Cutting down top 1/2 of plant

cee

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The top 1/3 to 1/2 of my plants are ready to harvest, while the lower buds still are mostly white hairs-not ready. Is there any harm in cutting the top section/ready buds now (including the main cola), then waiting for the rest to be ready in a week or two????Will I stress/wreck the rest of the lower bud or will it mature fine now that it has more light with the top out of the way??? Thanks for any help.:-?
 

katwoman2012

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I had white buds coming out on the very bottom of my plant. I watered 2x with only molasses in one week and they turned. The rest is READY NOW and I couldn't baby those at the bottom with nutes, etc. The whole plant's leafs are now yellow, buds brown. She was flushed fully today and chop, hopefully tomorrow, if she's dried. Good luck!
 

pinkus

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The top 1/3 to 1/2 of my plants are ready to harvest, while the lower buds still are mostly white hairs-not ready. Is there any harm in cutting the top section/ready buds now (including the main cola), then waiting for the rest to be ready in a week or two????Will I stress/wreck the rest of the lower bud or will it mature fine now that it has more light with the top out of the way??? Thanks for any help.:-?
you have the right idea. You may get a few male flowers, probably not. If you are running just one plant at a time (not any other plants flowering) the male flowers don't even need to be trimmed as there is not enough time to mess things up.
 

cee

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you have the right idea. You may get a few male flowers, probably not. If you are running just one plant at a time (not any other plants flowering) the male flowers don't even need to be trimmed as there is not enough time to mess things up.
Actually, I just added another plant that was getting big to check sex about 2 weeks ago to check sex-it was a female. I also forgot to mention that one of the buds that was ready was growing a few seeds, so i guess she went hermie-these two plants were clones. I went ahead and cut out a bunch of the top branches that were ready and drying now so i guess i will find out if this was a bad idea when i see what happens to the lower buds that are still white haired. I was worried because when I cut the bigger branches there is a big hole left in the stem????
 

pinkus

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Actually, I just added another plant that was getting big to check sex about 2 weeks ago to check sex-it was a female. I also forgot to mention that one of the buds that was ready was growing a few seeds, so i guess she went hermie-these two plants were clones. I went ahead and cut out a bunch of the top branches that were ready and drying now so i guess i will find out if this was a bad idea when i see what happens to the lower buds that are still white haired. I was worried because when I cut the bigger branches there is a big hole left in the stem????

the hole won't matter:peace:
 
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