Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

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Life Goes On said:
Yes I am prior service myself 3rd Brigade 4th ID (Mechanized) 4th Squadron 10th Cavalry Regiment. Buffalo Soldiers! so I know what OpSec stands for that's why I got nervous. Anyway it seems to me as if you have everything all thought out so run with it brotha! Like I said it's all about experimentation and seeing what works best for you!
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Heh..gotta love Steve Earl!
 
loquacious

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Just wanted to say that I used this topping technique and my plat is getting huge with 4 main colas! I only did this on one plant, but next grow will top all 13 plants.
 
ThaConspiracy

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I used your technique and it turned out great, I have 4 main stems!!

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Unfortunately i missed on the second plant and just decided to let it grow out naturally and now i have a 3 ft Christmas tree looking plant

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ChroniCDooM

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Just wanted to give another update on my two girls(LSD&Blue Mystic), topped and now on 26 of flower. Maybe if ub don't mind I'll post a pic once a week to show off the topping. The LSD is looking killa! She's very photogenic! The blue mystic has become a beast. I ran out of overhead in my cabinet so I tried to tie her down some. She has 4 tops going. A couple tops ended up bending when I tied down, but are still responding well. Anyway if you are thinking of topping, just do it! I never topped before now, and am really happy with the way they turned out and will definitley be using this technique in the future! Thanks again UB!
Here is the Blue Mystic:



LSD:

 
Uncle Ben

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ChroniCDooM said:
Just wanted to give another update on my two girls(LSD&Blue Mystic), topped and now on 26 of flower. Maybe if ub don't mind I'll post a pic once a week to show off the topping. The LSD is looking killa! She's very photogenic! The blue mystic has become a beast. I ran out of overhead in my cabinet so I tried to tie her down some. She has 4 tops going. A couple tops ended up bending when I tied down, but are still responding well. Anyway if you are thinking of topping, just do it! I never topped before now, and am really happy with the way they turned out and will definitley be using this technique in the future! Thanks again UB!
Here is the Blue Mystic:
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Glad it's working out for you. Nice looking plants!
 
lbezphil2005

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Those babies are rocking, sonicdoom, great job, the bending is just lst'ing, thats all, won't hurt one bit! Those girls should yield quite nicely!!!
 
Uncle Ben

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Here's my BubbleBerry topped the Uncle Ben way! About 2 weeks from harvest!

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She is smelling very Bubblegumish and is super frosty!
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Wow, now that is a classic! I'm not only impressed with the fat, 4 cola profile, but the health....nice and green. Looks like you've lost none of the fan leaves. Good on ya! Now.....don't go screwing them up with a bunch of bloom food LOL. FOCUS on keeping the leaves healthy and green until harvest and you'll be rewarded with really nice yields.

As an aside, just looking at a long shot of those plants, they look like they may be more than 2 weeks away from harvest. More like 3-4 weeks to me. Are you getting any brown pistils and how is the new pistil/calyx development?

Good job,
Uncle Ben
 
Hotwired

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Wow, now that is a classic! I'm not only impressed with the fat, 4 cola profile, but the health....nice and green. Looks like you've lost none of the fan leaves. Good on ya! Now.....don't go screwing them up with a bunch of bloom food LOL. FOCUS on keeping the leaves healthy and green until harvest and you'll be rewarded with really nice yields.

As an aside, just looking at a long shot of those plants, they look like they may be more than 2 weeks away from harvest. More like 3-4 weeks to me. Are you getting any brown pistils and how is the new pistil/calyx development?

Good job,
Uncle Ben
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agreed

Excellent health and very frosty. No leaves removed from plant and the bottom leaves just starting to turn. Did you use Jack's?
 
Life Goes On

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Uncle Ben said:
Wow, now that is a classic! I'm not only impressed with the fat, 4 cola profile, but the health....nice and green. Looks like you've lost none of the fan leaves. Good on ya! Now.....don't go screwing them up with a bunch of bloom food LOL. FOCUS on keeping the leaves healthy and green until harvest and you'll be rewarded with really nice yields.

As an aside, just looking at a long shot of those plants, they look like they may be more than 2 weeks away from harvest. More like 3-4 weeks to me. Are you getting any brown pistils and how is the new pistil/calyx development?

Good job,
Uncle Ben
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Yes you are probably right about harvest time. I just put two weeks as that is the projected harvest date based on the breeders pack recommendation of harvest time. But yes I do go based on Trichome color. Right now I am just waiting for my 30X triplet jewellers loupe to come in. I bought one of those micro's from radio shack and it works excellent when you can get it in focus but then good luck keeping it there. As far as the bloom food don't worry I'm past my "more is better" phase lol. No. No brown pistols yet. I've got orange ones (Don't know if you can tell in the pics or not) and as far as thier developement goes they are swelling by the day. I just watered the plants two days ago. When I woke up and checked them the next day the buds were noticeably fatter! So I'd say pistil/calyx developement as far as forming new ones is complete but they are just swelling and fattening up now!
 
Life Goes On

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Hotwired said:
agreed

Excellent health and very frosty. No leaves removed from plant and the bottom leaves just starting to turn. Did you use Jack's?
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No not this time around lol. I'm sure you see the dynamic duo (All purpose and bloom booster) in the background of the pics. I am currently using Subcools Super Soil recipe (With a few of my own tweeks) and I have to say I am quite pleased with the results! I bought the Jacks for this years outdoor grow OG #18 and Cindy99! Plus I think I will start using the all purpose in conjunction with the Super Soil as I tend to run into nutrient issues prior to the roots of the plants reaching the Super Soil.
 
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