how do i get buds all up the middle of my plants?

woodmass · Mar 17, 2009

hey i was wandering how i get buds up the main stem of my plants?? my last grow they all came on the new branches?

stonerDJ · Mar 17, 2009

did u cut your plants????

jdmlove · Mar 17, 2009

i though your saposto cut the bottom 1/3 of the plant so that you will get just one big cola im not sure tho i could be wrong

amcgin02 · Mar 17, 2009

You should bend and tie down the main top on your plant, exposing the whole branch to light, I think you will get what you are looking for!!! Good luck..

gottagrow69 · Mar 17, 2009

i dont know if all thats true i think its strain related cause i have one plant under a 400 HPS. i also added 2 65 watt cfls for the bottom of the plant and the only thing its doing is making the branches grow more bud but not the main stem?? but i have seen it done......if anyone has done this please put in on this

SpruceZeus · Mar 17, 2009

saposto hahahahhaha!!!!

I think you're talking about lollypopping, or pruning to promote single cola growth. But i'm really not sure if thats what you mean.
Anyhow, theres couple things you can do to promote this.
Grow from clone, this gives you the advantage of growing 12\12 right off the bat, meaning lower more single cola'd plants. Also at weeks 1 and 3 of flower trim the lower third as jdmlove said.
and avoid sativas as they tend to grow taller and branch more, although some would argue they are the best bud.

jdmlove · Mar 17, 2009

SpruceZeus said:
saposto hahahahhaha!!!!

I think you're talking about lollypopping, or pruning to promote single cola growth. But i'm really not sure if thats what you mean.
Anyhow, theres couple things you can do to promote this.
Grow from clone, this gives you the advantage of growing 12\12 right off the bat, meaning lower more single cola'd plants. Also at weeks 1 and 3 of flower trim the lower third as jdmlove said.
and avoid sativas as they tend to grow taller and branch more, although some would argue they are the best bud.

yea thats what i was talking about thanks for clearing that up i didnt explain my self and yea like he said avoid the sativas cuz they will stretch in flowering

amcgin02 · Mar 17, 2009

I have done this, and tying down the main cola is a good way to get bud in the middle of the stock!!! Unless someone know a better method than tieing down early in flowering, this is the best way, take my advice bro!!!

lilmafia513 · Mar 17, 2009

amcgin02 said:
I have done this, and tying down the main cola is a good way to get bud in the middle of the stock!!! Unless someone know a better method than tieing down early in flowering, this is the best way, take my advice bro!!!

Actually what you are refering to bro, is LST or training. Not SOG growing or lollipopping the plant. He is talking about a single stalk covered in buds creating a single cola.
Tieing may be the best way for you, but he would like to do a SOG or Lollipop grow.

Take a clone, root it as you do with any other clone, put it into flower at about 6-8 inches tall, then two-three weeks in, trim off all lower branching,usually anything that has a long (over an inch) branch coming off the main stalk. This will ensure that through flowering, the buds will form on the tips of the short branches, then swell into the others. Causing one big bud, or cola on one plant.
Hope that helps the poster at all!LOL!!!

amcgin02 · Mar 17, 2009

I know what its called man, and I dont think this guy even knows what lollipopping is, and I think he wants to grow a regular plant not topped or any thing of that sort, so I think tieing down the main stalk before flowering is his best bet BRO!!! Next time dont be rude man, Im just offering my opinion, if you dont like it dont talk shit or try and indirectly insult my intelligence just post your own opinion!!!

greennuggets · Mar 17, 2009

top the plant. ur suppose to cut one of the stems after 3-4 weeks of vegging, depending on how many colas u need.

look for that post, icant find it rite now but it tells u exaclty what to do with pics.

justhav2p · Mar 17, 2009

Top allot during flowering so its bushy and get a 1000 watter so it penetrates in your canopy.

lilmafia513 · Mar 17, 2009

amcgin02 said:
I know what its called man, and I dont think this guy even knows what lollipopping is, and I think he wants to grow a regular plant not topped or any thing of that sort, so I think tieing down the main stalk before flowering is his best bet BRO!!! Next time dont be rude man, Im just offering my opinion, if you dont like it dont talk shit or try and indirectly insult my intelligence just post your own opinion!!!

Actually nothing i posted was rude. :-?

his question was...."hey i was wandering how i get buds up the main stem of my plants?? my last grow they all came on the new branches?"

Now this is an effort to request information, correct? Now what i posted was an answer to his question, showing one post that made no sense to me in a thread about a SOG type plant. You offered bending and tying the main stalk top, right? That has nothing to do with growing one single cola, that has to do with saving space in height, and creating an even canopy on one plant to maximize yield.

The point of quoting you exactly was to help you look in the right forum to post your knowledge in. I have no doubt of your intelligence man, i could really give two shits about you or how smart you are. I am here to offer my experience and knowledge of growing to as many fellow gardeners as i can. Just as you offered your opinion i offered mine, not talking shit. That is what you did when you mis understood my post and retaliated with the ignorance you read in your quote above this. Good luck man, on whatever it is you are growing, since we see no journals or grows to see your vast amount of knowledge...Check my sig., i offer help based off what you can read in my journal and see how it works or doesn't work. :hump:

scoregreen · Mar 17, 2009

ive had mad success with tying the top down -- similar to super cropping...

amcgin, im hoping for plants similar to yours!

jdotg · Mar 17, 2009

haha yall are some finooks for arguing on the internet. but my two cents is scrap that idea and just grasp the concept of growing in more than your first second or even third attempt at the art. its a weed, no way are you going to prevent branches.

SpruceZeus · Mar 17, 2009

justhav2p said:
Top allot during flowering ....

Pardon me i hate to shit on whats already a pretty angry thread, but thats terrible advice. I would never top a plant any later than a week before flowering, and even that is pretty late. Topping during flowering will hurt overall yield, kinda defeating the purpose. :peace:

davalaban · Mar 17, 2009

I think it has a lot to do with strain. I've seen and read that Sativas are likely to get clumps of smaller buds up the main stem. With enough light to penetrate the canopy and plenty of nutrients, you should see what you're looking for. Having said that, on my first grow the largest, longest cola came from a short, bushy, ugly smelling plant. It was only about 3' tall, but had 10 inches of fat, leafy, top cola as thick as my wrist.

:leaf:

snoop2217 · Mar 17, 2009

SpruceZeus said:
saposto hahahahhaha!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Thats the same shit I said!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't take any advice that man ever gives! :clap:

9inch bigbud · Mar 18, 2009

I think he is looking for a single cola plant " how i get buds up the main stem of my plants?" LST does not do that it opens the plant up to make more smaller bud sites usally done if hight of the growroom is a problem although usally it does out yeild a single cola plant because of the extra veg time to get the plants to bush out this does not

get buds up the main stem " it gets lots of buds all over the plant.

To get a single cola plant = the most important thing is the strain you want somthing that does not branch a lot and has tight internodes as possable althogh any plant can grow a single cola some do it better than others usally indica or some indica x sativa again even sativa plants can grow masive top colas just look at SSH (super silver haze).

then its down to the way you grow the plants the more light you give them the tighter and fatter the cola will become you can increse the size of the main cola even more by trimming the side branches off the bottom of the plant you do this up untill the final streach is over or when the side branches look like they going to stay close to the main stem. what the trimming of the lower branches does is (leve the branches grow a bit just dont cut them off as soon as you see them start to grow) once you cut the branches the roots will be able to feed or put all its energy in to making the top cola massive because it does not need to feed any lower branches anymore because you have cut them off. when you cut the top or bend a plant over the growth goes somewhere else making the plant bush out but when you cut off the bottom branches that growth goes only to the top of the plant or main cola. keeping plants close together also helps thats another reson SOG works so well plant close together want to reach for the light and grow up and not branch so much as long as you have good strong light you can get main cola's over 2 feet long.

woodmass · Mar 18, 2009

haha nice to see that ive started a debate, thank you all for the advice, on my next grow i will try tieing and bending my plants, i have just downloaded the bible and i have been reading up on all the techniques. im flowering skunk #11 at the moment, its looking quite good, i have got lots of little bud sites, so i will try the other things next time, thanks again, i love this site

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