Need a topping experts advice!!!

Malevolence said:

Well this thread went from topping to fighting to growing avocados.

WTF talk about the little engine that de-railed.

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Funny the shit you find on that little Googlie thingy: The Little Engine That Couldn''t...It''s Been Derailed Had to get up, fix his own cereal, find his own clothes,
and help his little brother get ready for school.
Momma is still in bed cause she works afternoons.
When she came home she had to deal with her "man" who came in hoping
he could get a little money before the night was through
His boys were waiting for him -
they were going to hang out into the late hours.
\Poor Derail
He was really late for school. He missed the bus.
No one woke him up and the alarm on the clock in his room didn''t work
When he got up it was already 8:30.
He couldn''t find any clean clothes, so he put on a pair of jeans he had
worn, yesterday and a t-shirt that was balled up
in the pile of dirty clothes.
Maybe no one would notice.
\Poor Derail
forgot his homework, he started to do it but
the music was bumping too loud and a good movie was on t.v.
No one was there to help him, anyway. So he went outside to play some
hoops with his friends. He forgot all about the work.

Sorry for for the bad pic, I saw the pineapple plant and had throw mine up! It's leaves get so big they just bend over. I think this is two years old this this spring. I only give it biobizz veg nutes and og tea bout once a month, it just kinda hangs out and grows.

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Sorry for for the bad pic, I saw the pineapple plant and had throw mine up! It's leaves get so big they just bend over. I think this is two years old this this spring. I only give it biobizz veg nutes and og tea bout once a month, it just kinda hangs out and grows.

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That's pretty cool man!

Uncle Ben said:

That is NOT true. I have grown many an outdoor plant. You still get the popcorn.

It is what it is....

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Yes you had popcorn on your outdoor plant. However when you have side lightning you don't get the popcorn.

I have grown many an indoor plant, and a few outdoors. (I don't have much space to grow outdoors and my yard doesn't get much sunlight) On the plants I've grown indoors I have done it a few ways. Under a singular fixture, with no pruning, I would get popcorn. Under a few fixtures, with no pruning I wouldn't get popcorn. The only thing that would change is I added in more light.

Depending on how many mothers I'd have the lights would vary. Sometimes I could add in 2 of these fixtures http://shop.gyostuff.com/Diamond-Series-300-Watt-LED-Grow-Light-DS300W.htm on opposite sides of the plant/plants. I would only do it this way if I had one or two plants flowering and I wanted to be lazy. The plants would be basically surrounded in light, and no popcorn would occur. So that IS true. More light = less popcorn. If you can light up every branch on the plant, there's no popcorn. Its just a lot more difficult to do that, and it is not worth the extra electricity for just one plant. (Unless you're being lazy or experimenting!)

beuffer420 said:

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Sorry for for the bad pic, I saw the pineapple plant and had throw mine up! It's leaves get so big they just bend over. I think this is two years old this this spring. I only give it biobizz veg nutes and og tea bout once a month, it just kinda hangs out and grows.

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I fucking love it! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I'm a fan of plants in general, and I'm definetly picking up a pineapple the next time I'm at the store.
So how much flesh do you leave on for the rooting process? Or do you simply cut right at the very top near the leaves?

TonightYou said:

I fucking love it! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I'm a fan of plants in general, and I'm definetly picking up a pineapple the next time I'm at the store.
So how much flesh do you leave on for the rooting process? Or do you simply cut right at the very top near the leaves?

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I looked on the Internet and it said to leave an 1 inch or two of the meat...if memory serves me correctly. It also says to force flower you can put apples and the plant in a huge bag and let the apples get old it produces some kind of gas I think and triggers the flower period. It's never flowered yet though. I'm sure ub could enlighten us on why. I read a thing on light spectrum one day that I found interesting. I'm not sure though.

phyllotaxy fill ah toxi.

Rocketman64 said:

Hey Ben, my last post brings me to a question that's been bugging the hell out me for awhile. I picked up this little illustration from a post on RUI (credit to whomever posted it) some time ago and always wondered if there was any merit to it. I'm sure you're probably familiar with it but do you have any confidence in it's accuracy? View attachment 2929745

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That's a new one on me. Like to know the science behind the shape of the seedcoat.

That pic has been floating around here for a while... general consensus is it's bullshit and you will throw away a lot of female beans doing that.

Alternate nodal structure of a mj plant is a sign that it is maturing. It will slightly effect yield only comparing it to a mother grown from seed b/c of the spacing in nodes. If you want to increase yield you can top her and let her bush out and vegg for a month. This will increase branching. Remember it's all about Bud sites. Good luck.

niche.s said:

So you don't recon this will effect yield too much ..?

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Malevolence said:

That pic has been floating around here for a while... general consensus is it's bullshit and you will throw away a lot of female beans doing that.

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Thanks Malevolence, I was kinda thinking the same. I wish I had the space to give it a good test. Wonder what the origin of the diagram is.

Uncle Ben said:

That's a new one on me. Like to know the science behind the shape of the seedcoat.

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Well, there ya go! You now have a new project! We all expect a full report on the science of MJ seed coats as soon as you get the chance. We can call it, "Uncle Ben's Testa Test and What it Means To You- A Complete Idiots Guide"

chocobear said:

Yes you had popcorn on your outdoor plant. However when you have side lightning you don't get the popcorn.

I have grown many an indoor plant, and a few outdoors.

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Speaking of UB's Complete Guide for Dummies, can we all let the lighting=big buds myth go? Here's a perfect example where your (popular forum belief) is total bullshit, which I've tried to explain for years.

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get-257.html#post9949953

I never understood the idea that bud sites need light. They are already getting light and the poor plant need not be raped in the name of getting light to bud sites

TonightYou said:

I never understood the idea that bud sites need light. They are already getting light and the poor plant need not be raped in the name of getting light to bud sites

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ummmmmmmmmmmm.............?!

ummmmmmm

referring to defoliation.

cutting my plants back is mandatory, i grow with low ceilings in tight quarters and have excellent results...
I dont clone,prune or FIM any plant that i intend to flower within 7-10 days...I always give them ample time to bush back out, recover from any stress and just chill a minute before they go to bud...You can tell when they are happy, and ready to push on to the last season of their life, flowering.
Stress free plants flip into bud sooo much quicker than a freshly cloned or pruned or stressed plant will. A stressed injured or pest ridden plant will work to recover first, from whatever is dragging her down. All efforts will be focused on healing until the stress is removed (like pests, mites aphids etc) or the site of the cut is healed completely. Once she is 100% recovered, she can start to concentrate on pushing out buds....I always allow my plants the courtesy of a full recovery on a laid back veg table they r familiar with...

I am not sure i understand why the spacing of the nodes being staggered would even concern u.... That wouldnt concern me....Keep her short and bushy. Top and FIM her and feed her good....Thats where my concerns would lie. Node spacing doesnt effect yeild...The care of the plant, lighting, and nutrients, as well as space allowed the plant. These things can affect your yeild, alot.