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Topping Plants - Please help/insight

Tyrantecks

Tyrantecks

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Hey guys, thanks for all your help I couldn't have gotten this far without y'all this past 2 years.

Facts:
This is my first grow Outdoor, in soil for the summertime, I live in the Northeastern US.

I started these photo-period plants from Attitude Seed Bank (Feminized) on May 23rd of this year.

Veg went very well as 1 of the 3 plants is taller than I am in 5 gallon buckets.

I had to force flower the plants for about a week in my shed, they have some nice thick bud sites that seem to be growing rapidly. I'm going to continue flowering into October (weather permitting, and I will put them inside for the night time so the temps don't drop drastically.)

My Question:

I just harvested an Autoflower Lemon Haze I had outside next to the photoperiod plants (the bud is great and I got an ounce and a half dry from it. The problem is, I noticed there were a lot of Shaded areas because the plant was so bushy and full of vegetation/fan leaves. So I ended up with a lot of very tiny bud sites towards the bottom of the plant, I just feel like they are useless small under developed bud sites but I trimmed them anyway and they still work fine, but I'd rather have more bud on the cola than a bunch of small shitty bud sites at harvest towards the stalk of the plant.

Is it to late to top these plants? (2 weeks into flower)

How do I "top" the plant?

Is it safe to perform this or is it going to set me back a bit (time is of the essence because it gets cold up here quickly)

Additional Question:

I noticed one of my plants had 2 of the fan leaves very yellow and brown almost like a deficiency, but its not happening to any other leaves, just those two? Any insight helps!

Really just want to know if its to late to top the plant and if its even worth it! I can take more pics if necessary! THANKS SO MUCH!






 

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farmasensist

farmasensist

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To top the plant you just cut the top of it off and it will slow the vertical growth and make it branch out the sides more. I think its more for indoor so they dont stretch into the light but outdoors the stress of wind and the sun moving around during the day will cause it to branch out. Its probably too late for topping to do anything, your supposed to do it when its smaller, about a foot tall.

I wouldnt worry about the two yellow leaves unless it spreads. what i do is pull off the buds as they finish so the lower ones will eventually get the light they need after the top buds are plucked. It also makes it easier when you dont have to trim everything at the same time.
 
Bomixius

Bomixius

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In my experience asking about this and being outdoors, most people said don't trim the plant, it's outdoor and it will do fine.

Your first plant was an auto, not exactly the best choice for outside because it does what it wants when it wants regardless.

Your other girls are going to have a hard time like mine, they look great, but the weather is changing faster then the daylight, and buds are coming on slow and at this rate we are looking at mid October to get our stuff off properly.

Leave it be though, you do too much work and it's gonna slow, and maybe you won't get it off before the frost or snow, it's supposed to be an early and bad winter.

All in all, leave it, let it grow, if you get to harvest, you should have better results then the auto because it's a photo girl.
 
Jussblaz3420

Jussblaz3420

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farmasensist said:
thats what i did last time too but i think i messed it up it come out really hard and green, didnt bubble at all.
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I use a 5 gallon home depot bucket, buy 2 bags of ice and use a drill with a paint stirring attachment. Just make sure the bags are in order and use ice cold water and agitate the shit out of it and u should get some decent bubble.
 
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