buttery420
Active Member
So I used Uncle Ben's topping technique on my plants but one of them hasn't recovered as quickly as the others and has 5 or more shoots coming out of the topped area. What have I done to the plant?
Topping gone wrong
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Single White Pistol
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Sounds like a miracle! Give it time to recover. If your result is 5 or more shoots and it survives......... Remember exactly what you did and do it everytime. That's just amazing (assuming it survives).
greensister
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Never trust a rice's spokesperson.
What you did is exactly what you wanted to have happen. You know you can top a top right? I love to FIM.
What you did is exactly what you wanted to have happen. You know you can top a top right? I love to FIM.
buttery420
Active Member
Sounds like a miracle! Give it time to recover. If your result is 5 or more shoots and it survives......... Remember exactly what you did and do it everytime. That's just amazing (assuming it survives).[/QUOTE]Sweet you put a really good spin on it lol, but having 5 or so at the same point is going to be a little crowded, just thinking it might not really work out.
Here's a pic
Here's a pic
dukeofbaja
New Member
Give it time, cannabis has always surprised me with its resilience.
buttery420
Active Member
Indeed. I've had plants flower with a PH of 8, no fertilizer and 14 hours of sunlight lol. Once had a plant re-generate after in broke and I cut off it's main stem. I was just wondering if anyone had encountered a similar outcome with topping so I know what to expect.
northernlights
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Yes its been Fimmed topping you take 100% of top growth of and 2 shoots appear fimming you take 80% of top growth thus 4 shoots 4 top cola's good luck with the grow, btw the technique was aquierd by accident.
GreenphoeniX
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Perhaps u ended up accidently performing a 'FIM' instead of a top. FIMing usually produced more than the standard 2 tops u get from a clean topping.
GreenphoeniX
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The four tops u get probably aren't produced from the node where u made the cut in the way that they are from a FIM. I'm guessing they're the stems from the lower nods catching up to the top ones... Which is great coz that's the idea of topping haha.
bluntmaster69
New Member
so im new and I tried topping my plants for first time im pretty sure I did it to eary and cut the groth off at the third branch did I just fuck them or what?
DukeofAlcantara
Member
I usually don't top but when I do I wait until about 4-5 nodes are present.3 seems kinda early. I've never heard of anyone doing that early, but if there's someone I'm sure there on here. Keep an eye on it good luck.
Really guys, what's so hard about using proper punctuation and complete sentences?
frizzlegooch
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Being stoned 90 % of the time. lol
DukeofAlcantara
Member
LMAO.. The man makes a valid statement.
Happygirl
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LOL !!! you sound like my husband when he texts he hates these abbreviations!!!
Happygirl
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Great comeback LMFAO hows that for correctness jk whoops did it again.
Happygirl
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I agree good luck and the more the merrier!