Topped..Did i do the right thing?

madprofessor

New Member
Hey dudes,here is my situation..doing my first grow ,i have 2 plants growing in my closet white rhino and trainwreck.They are 5 weeks old and are 7 and 6 inches tall respectively.They have both got 4 or 5 leaf sets.I am only using a 200w ecolight with duel spectrum,which has done a great job up to now,but i fear it may not penetrate so well when the plants stretch past 1 foot tall.So i read that "topping" increases yield by creating 2 main colas and also keeps the plant smaller.....so i figured since my light won't be really effective on a tallish plant it would be better to have the light hitting 2 main colas and penetrating a slightly smaller plant...Am i correct with these assumptions?
Also to Top the plants i cut the main stem just under the newest leaf set ..is this the right thing to do? Hope someone can reassure me as i hope i havent messed things up to much 5 weeks in....thanks
 

Never grown before

Active Member
That sounds about right but what i know of is that 2 tops will also grow but you side branchs will bush out more so its well suited for a small grow
 

madprofessor

New Member
Yeh i'm just worried if will end up with more bud this way ,or at least the same ? I would hate to end up with less bud than if i hadn't have bothered.I just thought since my light isn't an HID it would possibly help the plants create bigger buds throughout rather than letting them grow 2 feet tall and having small weak buds near the bottem..
 

Touchet

New Member
To get more flowers top them, wait a week to 10 days then super crop them. It'll look like this (week 2 of 12/12)

this branch comes out from the center hangs a 90* left on your screen then a 90* up to the light again

 
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