this is my first ever post, let me start by saying thanks ub for all the help (like youve probably heard a million times already) but seriously, it is good to be able to read your advice knowing that it is usually factual backed by science and not just aload of misguiding oppinion. for that i am grateful as i am for anyone that takes the time out to help others when they dont have to do so....
right, i just wanted to put my two pennies worth in just as there was a few things as i was reading thru this thread that confused me alot and i saw you in a way contradict yourself a few times (or at least thats how it seemed to me anyway) and no one seemed to point it out to you for you to answer them so iv had to do it.
now, i know that you are gonna probably rip me to shreads about this (if u are even bothered to reply at all lol as i can see how frustrating it must have been for you to try repeat yourself and re explain things a thousand times) but there was just one thing i could never work out with all this true node shit.
right basically what confused me was this, you say cut above the second true node to get 4 colas. then wen people asked you about the true nodes you said the first true node is the one above the cotyledons as you dont class that as a true node. but thats where am like HUH? cos as far as im aware there isnt even a node at that point, there are the cotyledons then a single blade leaf then a node but no node from the cotyledons? so if the node from the single blade leaf IS the true node, then isnt that the first node anyway :S (and to make it even worse there is then shit loads of people chiming in with various other different oppinions which made me question myself even more and made it more complicated lol)
so thats my first point anyway and if you wish to explain in more detail about the cotyledons id be so grateful as to me its - cotyledons then no node (UNLESS YOU ARE JUST MEANING A NODE IS JUST A MEETING POINT OF A LEAF TO THE STEM? AS I AM MEANING A NODE IS A POINT AT WHERE A BRANCH GROWS AND ONE DOESNT GROW FROM THE COTYLEDON) then single leaf then node then 3 finger leaf then node etc. so if the one above the cotyledons is the first true node then realisticly its just the 'first' node anyway so putting 'true' before it just makes it confusing as hell as it makes me think well the first true node cant be just the first node lol (if this makes any sense haha)
right, then.... after i see you explain to someone its the one above the cotyledons, u then upload a picture of your own plant demonstrating your own method and youve topped it above like the 6th node and trimmed everything off below the 5th, so then am like HUH?! just when i thought i was understanding you, you then contradict yourself, i was like, why is he teling everyone to do it this way then go and do it a totally different way himself. so then studying your picture i notice the bottom fan leaf you had left on your plant had seven fingers which makes it a fully formed fan leaf which usually appears around the 4th or 5th node, so then that got me thinking, right, he must mean the first true node comes from the first fully formed fan leaf, but then that cant be right cos u jus explained to someone its the one above the cotyledons but tha certainly aint what ud done on that specific example. :S :S :S
So they are just a few things id realllllly like you to clarify for me please. and just incase u think im lazy and havnt tried researching to find out my self, iv spent the past two days trying my hardest to get a solid 100% answer to this without any doubts left in my head but it jus aint happenin i need to hear it from the man himself
the last thing i wanted to do was post myself because now i no im probably gonna get ripped to shreads by you haha. but yeh, at least i think my points are appropriate to ask, and i read through over 50% of this thread including searching the thread for key words but like i said, no luck on a definate and also didnt see anyone point out ur contradicting example ;D
there might even be things iv missed but for now that will clear things up for me
thanks ub.... (go easy on me
ha)