I topped my plant last Wednesday (1 month old), and a day later growth took off and by sunday the new growth was 75% the size of other leaves on the plant. However, the new growth from the top doesn't appear healthy anymore..skinny, stringy leaves it seems. Can that be flowering? It wasn't watering as I only watered once when I planted it into this medium. Can it be topping it took something away and now the plant is slowly starting to die? 1st pic was day it was topped on Wednesday..2nd pic is from sunday. I topped it again to get rid of the disfigured new growth after the 2nd pic was taken.
Can topping stunt a plant's growth completely?
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superbak3d
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Looks fine.
It takes longer for tops to recover.
It takes longer for tops to recover.
It was growing great..the first fan leaves grew to the size of the others in less than 2 days, but unfortunately its all stuck together and no longer propping up to the light so I had to cut it off. Maybe it decided to fower already that's why the new growth was different? I have no clue what happened, but it seems to have stopped growing now. Will give it 2 days..if it doesn't change. i'll start another seed.
RM3
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You asked if stunted, I said was the opposite of stunting, the new growth was deformed because it was growing to fast, had you waited it would have come out fine
I understand. I didn't wait as it was clear since Saturday that the new growth was messed up. Last night there was no change..it kept growing, but not the new growth..was just skinny, twisted, nothing like I have seen before. I figured maybe its flowering? Either way, thanks for the reply, I guess its genetics or something attacked it.
Lucky Luke
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Tell yourself whatever you want but if someone with the knowledge RM3 has tells you something and your new to growing...maybe you should listen.
Just a thought.
cat of curiosity
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you attacked. you fucked it up. you need to learn patience. it was just fine, but you weren't. leave it alone. it's a fucking weed, it'll grow if you let it...
cat of curiosity
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you've never seen a large plant. the bigger it gets, the longer the blades on new leaves. like any other leafy plant in the world.
Thanks for the help lol. I know the plant wasn't normal..i was just wondering if topping may have caused it. Its the only thing I did to the plant since transplanting it over 2 weeks ago..then I topped..and it grew fine..but from Saturday night till last night I noticed the new growth wasn't growing..it was stuck together, both of them, since Saturday and hunched to the side...so newbie or not...I doubt its normal for the top growth of the plant to be stuck together completely and hunched to the side for 2 days. Either way..thanks for the help..i wont bother to ask anything again on this site..good luck to all!
Seems its growing fine since the second topping. had to raise lights twice in a week and it seems to have added an inch today alone after yesterdays watering. going into flower this weekend...6 weeks from sprout today.
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cat of curiosity
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looks good to me
SPLFreak808
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Im not sure how a topping can permanently stunt a plant then a second topping un-stunts it lol.
Your plant will grow faster with age and i believe thats what you are seeing. You topped it so yea, vertical growth slowed but your plant is still vegging so of course it would grow out of the second topping sooner then the first.
Your plant will grow faster with age and i believe thats what you are seeing. You topped it so yea, vertical growth slowed but your plant is still vegging so of course it would grow out of the second topping sooner then the first.
$bkbbudz$
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HMMMM...when I talk to my gurlz I tell them how beautiful and gorgeous they are...they prove it to me by getting even more beautiful and Gorgeous. I wonder if I tell them they are sick and dying if they will become sick and die??? Or maybe I should just wait until I see the first little yellowing and what I consider to be a major problem...then kill them. I guess it is ok to not try to learn anything about cultivation before committing herbicide.