Uncle Ben
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Plant doesn't care, it will re-distribute the hormones to the tissue that remains.Thanks for taking the time to set it straight UB. Just wanted to be sure.
I am also sure you already answered this, but now I'm curious of course. If I top down one node right now, will I still get the same hormonal re-distribution to get the 4 main? Or did I screw that up by already topping and going up one too high?
As I wrote on the first post - "To get 4 main colas, let your seedling or cutting (clone) grow to about 5-6 nodes and pinch out (cut) the stem just above the 2nd true node. The node where the cotyledons attach doesn't count. The result will be a redistribution of the auxins and other hormones that normally collect in the tissue of the terminal leader's tip. These ho moans will be redistributed to dormant buds that reside in the nodal axis where the leaf petiole attaches to the "trunk", below the cut."