Apical Growth

How do you top an Apical growth plant?

You mean after they start alternating nodes? Same as any other plant, just pick a node below the top and cut

If trying to control height you’re better off supercropping or using LST at this stage. Or twisting stems instead of snapping.

I always cut it clean if topping i aint a fan of pinching it out or snapping it off and make sure the scissors or secateurs you using are clean and sterile also mate

@hotrodharley
So what do you find funny?

Your plant looks awful light in color and the stems are all red... what are you growing in?

conor c said:

@hotrodharley
So what do you find funny?

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The scissors and the sterility. Absolutely unnecessary. Just finished running over 50 in a greenhouse and another 25 under lights. If I had to use sterile scissors I’d still be trying to finish. But it’s harmless I guess to wipe down scissors. I just walk through pinching and snapping with dirty fingers and all thrived.

hotrodharley said:

The scissors and the sterility. Absolutely unnecessary. Just finished running over 50 in a greenhouse and another 25 under lights. If I had to use sterile scissors I’d still be trying to finish. But it’s harmless I guess to wipe down scissors. I just walk through pinching and snapping with dirty fingers and all thrived.

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I do it with other plants pinching out etc just with my cannabis im a little more cautious/protective lol i will admit there tough and can take alot of shit flung there way for sure

Nothing wrong with playing safe and applying Best Practices.

hotrodharley said:

The scissors and the sterility. Absolutely unnecessary. Just finished running over 50 in a greenhouse and another 25 under lights. If I had to use sterile scissors I’d still be trying to finish. But it’s harmless I guess to wipe down scissors. I just walk through pinching and snapping with dirty fingers and all thrived.

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I hope oneday to be able to run numbers like you or in a ideal world into the hundreds of thousands for now its not possible in the uk yet without a big risk i hope that changes soon who knows tho sounds like wherever your at is reasonable with plant numbers or your in the middle of nowhere and can pull it off ok anyway

hotrodharley said:

The scissors and the sterility. Absolutely unnecessary. Just finished running over 50 in a greenhouse and another 25 under lights. If I had to use sterile scissors I’d still be trying to finish. But it’s harmless I guess to wipe down scissors. I just walk through pinching and snapping with dirty fingers and all thrived.

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I clean mine when they get visibly mucky, does that count?

conor c said:

I hope oneday to be able to run numbers like you or in a ideal world into the hundreds of thousands for now its not possible in the uk yet without a big risk i hope that changes soon who knows tho sounds like wherever your at is reasonable with plant numbers or your in the middle of nowhere and can pull it off ok anyway

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It is my dream to be able to run and stock my own Amsterdam style coffee shop, in the UK. But it'll never happen whilst we are governed by the "school tie" brigade and boomers are allowed to vote.

speedwell68 said:

It is my dream to be able to run and stock my own Amsterdam style coffee shop, in the UK. But it'll never happen whilst we are governed by the "school tie" brigade and boomers are allowed to vote.

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Even in legal places (like some states here in the US) that isn't possible. Here in NY they're not giving licenses for farm-to-table style operations. If you get a grow license, you can't get a retail license or a distro license, and vice versa. They're carving up the legal retail ecosystem, I guess in hopes that it helps smaller/minority run businesses, though I'm not sure that it does that, though social equity is definitely part of their aim.

Spumoni has a phenotype that does this from a very early age. Starts alternating nodes after about the fifth node. Makes manifolding a fun experience - just count the twos, even if they aren't opposite each other.

speedwell68 said:

It is my dream to be able to run and stock my own Amsterdam style coffee shop, in the UK. But it'll never happen whilst we are governed by the "school tie" brigade and boomers are allowed to vote.

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I guess its a combo of farming and more so breeding more than anything id like to do but do it right not piss about with low numbers the more the better in that regard to breeding especially imo but like u said in reality i might need to move oneday to make this happen cos the uk is fucked politics and legal wise as it stands

LeastExpectedGrower said:

Even in legal places (like some states here in the US) that isn't possible. Here in NY they're not giving licenses for farm-to-table style operations. If you get a grow license, you can't get a retail license or a distro license, and vice versa. They're carving up the legal retail ecosystem, I guess in hopes that it helps smaller/minority run businesses, though I'm not sure that it does that, though social equity is definitely part of their aim.

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That sucks but its no surprise tbh i aint happy till this plants as free as potatoes and tomatoes everywhere its a plant it should be treated as such in my book

LeastExpectedGrower said:

Even in legal places (like some states here in the US) that isn't possible. Here in NY they're not giving licenses for farm-to-table style operations. If you get a grow license, you can't get a retail license or a distro license, and vice versa. They're carving up the legal retail ecosystem, I guess in hopes that it helps smaller/minority run businesses, though I'm not sure that it does that, though social equity is definitely part of their aim.

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America has the weirdest laws in the world, I don't get how it can be legal in one state, yet not in another. TBH I could just go and work in the Netherlands.

conor c said:

I guess its a combo of farming and more so breeding more than anything id like to do but do it right not piss about with low numbers the more the better in that regard to breeding especially imo but like u said in reality i might need to move oneday to make this happen cos the uk is fucked politics and legal wise as it stands

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The UK is an Autocracy. We have a head of state that no one elects, an upper house that no one elects and a government that is elected by a minority. Unless the ruling classes suddenly all become stoners it will always be criminal. The only way it will become legal is if the ruling class can make some money.

speedwell68 said:

America has the weirdest laws in the world, I don't get how it can be legal in one state, yet not in another. TBH I could just go and work in the Netherlands.

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Its not legal on a federal level (country wide), it's only legal in states where they've made it legal, and the feds don't really care unless there's a 'big target' for them to go after. Each state has it's own capitol with elected law-makers and a governor to legislate & govern...so in many ways a state is like a lesser version of a country....so that's why some states are legal and not others. And laws & regulation on a state level differ by state.