420blazeit
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I am possibly the biggest retard here for asking this question... but is where the first set of single serrated leaves attached count as the first trud node? Or is the next set of leaves?
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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whoever started all this sure started A LOT of confusion.
this is why i simply remove the first 3 or 5 branches from the bottom, they are thin and spindly anyways, then i top it.
the biggest problem i see with all this is everybody is in a huge hurry. give your plants another week or so to grow a little and it will be a lot easier.
The45King
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Here.s what i do from seed works for me
Top at 3rd node around day 18 veg
Day 24 remove bottom 2 branches (clone or mates)
Day 31 (minimum) flower
If ya top at the second true node from seed you will
end up with 2 spindel branches that dont get involved
like fdd2blk says but top at the 3rd and remove the bottom
2 branches will leave you with 4 strong fat branches
Peace
Top at 3rd node around day 18 veg
Day 24 remove bottom 2 branches (clone or mates)
Day 31 (minimum) flower
If ya top at the second true node from seed you will
end up with 2 spindel branches that dont get involved
like fdd2blk says but top at the 3rd and remove the bottom
2 branches will leave you with 4 strong fat branches
Peace
thinkingreen
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Thanks, the responses really helped calm some of my concerns. I think ill trim the lower stuff in a couple days then top in a week or so. She's pretty flat, dense, and wide at the top, the underside is mostly shaded. I doubt she'll miss those branches at this point anyhow. Thanks again.i'd let that grow another week or so. then i'd remove the bottom 3 or 4 nodes and top it leaving however many nodes you want left.
i would never use my first 4 branches. those are the weakest, spindliest branches the plant ever produces.
remove the first 4 sets, let 2 to 4 more sets grow above that, then top it.
Uncle Ben
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It's quite obvious....you started the confusion. Let's clear something up here......whoever started all this sure started A LOT of confusion.
this is why i simply remove the first 3 or 5 branches from the bottom, they are thin and spindly anyways, then i top it.
the biggest problem i see with all this is everybody is in a huge hurry. give your plants another week or so to grow a little and it will be a lot easier.
For the record, the posts fdd made (as a former mod) before he locked this thread a couple of weeks ago are off topic and have NO relationship to my original intent and simple technique. This is not about removing lower branches.
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ChroniCDooM
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Here's one of my girls topped at the secon node and on day 18 of flower. She's very healthy and green with two main colas and two smaller side colas. The strain is The Ultimate from Dutch Passion Seed Co. I got two of em going. First time growing this strain. Thanks UB for the topping technique!
Uncle Ben
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Nice job. What in the hell is that thing potted into LOL. Looks like a fuel tank from alien spaceship. How do the roots react?
Thanks canefan
ChroniCDooM
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Thanks UB! I'm using airpots for the first time. It's got holes all around the outside of the pot. The roots are supposed to prune themselves once they reach the air.
Uncle Ben
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Cool. They will air prune IF the RH is not real high. Keep us posted.
lbezphil2005
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Thats interesting, UB. Are you saying the airpots won't work as well in a humid environment? What about smartpots, same theory? I live in a high humidity area which is why I'm asking, definitely got respect for your knowledge and opinions. And love the new stuff, by the way!
Uncle Ben
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It's air that terminates the root tips. Think aeroponics in which a saturated air mass has no termination affect. Same with a greenhouse in which roots will grow out the drainholes and keep on growing if the air is saturated.
cannawizard
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*sub'd.. sweet thread full of wholesome cannabis info
lbezphil2005
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Thats what I needed to know, UB! You are terrific, bro! I was just getting ready to purchase some more and was going to try the airpots but where I live it gets to 100 rh outside some days, early fall is no joke for mold here. Thanks for all your help!
209whitebread
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how do you know where the first true node is??
lbezphil2005
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Uh, where the first true leaves come out? Haven't you been reading, bro? Cotehydrons come out first, then the first set of "true" leaves - the single leaf that comes out first on top of the cotehydrons. The second set of "true" leafs are above the first set of leafs, they usually have 3 leafs and are 90 degrees opposite of the first set.
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