Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

i been wondering how to get more yeild. i went from 600 to 1000 watt. and from 3 gal pots to 5. and no difference in yeild. less, in fact. now i know to cut above the second true node when very young? how much percentage wise, do you get than if u did not pinch? thanks.

nice info , helps alot

I have one seedling that is 15 days above soil, but has 5 true nodes. Going to wait on the 6th before topping, but is that too young to top?

brotherjericho said:

I have one seedling that is 15 days above soil, but has 5 true nodes. Going to wait on the 6th before topping, but is that too young to top?

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You should be fine. Unless you have a real wimpy stem under these 6 nodes. Otherwise do as directed in entry #1.

WattSaver said:

You should be fine. Unless you have a real wimpy stem under these 6 nodes. Otherwise do as directed in entry #1.

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Stem is pretty sturdy. Thanks.

Just wanted to stop in and say thanks to UB for a very straight forward, yet brilliant technique that seems to be consistent.

I haven't grown in about 2 years, but I got some Green House The Doctor seeds coming this week and have built a 2.5x2.5x6.5 grow box with panda film and lumbar. Installed an intake and exhaust, CFLs, as well as a 5 gallon dwc/bubbleponics bucket, all ready to grow.

I'm going to grow 1 plant at a time and plan on using your method to get 4 colas as well, I'm gonna be implementing a scrog when they get bigger. Hoping for some colas the size of my limbs. lol

The Real Slim Shady said:

Just wanted to stop in and say thanks to UB for a very straight forward, yet brilliant technique that seems to be consistent.

I haven't grown in about 2 years, but I got some Green House The Doctor seeds coming this week and have built a 2.5x2.5x6.5 grow box with panda film and lumbar. Installed an intake and exhaust, CFLs, as well as a 5 gallon dwc/bubbleponics bucket, all ready to grow.

I'm going to grow 1 plant at a time and plan on using your method to get 4 colas as well, I'm gonna be implementing a scrog when they get bigger. Hoping for some colas the size of my limbs. lol

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Your goals a very achievable, you may wanna try more reliable genetics (like the freebies) than Greenhouse!

Thanks! Yea I've heard plenty of negative comments about this seedbank. But it's all I could afford at the time after putting together the grow environment. Will def be looking at other seed banks regardless of the results from the doctor.

awesome post did this before reading your post wish i came here, yours was so much easier to understand than the bullshit version i had. ill send my bro here when he eventually germinates the afghan kush seeds i send him

Beautiful technique, im thinking of doing a verticle grow with asystem called PI technics, we are planning this in north africa as they dont have bud just mainly hash, this topping will come in handy. Keep up the good information brother.

brilliant thread uncle ben.i have only been growing for 10 months,and its great to find new things out,this method will allow me to grow sativas,or any tall plant in my small tent,90cm x 90cm x 1.6m.i must admit i have not read all the thread yet,so if this question has already been asked,i`m sorry.because of my limited height in my tent,i have been growing auto`s,would this method work with auto`s?i have been told its best not to do anything with them,also they usually start to flower before they develop 5 or 6 internodes(usually 2-3 weeks).thanx again for a great thread,not only will it help me,but i have learned something!

Thanks uncle Ben, this is hands down the best thread I ever read.. learned so much,,

UB i want you to check this out. This is my OG #18 untopped and not fimmed I went to take clones and was going to top it but then got a little side tracked with what I found. It was so crazy I just had to post it and get your opinion or advice if I can still top each main stem or if you think the genetics are already screwed and kill my girl. Three tops Three main stems.

Dam I tried to delete the attached thumbnails didnt want them in this post but I guess since their there they are pretty frosty!!!!!!!!

xsavier said:

UB i want you to check this out. This is my OG #18 untopped and not fimmed I went to take clones and was going to top it but then got a little side tracked with what I found. It was so crazy I just had to post it and get your opinion or advice if I can still top each main stem or if you think the genetics are already screwed and kill my girl. Three tops View attachment 2250157View attachment 2250158View attachment 2250159Three main stems.

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Follow the first post. Does it say anything about topping during flowering?

few shots of my Blue Dream that i just threw into flowering that has been FIM'ed. this strain takes very nicely to any training/topping/fimming. always end up with multiple tops. one is a little more dominant than the rest. but not by much. and i plan on cleaning her up a bit in a week or so. lollipopping is a must for this strain as well. i plan on keeping it around for a while. great yielder (got 97 grams dry off the last one). pretty frosty. very sweet taste/smell. clones very easily. bushes out nice.. turns blue towards the end of flowering... ONLY thing i dont like about it.. is it takes 10 weeks to flower. =/ i like shorter flowering times... i have a BlueBerry goin. and if its a male. i plan on crossing it to the BD in hopes to shorten the flowering time a bit and keep the stretch down a bit... anywayz. enough rambling. heres a few pics. these pics were taken on the 7th.. soo it will still stretch a bit for another week 1/2 - 2 weeks. ill take more pics once the stretch stops. soo the tops wil be more prominent . thanks UB for the tips. i read this thread back wen i 1st started. and it taught me alot

UB Im not in flower the last two pictures were from my flower room of one of my plants, meant to post those two pics in the frostiest bud thread. The first 3 pics were of the the OG #18 thats in question and she is still in Veg. She grew like that from seed with 3 top colas without me doing anything to it. So I was wondering what you thought about topping her since she already had 3 main colas. Didnt know if you thought it would still be ok or if I should just let her go. There is nothing in your thread about what to, or how to top a plant that comes "stock" with 3 main tops from seed. It is an unusal situation so just wanted your input on it!! Thanks again I did go through and reread the first few pages and didnt see anything dealing with my situation, so any thoughts or input would be helpful.

xsavier said:

UB Im not in flower the last two pictures were from my flower room of one of my plants, meant to post those two pics in the frostiest bud thread. The first 3 pics were of the the OG #18 thats in question and she is still in Veg. She grew like that from seed with 3 top colas without me doing anything to it. So I was wondering what you thought about topping her since she already had 3 main colas. Didnt know if you thought it would still be ok or if I should just let her go. There is nothing in your thread about what to, or how to top a plant that comes "stock" with 3 main tops from seed. It is an unusal situation so just wanted your input on it!! Thanks again I did go through and reread the first few pages and didnt see anything dealing with my situation, so any thoughts or input would be helpful.

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I'd leave it alone.

xsavier said:

UB i want you to check this out. This is my OG #18 untopped and not fimmed I went to take clones and was going to top it but then got a little side tracked with what I found. It was so crazy I just had to post it and get your opinion or advice if I can still top each main stem or if you think the genetics are already screwed and kill my girl. Three tops View attachment 2250157View attachment 2250158View attachment 2250159Three main stems.

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that is pretty cool looking. it looks like a well dont topping/fimming job. lol. did the plant grow into the light at all and get burned? ive had plant grow too quickly and burn the top.. and it basically topped itself. lol. either way. looks good.

Thanks UB I was thinking the same thing, just wanted a second perfessional opinion. CHB nope its still about a foot away from the light and the light is a 4ft T5, it just did this on its own. Pretty cool i got a freebie!!!!