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aceyboiiiii

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Hi just wanted to know i have 10x incredible bulk seeds have around 3weeks from seed i have herd you could topping a plant would this give a better yeild ?? I have never topped befor
 
yes... will also keep them short and bushy....depending on how long ur planning on keeping them in veg it might be to late tho...u dont really want to top in flower and u want to have enough new growth after topping to provide adequite space for big time budding... u should give ur first top at the 5th node.....there are other methods to , check out lst <-low stress training , super cropping , soft pinching
 
Ok at 3 weeks from sprout it should be ready, I'm assuming they have 2 full leaves and now there's a second set coming out the top. All you do is wait until there's about half an inch of stem between the new leaves and the older leaves and you cut as high up as you can, leaving just a little less than half an inch of stem sticking up from the 2 older leaves. It's as simple as that, in the next week you see two new tops coming out of either side of the little stem you left, but make sure you leave as much of the stem as possible, I've seen plants split before. So just to clarify if we picture the top as a Y with the stem and 2 new leaves, you want to cut as high up on the stem as possible just below where the leaves connect.
 
daloudpack said:
yes... will also keep them short and bushy....depending on how long ur planning on keeping them in veg it might be to late tho...u dont really want to top in flower and u want to have enough new growth after topping to provide adequite space for big time budding... u should give ur first top at the 5th node.....there are other methods to , check out lst <-low stress training , super cropping , soft pinching
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Sorry for hps light on :) could i top these and im hoping to veg 4weeks and turn would that give me a good yeild thanks
 

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daloudpack said:
yes... will also keep them short and bushy....depending on how long ur planning on keeping them in veg it might be to late tho...u dont really want to top in flower and u want to have enough new growth after topping to provide adequite space for big time budding... u should give ur first top at the 5th node.....there are other methods to , check out lst <-low stress training , super cropping , soft pinching
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Yes there are different methods, if you don't top until your fifth node how long are you keeping them in veg?
 
aceyboiiiii said:
Sorry for hps light on :) could i top these and im hoping to veg 4weeks and turn would that give me a good yeild thanks
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aceyboiiiii said:
Sorry for hps light on :) could i top these and im hoping to veg 4weeks and turn would that give me a good yeild thanks
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Yes I always top on the second node so those are all ready. Like daloudpack said you should do a little research on supercropping bc there's different methods and they all have a different effect on the plants, I'm gonna see if I can a video for you it goes over everything in like 20 mins.
 
i veg 3 weeks under 24/0 ....this is at week 2 now imma vegg a little longer tho as i didnt top at the 5th on this one its more lik ethe 7th
 

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New Age United said:
Yes I always top on the second node so those are all ready. Like daloudpack said you should do a little research on supercropping bc there's different methods and they all have a different effect on the plants, I'm gonna see if I can a video for you it goes over everything in like 20 mins.
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ive always been afraid to top so young...everything i read said between 3-5 nodes.... im new and only on mythird grow New united seems to have more experience then me so take his advice a little more heavily then mine
 
aceyboiiiii said:
Sorry for hps light on :) could i top these and im hoping to veg 4weeks and turn would that give me a good yeild thanks
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are u vegging under hps ? i thoug hps was just for flowering , i grow with cfls so im not experienced in hps at all but i thought u was supposed to use mh for veg
 
daloudpack said:
ive always been afraid to top so young...everything i read said between 3-5 nodes.... im new and only on mythird grow New united seems to have more experience then me so take his advice a little more heavily then mine
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The reason I prefer to top so young is bc the two new tops will branch out more and so essentially you double the whole plant, but there is a good reason for topping again which is so that all of the lower branches thicken up. I'm gonna try and find that video it's good, I'll post it on here sometime today.
 
daloudpack said:
are u vegging under hps ? i thoug hps was just for flowering , i grow with cfls so im not experienced in hps at all but i thought u was supposed to use mh for veg
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I have allways used hps as grow alot bigger i have topped them and i have taken a pic for you guys to see if i have done right ? My plants are from seeds only a few weeks but they are big for indica strain and new age united are my plants in veg now ? Thanks
 

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i have a buzz light gear i topped 2 times , now has 4 main tops... only thing i regret is not lollipopping and i am now 9 days into flower , and afriad lollipopping at this point will stunt/stress me hermie
 
aceyboiiiii said:
I have allways used hps as grow alot bigger i have topped them and i have taken a pic for you guys to see if i have done right ? My plants are from seeds only a few weeks but they are big for indica strain and new age united are my plants in veg now ? Thanks
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that seems to be more of a fim....(fuck i missed) when u top u want to get to the inside of the new growth (to the newest growth) and push it over till it snaps off then withing 12hrs to 3 days u will have Two new main shoots starting rather then one ... it will look like a Y
 
daloudpack said:
that seems to be more of a fim....(fuck i missed) when u top u want to get to the inside of the new growth (to the newest growth) and push it over till it snaps off then withing 12hrs to 3 days u will have Two new main shoots starting rather then one ... it will look like a Y
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Did i do wrong ?? Or is it still the same what is fim is that wear u get more of a side growth rather then tall ?
 
not to worry tho Fimming is another technique simuliar to topping its where u leave a little extra still has pretty much the same effect
 
daloudpack said:
not to worry tho Fimming is another technique simuliar to topping its where u leave a little extra still has pretty much the same effect
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Thank god haha do my plants look like they are in veg mode as they are catching up with my lemon from clones i have 3 setups but i try all new techniques
 
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