Topping / general cultivation question

Yolkamotive

Active Member
Hi

so for this early spring i kind of just threw some bagseeds together and weeded out the weaker plants. I managed to get this one gem af a dwarf variety (i think?) and had a few questions. To be honest, im not exactly looking for crazy bud production, although that would never be a downside, im just looking to try new things out with plants and gain experience that way.

Basically my plant is definately female, and is just over a foot in height. I currently have it growing in some enriched soil high in nitrogen (and other elements) fertilizer with peat moss/ perlite as filler.

She is indeed flowering right now and is currently sprouting her 8th or 9th node since germination. I tried to train her down and grow multiple main colas, but kinda broke the stem realy bad. I disinfected the area and applied propylis and some splinting material, and now she is all better (and stronger). I wanted to know if i could top this plant just below the emerging 8th node, or if i should wait till the 10th and 11th show their faces?

Would topping the plant be too much shock after the stem has been broken and healed?

Also, what fertilizer would be best for the flowering stages of my plant, I plan to repot this baby and bring her outside to get some lush growth.

These are newbie questions and they are probably somewhere else online, if they are feel free to forward them. Thanks for the time
 

Adjorr

Well-Known Member
i wouldnt top midway through flowering, would hurt your yield alot i think. for fertilizer during flower u want somethign with high phosphorus and potasium while still having a bit of nitrogen. If the wound from being snapped has healed over then its fine to top it without worrying about stress, but not while its flowering only during veg. just noticed in your post u say "one gem af a dwarf" do you mean you have an autoflowering plant? if so they dont respond well to topping even while vegging since they dont get the extra veg time needed to recover from it that photoperiod palnts get.
 

Yolkamotive

Active Member
The phenotype of the plant in question seems that, under normal growing conditions, it is shorter than most others. this plant comes from some random bagseed a friend probably gave to me. I have no idea what it is/ could be but if i had to guess it could be an autoflowering strain. Thanks for the advice, ill leave her as she is for the time being.
 

Yolkamotive

Active Member
I was made aware that actually planting in smaller containers (right now its in a 1G pot, merely a mediator from the seedling stage to outdoor growth) and wanted to know what, if anything, i could do to revert the plant in question back into vegetative. It realistically is on the photoperiod for veg because its on my windowsill and the sunlight hours dont switch till the solstice.
 
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