where it splits off into multiple tops but i haven't seen someone top a top.

 

[Po boy]

You ever tried topping a top? so it turns the two tops into four? I honestly haven't seen it before. I've seen fimming where it splits off into multiple tops but i haven't seen someone top a top.

i top above the second node as in Uncle Ben's Topping Method. works great! GL

 

[Po boy]

here it is at a little over 7 weeks oldView attachment 2669258

 

[Po boy]

maybe two days left.