Need help topping asymmetric flowers

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ChemPro

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I took these clones during flower. I'm not sure if that's why they look the way they do. Videos of topping show a main flower site with two smaller flower sites on either side. You cut the main flower sight and the two flanking flower sites now have more potential. But my nodes don't look like the nodes in the videos. They look staggered. I posted two pictures of the same plant with lines mark on areas I think I can top. Please advise. I've never topped before.
 

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backtracker

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first photo top flower site don't cut the stem. they look a little young to be topping how tall are they?
 
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ChemPro said:
Around 7 inches. There are 20 in 2 gallon smart parts in coco in a 5x5 tent. I didn't want to beg them too long.
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when you top em it pisses em off and they just sit there and pout for a week or two. do they have a good root system?
 
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Bubblin

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The first pic isn't how I would do it, the second pic is closer but I normally leave a bit more main stem. Like 1cm or 2cm higher up the stem.

imo LST is easier in those situations ;)
 
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ChemPro

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Bubblin said:
The first pic isn't how I would do it, the second pic is closer but I normally leave a bit more main stem. Like 1cm or 2cm higher up the stem.

imo LST is easier in those situations ;)
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I'm thinking LST too. I didn't realize this but after reading a lot, many people avoid topping clones because the nodes are staggared so the auxin distribution wont be equal among the two buds you get from topping. On a related but different note. I'm growing 4 plants in a DWC. They are in week 4 of flower and I'm working on trying to maintain a perfectly flat even canopy. Can you do too much LST during flower? When one flower site get over 2 inches past the canopy I put a plastic clip on it and use string to pull it down. Can too much LST during flower reduce yields or trigger a hermie? I'm thinking they must expend some energy into bending that bud back up and wondered if it would reduce yield. And thank you.
 
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Scottmurphy12

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I have like 10th generation clones and I top them with great results. Massive bushes! Although on the first pic they look fairly close together I'd probably let them new nodes grow a bit maybe pinching the stem of the tallest one and letting the auxiliary stem even out. Then top both of them. Also super cropping comes in handy when you have mature asymmetric nodes.

Good luck
 
Bubblin

Bubblin

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ChemPro said:
I'm thinking LST too. I didn't realize this but after reading a lot, many people avoid topping clones because the nodes are staggared so the auxin distribution wont be equal among the two buds you get from topping. On a related but different note. I'm growing 4 plants in a DWC. They are in week 4 of flower and I'm working on trying to maintain a perfectly flat even canopy. Can you do too much LST during flower? When one flower site get over 2 inches past the canopy I put a plastic clip on it and use string to pull it down. Can too much LST during flower reduce yields or trigger a hermie? I'm thinking they must expend some energy into bending that bud back up and wondered if it would reduce yield. And thank you.
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I've never triggered a hermie from LST, but I'm fairly gentle with emm and normally use soft wire ties https://www.amazon.com/Luster-Leaf-Rapiclip-Light-839/dp/B000RUFDI2/ or something similar.

Don't get me wrong, I bend the shit outta them, but I do it over time and try like hell to not break emm. And I often lst during flower w/o issues, though it's easier if you stay on top of them early on. Sometimes during flower it's a bitch to find a place to hook on that's bud free and flexible. And I'm not a big fan of rubbing the stem with your fingers to make it flexible, unless you're fucked and just gotta do it or something lol.

I'm an LST fanboy though.
LST = often a few hours of recovery. They're praying @ the light a few hours later, tops ;)
Pruning/topping = several days or a week of recovery.

imo if you've got the time for lst do it. After a day or so you can LST the growth from the earlier LST.
I've got a bunch of indyz now that were put in soil in the 16th of june and are flat out rolling sideways, currently with 8 mains each, will be 10 in a few hours. After a few more shoots I'll start training the main stem in a circle, then pull the off shoots off in a different direction to get more mains off those.

Topping is amazing for setting up an early sea o green, but if you're not doing that then lst dat shit ;) the recovery is so fast it's hard not to.
 
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