Uncle Ben
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Above or below?
Your call like merahoon said. The more the foliage, the more the bud.
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Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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Above or below?
Your call like merahoon said. The more the foliage, the more the bud.
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WOW.. guys.. this is by far the best and most informative post / thread line i have read (and i read a lot) the multitude of topics touched on and the simple and precise explanations are above and beyond. I have grown in the past with different methods .. soil / hydro , indoors / outdoors .. and will be again in the future.
UB and born2killspam wow.. thanks for your patients and more from the repeat questions .. I just finished reading every post from page one to thirty three .. you guys rock . and everyone else here who has posted some great ideas and information. By far one of the best threads
UB and born2killspam wow.. thanks for your patients and more from the repeat questions .. I just finished reading every post from page one to thirty three .. you guys rock . and everyone else here who has posted some great ideas and information. By far one of the best threads
born2killspam
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If done according to the pic you're cutting just above the youngest developed node.. You aren't actually removing a node, only the apical meristem.. This allows the four new outputs from the two youngest nodes to grow, and prevents the spacing growth between those two youngest nodes from developing..
Topping at the second node is different in the sense that the internode distance was given an opportunity to develop, your colas grow from two distinct levels..
Topping at the second node is different in the sense that the internode distance was given an opportunity to develop, your colas grow from two distinct levels..
Uncle Ben
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Nice bunch of folks, eh? Thanks for playing along.
So far this old doc has had no lawsuits. Can't raise 'em from the dead, just a dose of experience based on no-spin is all it takes.
Wow! That's alot of reading! Here's more if ya got the stomach. I'll not get into the nasty politics of what went down, just refer you to this thread for informational purposes only. My approach is simply stated in post #2.
https://www.planetganja.com/highsociety/showthread.php?t=33786
Make it a great day......
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born2killspam
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Thats why I was so impressed with your height uniformity on your 4 cola tops.. I couldn't tell which were from the upper node, and which were from the first node..
Uncle Ben
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I have done this a bunch of times and have found that the end results (size and finished colas height) are pretty uniform. For starts, when you do da dirty deed (repeat dat 10 times) da internodes of node 1 and 2 are usually only inches apart, plus the apical dominance thingie aka "distribution of the auxins" is also very uniform. That translates into simultaneous foliar output from the two node sites. You would think that node #2 would automatically be the dominant point on the plant but it doesn't work out that way.
GrowingGreenGiant
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im high as poop right now and i tried to read your reply, honestly i have no idea what you just said.
born2killspam
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How diverse is your strain experience with this??
born2killspam
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Proper botanical jargon really does help to get a point across.. Its tough to find a happy medium that properly defines the anatomy, and is understandable to everybody..
But the terms are easy to google, and knowing them really helps when you're trying to pull usable info from scientific sources etc..
Uncle Ben
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Pure sativa (Zamal and Dalat Vietnamese) to hybrids. Plant response is the same.
oldMcDonald
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i got a question about the nodes, when u say "true" nodes, what makes them true?
born2killspam
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If you know what a node is (bulbous areas where branching occurs), then all nodes are true except the very lowest where those rounded seedling leaves grew.. The first true node is next above that..
oldMcDonald
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k, thats what i assumed, but just had to make sure so i get 4 colas
Uncle Ben
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Strain doesn't matter. If it's cannabis, it will do it to it.
You'll get a bushy plant consisting of alot of small colas, not 4 main colas.and btw i topped my big bud plant so that i get 16 tops, well see what happens when i put it in flowering
As an aside, how big are those peat pots and are they the kind with thin walls or chunky?
Have fun,
UB
GrowingGreenGiant
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16 colas, jesus. too bad they're goin to be hella small
Uncle Ben
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Not sure what the question is.
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