Help with topping

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Chris Chris 55

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6FDAF682-C20A-4FDB-AAE1-D25E81FB089F.jpeg Hey guys, so quick question for everybody. First of all please do new in mind that this is my very first grow, so inexperienced is the word! Okay so I’m growing a skywalker og plant, and unfortunately the height that I’ve got to work with in my grow tent isn’t very high at all (it’s only a 3x3x60 tent). So I’ve already topped her once (I did that one about 4 days ago), so my question is this, should I go ahead and top her again? If so, where would you guys advise I top her?
 
Chris Chris 55 said:
View attachment 4380328 Hey guys, so quick question for everybody. First of all please do new in mind that this is my very first grow, so inexperienced is the word! Okay so I’m growing a skywalker og plant, and unfortunately the height that I’ve got to work with in my grow tent isn’t very high at all (it’s only a 3x3x60 tent). So I’ve already topped her once (I did that one about 4 days ago), so my question is this, should I go ahead and top her again? If so, where would you guys advise I top her?
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I suggest supercropping it at the moment. Is this a clone?
 
The idea is the top the main stem once and then top all other branches if you want to bush the plant out even more and control height.

Looks like your first topping went fine, looking at the pic, I don't think your ready to top other branches yet. You can start supercropping for height control.
 
hotrodharley said:
Check the article on supercrop. You can turn this to a big producer even in your tent if you start now. Be Spartan. Bend it and break it. The thin stems immediately start bulking.
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I take it that this advice would still apply being that I'm only on week 3 of veg...
 

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Good point. Stems really start getting harder and more brittle.
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I also had a Sunset Sherbert start giving off bananas that I was being a little rough with in early flower. So I've been trying to be more careful about it this round, and am trying to only supercrop the Sunset in veg now. It could just be a stain that doesn't like it much, I'm not sure. I was going a little crazy that first time, thinking they were invincible, lesson learned.
 
PadawanWarrior said:
I also had a Sunset Sherbert start giving off bananas that I was being a little rough with in early flower. So I've been trying to be more careful about it this round, and am trying to only supercrop the Sunset in veg now. It could just be a stain that doesn't like it much, I'm not sure. I was going a little crazy that first time, thinking they were invincible, lesson learned.
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I find by week 3 mine are really resistant to being crushed. Even using something besides fingers.
 
hotrodharley said:
I find by week 3 mine are really resistant to being crushed. Even using something besides fingers.
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Mine have gotten a lot harder to crush since I've been using silica, even in veg. I just supercropped one of my Sunset Sherbert's that I'm about to start flowering, and it took some serious finger strength, but it was its main shoot, since I never topped that one. But I notice all around that my stems are stronger. I almost thought they wouldn't need any support last time, but a few heavy branches still needed a little help.
 
Update: so I went ahead and supercropped her and so far so good...but that leads me to my next question. I'm considering topping her again...in these locations? Thoughts? Hoping to send her into flower in the next probably 2-3 weeks if I can try her growing right! Also here's what the plant looks like from afar.
 

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Chris Chris 55 said:
Update: so I went ahead and supercropped her and so far so good...but that leads me to my next question. I'm considering topping her again...in these locations? Thoughts? Hoping to send her into flower in the next probably 2-3 weeks if I can try her growing right! Also here's what the plant looks like from afar.
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Yep those are good spots to top next for sure.

2-3 weeks she should be really bushing out and ready for you to flip.

Best of luck
 
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