Simple question, ANSWER IT!
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mrskitz
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it depends really,,you will get more colas but they may end up smaller than 0ne main cola,,,some ppl top and get more yeild and some ppl get less,,,i dont think the overall yeild will be much more,if yeild is more its not much more,i dont think its worth the extra time you havta wait,1-2 weeks it can slow things down by imo
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
hmmm topping a scrog crop interesting i havent seen that before lol....lol yeah i turned a simple thing like Jamie saying she topped into a dirty dirty thing lol
SmokerE
Well-Known Member
There are some true experts around here.
Techna
Well-Known Member
No not required, i just thought most did this... i know you dont have too...i also dont think you need to post that message like that... maybe something along the lines of
"you dont have to top a SCROG grow"
would have been a better way to put that.
SmokerE
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Nah...I like the way I said it better.
natmoon
Well-Known Member
My tops are 30 inches and much thicker than cucumbers
SmokerE
Well-Known Member
..........Sigh...
A: You didn't grow enough plants to fill your room
B: You have height restrictions.
C: You have a crazy amount of veg time ahead of you.
D: You grow room is under contruction
E: The dog ate your other plants that you were planning to flower
F: Etc.
You are in effect stunting the plant, and again I can almost guarantee with equal amount of veg time a plant a topped plant will almost undoubtedly lose in total yield to a plant that hasn't been topped.
A: You didn't grow enough plants to fill your room
B: You have height restrictions.
C: You have a crazy amount of veg time ahead of you.
D: You grow room is under contruction
E: The dog ate your other plants that you were planning to flower
F: Etc.
You are in effect stunting the plant, and again I can almost guarantee with equal amount of veg time a plant a topped plant will almost undoubtedly lose in total yield to a plant that hasn't been topped.
SHOOT2KILL66
The Gardener
Top for multi cholas ... But they never be the same as the true chola would have been so the yeilds normally balance them selfs out
lst is the way to do it from the min the 1st leaves show untill your ready 2 harvest
lst is the way to do it from the min the 1st leaves show untill your ready 2 harvest
natmoon
Well-Known Member
Yeah man i can see from your gallery pics that your an expert in growing leafs
SmokerE
Well-Known Member
Ok, maybe tie it over (maybe), some bending and whatnot....to top it and claim your getting a better yield...
The only thing that maybe, just maybe makes me disagree with the "possiblity" that you can increase yield through LST is that the plant is growing as designed by nature to maximize light availability through growth. We are manipulating the design of nature when we bend and crimp and whatnot. IMO mother nature knows best when it comes to growth to obtain light, but still blast them things with our man made nutes!
SmokerE
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Yeah man i can see from your gallery pics that your an expert in growing leafs
Haha...good one, shame I have a better variety of plants in one rockwool tray then you'll probably see in your lifetime.
natmoon
Well-Known Member
Yeah man your the best grower in the world lmfaoHaha...good one, shame I have a better variety of plants in one rockwool tray then you'll probably see in your lifetime.
SHOOT2KILL66
The Gardener
Ok, maybe tie it over (maybe), some bending and whatnot....to top it and claim your getting a better yield...
The only thing that maybe, just maybe makes me disagree with the "possiblity" that you can increase yield through LST is that the plant is growing as designed by nature to maximize light availability through growth. We are manipulating the design of nature when we bend and crimp and whatnot. IMO mother nature knows best when it comes to growth to obtain light, but still blast them things with our man made nutes!
ive never had no problems with snapping or breaking plants yet and im never 2 careful
The reason it works better is becoUse the steams are getting light from the very start were they would normally be in shade and add more new and very tight compact bud shoots,
An when it starts grown up i tie them so they are side ways again so new growth from the sides can grow up for the light as we,ll as the main chola and i try to train them all at 1 level
smoker i no how u can get much bigger yeilds man just add lots more potassium high ferts rather than nitrogen
natmoon
Well-Known Member
I am not hostile at all.
I don't like you,i never have,your a hater that thinks he knows everything.
All talk and leaf.
You have a couple of years experience at best and everything that you type is edged with your own arrogance,insecurity and the fact that you are defeated by always being only half informed and under experienced.
You are the insecure one that needs everyone to agree with him and if they don't you get angry,or leave snide double edged comments.
I am laughing at you,you just cant hear me.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
jimmyspaz
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I top the clones that are going outdoors in the spring to keep down height in the bush. I don't want them towering over the other vegatation, and find that I get more but smaller colas. WTF so their only 10 in. long instead of 18,I still get more buds, and I want to get my crop off,not donate it to police and thieves, so I will continue to top. However I don't even think about topping the indoor clones,in fact sometimes I will remove side branches if too bushy,so growth will be in main colas. I hope this helps.
SmokerE
Well-Known Member
In your "x" amount of posts, I don't know you, never was made self aware that you existed, so I can only assume your contributions are minimal. Irregardless I haven't spent much time assessing my "feelings" for natmoon...lolI am not hostile at all.
I don't like you,i never have,your a hater that thinks he knows everything.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
SmokerE
Well-Known Member
I don't disagree that topping doesn't have it's place. SOG according to conventional thinking is the most efficient way of producing large yield. Not too many SOG grows out there that are topped, pretty much all i've seen is clone and go. The question was posed in reference to yield, which I would more than happily debate.