Top before or after transplant?

Jemhidiahssj4

Jemhidiahssj4

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Not working overtime this weekend so I guess I'll transplant them and give them time before I top. Also gives the smaller ones time to catch up.
 
ANC

ANC

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Anything you do to the plant affects root development. I would do the transfer, wait to see the plant growing again, then train/top.
 
Jemhidiahssj4

Jemhidiahssj4

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ANC said:
Anything you do to the plant affects root development. I would do the transfer, wait to see the plant growing again, then train/top.
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I'm thinking I will top the tallest and fastest growing girls of the 2 strains, transplant the smaller, a week from now or so top the ones I transplanted and transplant the ones I topped if that makes sense.
 
Strain Wrecked

Strain Wrecked

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I would top at the same time. It takes the same amount of time to get over stress weather its because of two things you did or one. Also when you top the plant the root ball makes a split and push outward just like the top. So if you transplant at the same time you top the roots will have the room to grow outward the same time and scale as the top. Its best to do all this on the full moon. This is my opinion.
 
Jemhidiahssj4

Jemhidiahssj4

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Strain Wrecked said:
I would top at the same time. It takes the same amount of time to get over stress weather its because of two things you did or one. Also when you top the plant the root ball makes a split and push outward just like the top. So if you transplant at the same time you top the roots will have the room to grow outward the same time and scale as the top. Its best to do all this on the full moon. This is my opinion.
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Thanks for the reply, my thought process was if I start a Mainline/manifold now on the faster growing 2 and transfer the smaller ones it would give them a head start in the root department then top those and hopefully the 2 mainlined ones after transplant would be about the same size. Am I wrong in this?
 
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Beeryee

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Strain Wrecked said:
I would top at the same time. It takes the same amount of time to get over stress weather its because of two things you did or one. Also when you top the plant the root ball makes a split and push outward just like the top. So if you transplant at the same time you top the roots will have the room to grow outward the same time and scale as the top. Its best to do all this on the full moon. This is my opinion.
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I like it! Gonna read up on the full moon.
 
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