Topping autos with excellent results

Po boy

Po boy

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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
 

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Yodazherb

Yodazherb

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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.
 
Dannysayo

Dannysayo

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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
 
Po boy

Po boy

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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

Po boy

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also, u have to top them early. i've never topped one that was over 10 days old, usually 7.
 
budman111

budman111

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

Dannysayo

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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

Dannysayo

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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

joe blow greenthumb

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Sounds like you used the fim technique, not topping.
Yodazherb said:
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.
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Po boy

Po boy

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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.#14nla 3 weeks - 2 after topping.jpg
 
Po boy

Po boy

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one month old northern lights auto. three weeks after topping. it is now 28" tall. pic #2 is two weeks ago.
NLa #14 one month old.jpgNLa 14 days old topped above 2nd node.jpg
 
ImDankest

ImDankest

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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

Po boy

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