why do you tie it down after topping it?just curious as that could change my strategy but ive gotten a pretty bushy ass plant by just topping @ about 5th node, letting recover 5-7 days, topping again, wait 5-7 days top again and continue until flower. and also topping some of the side nodes my best outdoor yield for a plant so far was 9 ozs although ive only had about 9 plants make it to harvest outdoor (only been growing very low scale about 2 yrs or so) after reading a lil 9oz is pretty solid. im hoping to get at least half of that now with my CG card coming shortly and ill be moving it indoor until next april
cuz its too late to start a new grow outdoors and expect it to get like 5-6'tall.
YES WAY too late in the year for any nice size grow. I live in SUNNY ASS so cal and wouldnt want to begin a grow today...outdoors of course.
I dont always do that..
Mostly I tie her down b4 she is ready for a good topping.... I want to get the plant going sideways early on in the grow, the early she is trained the better she is IMO . Getting her parallel to the dirt as early on as possible ( usually after she has been put into Final resting place ( IE 3-5 gal pot ) is how I like to roll. Once the main stem is growing sideways a few days to a week and showing good growth, I then would top her an again and again an again
Also I think that if you top then tie your two new tops will be less supported by the main stem and more weak by default.
There is no one way to do this... You got to learn on the fly and by trial and error. LST, top, super cropping and twist n crack are all great ways to increase yield or just to change to plants dynamics and garden profile. Watch videos , those really help. I have even asked growers on here to make a video and they have.
The only to learn is to do!
have a nice grow.
JAH
My latest outdoor grow going on right now...
Grow Grow Grow Grow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 