Can you TOP off the day before going into flowering?

I know they need some time to recover, in a bit of a hurry, wondering if its possible.

im still a newb in terms of growing but its my understanding that topping is to make the plant grow bushier, but in flowering all of the plants energy should be directed at producing big juicy potent flowers and practically nothing else, i would imagine topping right before flowering would stress the plant and its focus would be on recovering from that stress instead of producing those nice buds we all crave.....thus resulting in some subspar smoke or tiny buds......i could be wrong and feel free to correct/ enlighten me!

hofosho said:

I know they need some time to recover, in a bit of a hurry, wondering if its possible.

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Yes, they should be fine. It's not ideal, but can be done with out adversely affecting the plant. I've done it numerous times and have never had any issues.

Depends upon strain. General rule is to not top after 7 days before 12/12 though.
Best bet is with each strain, try it on one flowering top and see how it goes.

i tend to agree with doc.. most people say give a plant about a week or so to recover from a topping, but ime, the first two weeks or so of flowering is mostly all stretch, so it really shouldn't throw a wrench in the works for the most part..

racerboy71 said:

i tend to agree with doc.. most people say give a plant about a week or so to recover from a topping, but ime, the first two weeks or so of flowering is mostly all stretch, so it really shouldn't throw a wrench in the works for the most part..

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Would have to agree...

you could maybe even avoyd to much stretch the fist two weeks by doing that ?

just a idea .. more of a question .. not sumthing I would do .. I have no problems with hight in my grow room .. but for others maybe ?

and yea generel rull and what evry guide tells you is they need a week or so to recover ..

Slipon said:

you could maybe even avoyd to much stretch the fist two weeks by doing that ?

just a idea .. more of a question .. not sumthing I would do .. I have no problems with hight in my grow room .. but for others maybe ?

and yea generel rull and what evry guide tells you is they need a week or so to recover ..

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i think the plant would still stretch, just not the branch that you topped is all...

cues said:

Depends upon strain. General rule is to not top after 7 days before 12/12 though.
Best bet is with each strain, try it on one flowering top and see how it goes.

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Why in the FUCK wud u cud ur main cola off to top ur plant The day before flowering haha talk about SEVERLY impacting ur yield by being a dumbass!

Slipon said:

you could maybe even avoyd to much stretch the fist two weeks by doing that ?

just a idea .. more of a question .. not sumthing I would do .. I have no problems with hight in my grow room .. but for others maybe ?

and yea generel rull and what evry guide tells you is they need a week or so to recover ..

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I am strictly doing it for yield

atidd11 said:

Why in the FUCK wud u cud ur main cola off to top ur plant The day before flowering haha talk about SEVERLY impacting ur yield by being a dumbass!

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I don't have a main cola. I scrog so I have about 130 tops, and that's on one plant. I can't see that experimenting with 1 or 2 tops will hit my yield too badly.

i have seen this posted as a trick for flowering very sativa dominants in smaller spaces

Id give it a week also, I topped mine and they took off. or at least wait a few days and let them grow, did you lolipop them?