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  1. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Many reasons but the main is because someone may like the strain itself for what ever reasons(flavor, relaxation, pain relief, migraines, nausea, ect.) And by harvesting at different times can create a magnitude of different results. Also its very hard to get strains here and seeds are always a...
  2. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    You have a point but medical users want low potency, well most anyway.
  3. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Sorry, had that backwards. The longer you let it go the more body high you get. Now i'm talking about medical grade cannabis here also where more cbd is preferable. For recreational smoking and higher potency the best time to harvest is as soon as you begin to see a few amber trichome heads...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    15%, that's way off from everything I have learned. Most growers harvest at 80% which is a more head high, some harvest at 50% which is more of a body stone. Past 80% which is prime ripeness the trichomes start to bend. When this happens it is past its peak. 15% amber is still very immature...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Lovely nuggets! How do you determine ripeness, by the hairs or by the trichomes? I use a 60x horticultural microscope and harvest each bud at 60% auburn trichomes. I very rarely harvest all buds at once.
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    ODG, you may already know this but just incase if you pinch off the lower buds when there small instead of letting them grow that energy will be reverted to your main colas making them fatter and denser. Just incase you didnt know. I always remove all low growth. Tiny buds are a waste of energy...
  7. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Yes! I grow out 7-8 though just to be a little thicker. I usually only have to tie up a plant when I mainline past 8 colas. Depends on strain however.
  8. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    See the leaves before you pinched? They dont have even one pair of mature leaves which means they are just beginning to really produce hormones and roots. My clones of that size have an explosion of feeder roots. If you were to pull that plant and bareroot it I guarantee it has minimal roots. My...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Again Again, don't mistake growth for health. Just because you get away with it a time or two doesn't mean it will be reliable time after time. The question is what will happen if you get a pest attack, or if your exhaust fan stops working while your away and your temps reach 100f or more...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Moody and I have never ever spoken. He took upon himself to state his opinions. Trust me, I am no side kick. I have several acquaintances in Colorado and the Emerald Triangle in California also. Humbolt Co. Anyone worth thier salt knows where the Emerald Triangle is. I have been told my level of...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    With your level of knowledge im sure your getting 2lbs per 1000w light. What? Your not getting a gram per watt? Hmmmm....i cannot imagine why.
  12. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    At 6 days old the plant doesnt even have one pair of mature leaves. That young the plant is still getting nutrients from the feeder leaves and hasnt even begun to produce hormones, nor will it have much of a root system. Will it survive? Sure it may but that's unnecessary stress to plants that...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    I didnt know they own GH now, that sux! Scots products are fine for lawn and garden but thats about it. Its ok to use MG when growing outdoors in soil. Ferts require biological break down by soil microbes. Thats the difference between nutes and ferts. Nutes are directly absorbable by the plant...
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    Can dogs sniff out seeds?

    I know this is old but I have to say something. My local post office gets random visits by the local K-9 Unit. They use the dog to check random packages and if the dog hits on a package they come to your house with a U.S. Postal Investigator and tell you to either let them open the package in...
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    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    I know what you mean, but if they know what caused the spots they can much better prevent it in the future. I dont mean to come off better than anyone. Btw, no one should ever use miracle grow for cannabis ever. There are many reasons why its terrible. For one all the crap in it such as high...
  16. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    Thats awful young. In doing so your taking a chance on the plant not having a good strong root system or enough hormones for strength and vitality. Dont mistake fast green growth for health. Health is resilience, strong cell walls, protection against temperature extremes and pest attack. A...
  17. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    True, but it sure helps a lot in the long run. Especially if aiming for high quality medical grade cannabis. You cant play Stevie Ray Vaughn without first learning Mary Had A Little Lamb. Well you could but you wont really know potential without the fundamentals first. Some people just have a...
  18. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    The apical meristem leaf bud. Not to be confused with flower bud. This pushes back energy/auxins to allow the lower 2-4 buds/nodes to grow branches faster. Im sure you know that however.
  19. chronicals77

    How Many Nodes Before Topping?

    I know this is old, I just want to add my two cents. From my experience a good rule of thumb if your a beginner and unsure do your topping just as if your main lining. Pinch every 3rd node. No matter where you pinch the top two nodes will put out 4 new meristems and rarely below that. Always...
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    General Hydroponics Flora Series

    I should probably add that even though Morbloom isn't OMRI listed it is derived from organics(fish) and my use of this product was soil/substrate cultivation. I have not used it for hydro. I have used it in a fog for foliar feeding(veg only).
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