How early do you top?

VincenzioVonHook

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I prefer lst as l find if l top when plant gets big it can split. Not that the plant won't recover and grow bigger, that's besides the point. This year l did everything to my plants. Including topping. The techniques all work!
This one was so small and uniform I didn't need to top or train.....should say "didn't have the time to top or train". My OCD likes the symmetry, but doesn't like the size
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VincenzioVonHook

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This girl was topped and then broken twice on top afterwards and a main branch got busted off, squirrels are a nuisance! Figure she's almost doubled the size of most of my plants already and she took a beating!View attachment 5183481
One of me mates had a nice 6ft BC mango going in the yard last year and drought hit. The possums ate the main cola for moisture. They didn't look to energetic the next morning though lol. Was only like a week off from harvest. Plant ended up getting a disease where it was all chewed up and share itself soon after..

Mate was devastated.
 

Letstrip

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Does anyone top the tops? AKA, you top it and let the side branches catch up then top the tops you originally topped? If that makes sense ;) I have thought about it outdoors by never tried it nor thought about it. Thoughts?
 

Southernontariogrower

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Does anyone top the tops? AKA, you top it and let the side branches catch up then top the tops you originally topped? If that makes sense ;) I have thought about it outdoors by never tried it nor thought about it. Thoughts?
My thoughts are try it and you'll like it! If outdoors l stop training by mid July usually to give them time to get strong before flowering. Plants start shooting preflowers by mid August depending on strain in My area.
 

VincenzioVonHook

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Does anyone top the tops? AKA, you top it and let the side branches catch up then top the tops you originally topped? If that makes sense ;) I have thought about it outdoors by never tried it nor thought about it. Thoughts?
usually ill train the top two nodes horizontally instead of topping again and the bottom three or so nodes will catch up, and sometimes end up above the top two. I grow autos though, so I have limited time. With a photoperiod that has more nodes and time, I can't see it slowing anything down, you'll just end up with a hedge, which isn't a problem.
 
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