Topping the day before flowering?

[CultivatorOfMary666]

What everyones opinions??

 

[budlover13]

i prefer to give my ladies a few days stability/rest (still vegging) after topping. Just personal preference in my case though.

 

[LeeroySlim]

no dont do it, u will yield less and it will take alittle longer to flower caz it has to heal itself, can i ask why u want to top it?

 

[budlover13]

no dont do it, u will yield less and it will take alittle longer to flower caz it has to heal itself, can i ask why u want to top it?

i top prior to flowering to redistribute auxins to the lower branches, thereby (in my belief) slightly fattening/increasing the lower buds.

i believe i got that info from BrickTop a year or so ago.

 

[LeeroySlim]

i do it also but atleast a week before flowering not the day before

 

[hope full]

I would say dont do it. I also like to let the heal. BUT. Bud lover raises a good theory that I am going to give a whirl. And if it came from brick op then its a fact jack.

 

[budlover13]

I would say dont do it. I also like to let the heal. BUT. Bud lover raises a good theory that I am going to give a whirl. And if it came from brick op then its a fact jack.

Pretty sure that's where my first intro to auxins came from. But pretty sure he said to let the lady recover a little too.

i have topped with varying success across varying strains but am by NO means a master grower. Been growing about 18 months now. Might have something to do with strain too. Going to be testing this with one strain, my favorite that is available to me. Snowcap.

 

[LeeroySlim]

I would say dont do it. I also like to let the heal. BUT. Bud lover raises a good theory that I am going to give a whirl. And if it came from brick op then its a fact jack.

true but im sure brick would have said atleast a week before but i could be wrong

 

[scroglodyte]

lower buds.......what are they?
i like my popcorn with butter.....at the movies. go big cola, mon. the canopy is where your yield is made.

 

[budlover13]

lower buds.......what are they?
i like my popcorn with butter.....at the movies. go big cola, mon. the canopy is where your yield is made.

Lower buds as in all of them below your dominant cola(s).

1 big cola and a bunch of popcorn or many medium colas.

 

[scroglodyte]

i like creating hedges, and prune bottom growth, but notice the handle....lol. biased.

 

[hope full]

Ya for some odd reason I realized today, I didnt lollipop a couple of my girls... I just put the fresh batch of ladies in there spots, and kinda stood there and stared. ( why in the hell didnt I lollipop those) really dont know why I didnt.. Guess its just one of those lost moments haha

 

[scroglodyte]

Ya for some odd reason I realized today, I didnt lollipop a couple of my girls... I just put the fresh batch of ladies in there spots, and kinda stood there and stared. ( why in the hell didnt I lollipop those) really dont know why I didnt.. Guess its just one of those lost moments haha

funny. you spaced. i do it.

 

[hope full]

Haha ya man I do the shit all the time. I gets bad some times tho, kinda freaks me out like do I got dementia?? Hahah

 

[scroglodyte]

i go all Tom Cullins.......from "The Stand."
M-O-O-N........that spells Scroglodyte!

 

[anymouse]

I don't think one day is going to make too big of a difference for bud growth and auxin distribution. If you have a cola and your preferred quantity of amber trichomes have formed then go ahead and cut it as it becomes ready for more uniform quality control in your end product.

 

[InsaneMJ]

Lol, I'd try it on a smaller branch for starter if it doesn't drop the yield or increases it let us know?