born2killspam
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A node is the bulbous region where fan leaves and possibly secondary branches protude from.. Topping promotes secondary branch protrusion/elongation from nodes below the cut..
Miracle gro is the only one I'm sketchy with for this stuff in pots.. Never seen a problem with basic ground gardening, or potted low-appetite flowers etc, but I found that things tend to go downhill after a time, while other plants getting non-MG flowering food did much better and required much less flushing..
The kind I had did contain every bit of its nitrogen in urea form though, and I do like nitrates, both in my soil, and in my food..Also, not all urea is necessarily equal either, there is a contaminant form called biuret whose concentration can increase via bad storage and incompatibilities.. Maybe thats the reason, maybe I'm off, but there are alot of options so WTH..
im from canada... never heard of canadia a... sounds like a nice place.... eh
if you have some plants ready to top and dont know the sex, can you just clone the tops you cut and throw them in flowering to see what is what and be able to tell which plant to destroy so not to waste time veggin the ones you just topped not knowin the sex prior?
if you have some plants ready to top and dont know the sex, can you just clone the tops you cut and throw them in flowering to see what is what and be able to tell which plant to destroy so not to waste time veggin the ones you just topped not knowin the sex prior?
Question.....
Does starting the seeds from 12/12 effect topping? I read the whole thread twice and maybe I missed something but I'm not sure that was mentioned.
Practical example would be that I have 2x baby sativas started and are going straight to 12/12. Now if I wait till the 5th or 6th node to appear am I getting into flowering phase and is this too late in the plants cycle to top it?
Not sure why you'd want to do this. Exactly what sativa are you growing? Landrace (pure), sativa hybrid - no indica or sativa/indica hybrid?
The intent of topping is to redirect vegetative growth.
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Will topping help me control height and get yield on a plant like this?
And will the fact that I have started this at 12/12 effect whether I can top them or not?
Will topping help me control height and get yield on a plant like this? And will the fact that I have started this at 12/12 effect whether I can top them or not? I understand what you mean by "topping is to redirect vegetative growth" and since I am going straight to 12/12 I won't have much vegetative growth. But there still will be some, the plants don't flower on day 1 and this strain especially has a slow start to flowering.
Hey please tell me if this can be done with an auto flowering strain!