where do i top my plant at?(Pic)

crazy-mental

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just pull the new growth fron the top, and 2 will grow,and so on if you keep topping,
check out fimming and topping in the faq section, it really helps.
 

crazy-mental

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR PLANTS BUSHIER-TOPPING AND PRUNING



HOW TO MAKE YOUR PLANTS BUSHIER-TOPPING AND PRUNING


Essentially there are the same, "Pruning" and "Topping", just two different commonly words used. It is also known to some as "Pinching" as well. In this page it will be refered to it as "Topping"



Topping is done to keep the plants small and bushy, promote "branching", and increase the overall yeilds of the plants. With higher overall yeilds, a grower will successfully harvest many more budds, or floral clusters, and from smaller, bushier and more compact plants.



To the indoor grower that does not use this technique, but allows their plants to grow tall, it can be a waste of their artificial lighting, and growing spaces potential. With its own natural growth pattern, and without the benifit of topping, your lady will have one main central "khola" budd, at peak flowering. Several other small branches will grow outwards, down its main stalk, with much smaller budd topps.



The natural growth pattern is to grow upwards at its main stalk. From this main central stalk will begin to grow side branches. The side branches come out as tiny shoots with leaves, and usually there are a pair of them on opposite sides of the main central stalk.



When the seed leaves have long dyed off on the main stalk. The first true seed leaves commonly can or will, wilt, dry up, or dye off of the plant as well. Once healthy new vegative growth begins the rate of growth can be very fast, with excellent lighting supplied.



As the new growth increases the light reaching the lower portions of the plants becomes less. Thusly it is common to see first leafs wilting and dying ect. Growers that see leaves wilting or dying, ect, will opt to pulling them off of the plants.



The main central stalk is topped of just above the branches that are coming out below it. A pair of scissors or your fingers can be used. Once the topping is done you can remove the two upper fans leaves as well. This will aid in the light getting to the newer vegative growth, and other shoot tips, down the main central stalk.



There are no rules to where you top your plant or how old it needs to be. As long as your plant has shoots protruding further down the main stalk it is able to be topped. When topped the growth of the plant will be concentrated towards the new, younger vegative shoots.



Once you have topped your plant(s) the younger shoots will rapidly begin growing. With the removal of the main central stalk the lower braches grow more. With topping completed we keep the plants on their regular lighting and feeding schedules.



Now each new shoot tip will essentially grow as the main stalk did, however the growth is not concentrated to only one central stalk. So as each new shoot grows outward new shoots will grow from each one of them stalks as well.



Therefore topping can be done again, and again, and as each shoot becomes a growing tip with other shoots forming down its stalk, it is removed. By
 

MonsterPot

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I think - cut where the blue line is and this will encourage increased growth where the blue dots are.

Please someone correct me if i am wrong, i have only fim'd b4, but i assume it is practically the same...
 

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grower531

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thx guys. and actually mental i went and checked all ur threads and found a post that some1 had that linked me to a detailed and pictured process of fimming. ill put in some pics after this post of the cut i made and u guys tell me wut you think
 

grower531

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Ok here are the pics. their blurry as fuck but i hope u can see them. i made the cut so there was about 80% of that leaf set like the instructions told me and on the inside it looks like 3 little holes inside a half opened pod. idk if that means there will be 3 different branches coming out of it or wut but im hoping for the best.
 

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MonsterPot

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Well, this is what mine looked like just after i fim'd, and mine ended up growing 8...shoots...grow sites...whatever.

1st 2 = just after, 2nd 2 = 5 days later. As you can see fimming prematurely redirected growth to lower regions.
Now, 15 days after fimming, it's bushy as fuck...with a few totally spastic leaves at the top.
 

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grower531

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lol monster im justgonna call you C.J cuz ur avatar looks like c.j from g.t.a san andreas. anyways. that pic of yours aftr u cut it is EXACTLY wat mine looks like :D that must mean somethin good. We will just have to wait to see the results. and 468 that is exactly the link i looked at when i fimmed mine :D
 
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