Now I understand. So your waiting until the plant has 5 nodes and cutting it at the 2nd node correct? I wonder if that I accidentally topped my Sour Diesel? I had a light fall on it about 3 weeks and it snapped the main stem. The plant was about 18 inches tall so it had quite a bit more nodes and was already very fast growing. I taped it up but after about 10 days with no new growth and the leaves on that stem were wilting big time, I just cut it off. Another large side branch got dammaged too and I taped it up, but that branch made it. My girl now is about 43 inches tall and appears to have at least 4 main colas.drew425, I was a little confused when I first looked at this Thread, but take another look at UB's cut (photo on first page). You let the plant grow to 5-6 nodes, then, you cut above the 2nd node. That means, you are going to get rid of the upper 4 nodes. Once I realized this, I completely understood the technique.
Right now, I have 2 plants in my closet that I've done this too, and they have both responded like UB said they would. I am 20 days into flowering, and the plants are unreal! I've got 4 main colas on both plants, with other bud sights coming out of everywhere!
I am growing 2 different stains (Indicia and Sativia). The Indicia is doing fine without any additional cutting on top. The Sativia is a different story. The stretch took her up to my lights, so I topped her again on the 2 main cola's, which are coming from the upper node. Now, I've got 4 tops coming out of those colas!!!!!!
From my experience, this harvest is going to be incredible!!
(Pics coming soon!)
This is her about 18 days ago. Shes about a foot taller now with lots of bud production and much more filled in. What do you think?