Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

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Thats what i figured, thanks. My room is 9ft tall so not really worried about height issues, just tryin to up the yield as usual. So far with this grow all i've do is take some clones and trim a little down low. I tell you what these are some pretty girls. My last grow i did the lst thing to the side of the bucket, bending all the stuff looking for light down. It worked out so so but i wasnt all that impressed so i just let these girls go by themselves. Sometimes less is more huh? Hey when is the "ideal" time to top?
 
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is it ever too late for this ( i know you dont wantto cut donw to the second node when it 4 feet tall) my clones are at about the 5-6 node, but i just trans planted themto a hydro set up from under cfl's light. I dont want to addany more stress but surely want more bud. Ifi waited aweek til they're established in there new home would it be OK? thanks UB
 
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If you chop a ton off it may take the plant a bit longer to reorient itself, but if taken care of it will have some serious vigor potential..
I don't know if there is an absolute line you shouldn't cross, but I've seen 4' outdoor plants get taken down that far and still come back bushier..
Coolest thing I've ever seen along those lines was a few plants that got rabbited early season, toppled and were laying on wet ground.. The grower was an old hippy man who never interfered with nature, so he let them go, and broken shoots rooted into the ground so the main stalks had multple root systems, and secondary branches grew upward like LST.. He figures that gave him more yield than just letting them grow to the sky.. (He doesn't dig, top, water, fertilize, anything.. He just picks a good spot and sticks seeds in the ground..)
 
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Uncle Ben

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mrduke said:
is it ever too late for this ( i know you dont wantto cut donw to the second node when it 4 feet tall) my clones are at about the 5-6 node, but i just trans planted themto a hydro set up from under cfl's light. I dont want to addany more stress but surely want more bud. Ifi waited aweek til they're established in there new home would it be OK? thanks UB
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It'll be OK, most likely, but you may or may not get the results that I've laid out.

Have fun,
Tio
 
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Enjoy,
UB
 
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"SICC"

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Just had to stop by and say this is a great thread, when i see some one lookin how to topp, this is where i send them, thanks again man, much love :leaf:
 
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[quote="SICC";2058547]Just had to stop by and say this is a great thread, when i see some one lookin how to topp, this is where i send them, thanks again man, much love :leaf:[/quote]

Thanks for stopping by, appreciate the feedback!
 
livesoul

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hey UB, read the whole thread. Great thanks, actually found it through the other thread title Topping and FIMing techniques, or something to that effect. Thanks for clearing up the nonsense. Silly question, but i'm not quite clear. You top at the 2nd node and the 2 branchs underneath become your two main colas. Where is the following cut made to get 4 colas? Off of the two new main colas? and if so do we wait another 5-6 nodes up on each branch before topping?
 
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Hey UB,
What are u feeding your plants these days? I remember you were a big Peters, do you still use their salts? What else are you using besides alfalfa?
Thanks
 
Uncle Ben

Uncle Ben

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Greenisgold said:
Hey UB,
What are u feeding your plants these days? I remember you were a big Peters, do you still use their salts? What else are you using besides alfalfa?
Thanks
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Howdy!

I literally use whatever is on the shelf. Cannabis is not picky unless you use the wrong ratios at the wrong time. Now that I've gone commercial regarding a niche farming biz I buy 25 lb. bags of very high quality, SUPER soluble plant food and inject it into my irrigation system. Peters is good so is Plant Gro, so is Dyna-Gro, etc.

I have had tremendous success with a slow release encapsulated food such as Osmocote with micros. I use another brand called Polyon which is custom blended for distributors, but is basically the same, always something around a 9-3-6 ratio with micros. You'll see it sometimes in commercial potting mixes like Schultz or Miracle Grow, looks like little bluish green pellets. Wonderful stuff.

Can't beat adding a bit of blood and bone meal to your potting soil too.
 
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