First time with photoperiods. Any advice with training?

Masterdank420 said:

My advice to you is to experiment, keeping in mind that the goal of any type of training is to increase canopy penetration of light and to increase the amount of surface area for the plants to collect light. The end goal being to increase yeilds and bud size. Low stress training and topping are good ways to accomplish both of these goals. My advice would be to stop topping the plant after it starts the flowering cycle this can stress the plant out to the point where it could produce pollen sacs or bananas causing your plants to produce seeds. Low stress training can be continued through the entire life cycle of the plant however. There are some other methods to consider such as lollipoping, defoliation, monster cropping and chiropracty. All of the above mentioned are not recommended Techniques for autoflowering plants as they have a limited life cycle with not much time for recovery. Good luck and happy growing

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ddeck96 said:

So, a couple of questions...
I topped the top branch to create 4, then I also topped the 2 sets of branches below that once, is that alright? (I topped my plant first above 4th node)
Also I noticed that the 2 sets of branches at the bottom of the plant are growing nodes that will most likely not get very much light, or grow up and possibly crowd the canopy a bit. Is it okay to cut off the nodes on those branches that I think won’t end up producing much?
Like I said, I’ve only done autos before, which I never bothered training (other than LST) because I’ve heard it’s just not worth it, so I have like no experience lol. I’ll experiment and play around with it tho! Worse case I learn something for the next go around. Thanks.

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