Uncle Ben I got a question. I topped for 4 colas, but I got some really bushy white widow and I'm afraid it's not receiving enough light even if I tuck fan leaves. Last plant I had, what I did was use rope to tie the colas to the side to expose more light in the middle, but what that ended up doing is it created 8-9 colas everywhere, and the yield was pretty small yield (2oz i think). Are there other techniques I can use to make the best use of my plant? Lollipopping or LST?
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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Uncle Ben
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Get more light.
You topped at the wrong place.
Every time you shade or remove leaves you reduce plant mass.
Read a couple of books on plant culture and stay off these boards. Learn some botany.
Good luck,
UB
ataxia
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Why do you say he topped in the wrong place??
Uncle Ben
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Caused he got 8-9 colas.
Harrekin
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He said he tied the tops down, he moved atipical dominance (speaking your language
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Uncle Ben
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Missed that. Yep, if you tie the plant down, then you can expect different results.He said he tied the tops down, he moved atipical dominance (speaking your language
sixstring2112
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science!!!!
Sunbiz1
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My problem is the opposite with herijuana right now, stuff is genetically designed to grow sideways...therefore I do not recommend topping this strain.
cary schellie
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i dont think he's KISS, I think he's alice cooper lol IDK maybe not
Thedillestpickle
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lol that was random, maybe I missed what your responding to lol I agree its alice cooper
You LST'd your plant, that's why you got 9 colas
herijuana grows sideways? what does that mean? show some pictures
cary schellie
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i did a side by side experiment with strawberry cough. I took one plant and did the lst and another with uncle bens 4 cola topping method. The plant with 4 colas yielded way more. The 4 colas were twice as big as any of the tops coming from the lst.
The only problem I have is I want to start topping clones for 4 main colas but usually they nodes dont alternate untill the plants get bigger. Can I just count 4 shoots from the bottom and snip.
The only problem I have is I want to start topping clones for 4 main colas but usually they nodes dont alternate untill the plants get bigger. Can I just count 4 shoots from the bottom and snip.
Harrekin
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Nope sorry, of they're alternating nodes the topmost branch takes over as lead. FIM is an option for alternating noded clones to.
smokey mcsmokester
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Hey UB, Just wanted to drop a line and let you know how my grow is going.. I've taken your advice and laid off the "snake oils" and am almost ready to harvest my most successful grow yet. I have 4 females I vegged for 5 weeks in 5 gallon pots and I used you topping teqnique, It's looking like Im going to pull 3/4 to 1 lb off of these 4 beauties... Thanks again for the stern advice UB 
Uncle Ben
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Nice!Hey UB, Just wanted to drop a line and let you know how my grow is going.. I've taken your advice and laid off the "snake oils" and am almost ready to harvest my most successful grow yet. I have 4 females I vegged for 5 weeks in 5 gallon pots and I used you topping teqnique, It's looking like Im going to pull 3/4 to 1 lb off of these 4 beauties... Thanks again for the stern advice UB
Happy harvest,
UB
jeffdamann
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Uncle Ben, What can be done with an alternating clone? I have tried many times and it always creates 4 shoots, but each in a progressively weaker order from top to bottom.
Uncle Ben
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Grow it out the best you can and don't worry about it.
Thedillestpickle
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Perhaps you could tie the top shoots down temporarily so that they are lower than the bottom shoots. that should help bring some of the growth into the lower shoots. once they are all roughly about the same size you could probably untie them and let them grow. I'm just guessing, dont really know what that would do.
Danielsgb
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I haven't stopped by this thread in forever. Have you answered, what a true leaf is lately?
I'm going for the 2 main colas on the Black Rose I just started.
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