CultivatorOfMary666
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What everyones opinions??
Topping the day before flowering?
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budlover13
King Tut
i prefer to give my ladies a few days stability/rest (still vegging) after topping. Just personal preference in my case though.
LeeroySlim
Active Member
no dont do it, u will yield less and it will take alittle longer to flower caz it has to heal itself, can i ask why u want to top it?
budlover13
King Tut
i top prior to flowering to redistribute auxins to the lower branches, thereby (in my belief) slightly fattening/increasing the lower buds.
i believe i got that info from BrickTop a year or so ago.
LeeroySlim
Active Member
i do it also but atleast a week before flowering not the day before
budlover13
King Tut
Pretty sure that's where my first intro to auxins came from. But pretty sure he said to let the lady recover a little too.
i have topped with varying success across varying strains but am by NO means a master grower. Been growing about 18 months now. Might have something to do with strain too. Going to be testing this with one strain, my favorite that is available to me. Snowcap.
LeeroySlim
Active Member
true but im sure brick would have said atleast a week before but i could be wrong
scroglodyte
Well-Known Member
lower buds.......what are they?
i like my popcorn with butter.....at the movies. go big cola, mon. the canopy is where your yield is made.
i like my popcorn with butter.....at the movies. go big cola, mon. the canopy is where your yield is made.
budlover13
King Tut
Lower buds as in all of them below your dominant cola(s).
1 big cola and a bunch of popcorn or many medium colas.
scroglodyte
Well-Known Member
i like creating hedges, and prune bottom growth, but notice the handle....lol. biased.
hope full
Active Member
Ya for some odd reason I realized today, I didnt lollipop a couple of my girls... I just put the fresh batch of ladies in there spots, and kinda stood there and stared. ( why in the hell didnt I lollipop those) really dont know why I didnt.. Guess its just one of those lost moments haha
scroglodyte
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funny. you spaced. i do it.
scroglodyte
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i go all Tom Cullins.......from "The Stand."
M-O-O-N........that spells Scroglodyte!
M-O-O-N........that spells Scroglodyte!
anymouse
Active Member
I don't think one day is going to make too big of a difference for bud growth and auxin distribution. If you have a cola and your preferred quantity of amber trichomes have formed then go ahead and cut it as it becomes ready for more uniform quality control in your end product.
