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

GrowingGreenGiant said:

whats SeaMonkey?

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A Mozilla browser, Mozilla org being the producer of the old Netscape until Naughty Billy ran them out of biz by embedding IE with Windows....but that's another story. Another well know browser of theirs is Firefox but I don't like the feel of it. It reminds me too much of IE and I heard it uses the same engine. I like SeaMonkey because it is an all inclusive browser which has an email and newsgroup client, is really intuitive and easy to get around, is fast, free, and has 6 great tools like Password Manager, Cookie Manager, etc.
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/

And it has some powerful features! Its built with web developers in mind, but the debugging tools aren't thrust in your face.. I checked it out on UB's advice, and am switching over pretty quickly from Opera.. It does seem to run faster than any other, but it seems to consume about 1.5x the memory Opera consumes performing the same tasks from a clean start.. The debugging tools actually allowed me to figure out a few problems on a couple of pages that I'd tried to solve before with no luck..

oh word, it sounds like its worth looking into

hey i have 2 questions

1. Is there any reason why i shouldnt top my plant to make 2 colas?
2. How would you recommend me topping my plants when they are still pretty small, there isnt really a stock for me to clip, just more very small leaves coming in here are some recent pics. I would let them grow but i wont have enough room to flower. Sorry for the bad quality on one of them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34531805@N08/

1. Maybe you'd rather have 4 colas, or train them differently altogether..
2. Those aren't ready to top yet.. UB was pretty clear in explaining why he waits..
Have you gotten your feeding routines down yet? Looks like you're pulling out of an over-feeding binge..

nah I am a complete noob, this is my first grow. Im using a aerogarden and the plants are about 4 and a half inches tall and the light only raises like 12 inches so its time to flower. What do you mean feeding my colas? Feeding routines? I just dropped some AG nutes in once a week when i change out the resivor

Grow them up, then cut them down to 1-2 nodes, then flower.
I was commenting on what looks like nute burn on the feeding...

The aero garden will be outgrown quickly, youll have to transfer to bigger pots eventually, make sure you plan for that

is it two late to top in flowering after sexing?

You don't want to do any major cutting in the 12/12 cycle aside from harvest..

You pinch out the top on a young seedling, let the 4 new "trunks" aka main colas grow out a bit and THEN flower. Why the rush to flower unless they are growing 3" a day and you don't have the headroom to accomodate large plants?

UB

cuz they are gonna tripple in size and im already at 1/3rd the light height

well when you chop them down they lose about half their height so you'll probly be good

hootie233 said:

cuz they are gonna tripple in size and im already at 1/3rd the light height

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Then you do what you have to do.

UB Im a first timer to make it 4 weeks into veg, furthest ive ever gotten and I was thinking about topping.

I have a plant that grows 3 branches per node, instead of the seemingly more common 2 i've never seen this and ive at least SPROUTED hundreds of seeds. What will happen when I top this? Or should I leave it as is since it is as of now its own thing.

BeatenByTheWorld said:

UB Im a first timer to make it 4 weeks into veg, furthest ive ever gotten and I was thinking about topping.

I have a plant that grows 3 branches per node, instead of the seemingly more common 2....

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Got any pix?

Hopefully its female.. When those are they tend to be really good plants, but apparently they don't express as female very often..

Uncle Ben said:

Got any pix?

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No I don't have any pics, and no im not just pulling your dick. Nobody I know has ever heard of this happening.

Its funny though because you'd think it would have more leaves total than another plant from the same bag started at the same time, but they aren't they're almost the same just spread over more 'branches'. This is no special strain, it came from an oz of 'mids' i paid 110 for. Good smoke, not shwag, fair amount of seeds, lighter green, lots of dark orange hairs, dense buds not bricked, trichromes not visible to the naked eye.

I only have a camera phone and idk how to get pics from there to here. Its approx 5 1/2" @ 22 days soil 28 days total life. The stems a good 21/2 inches then the nodes start. 5 nodes total including ones just pushing out. 1 set 1 full leaf 2 little ones
2nd-3rd set 3 full leaves 2 little leaves
4th set 5 full leave, smaller overall
5th node still to small to tell how many is being pushed through.

Like I said there are 3 branches on each node not 2 so X3 those numbers. It seems like its one of the healthiest, and the stem is a nice green under the slightly shedding layer.(whats this btw)

And whats your take on the alum foil on my walls. its either that or bare walls, i have no option for painting, and am alittle over budget on already for mylar. Ever heard of anyone using mirrors?


Thanks for responding man!

I believe you, but start a thread and post some pics, because these are cool.. Contrary to popular belief, you don't necessarily have a polyploid(triploid), what that plants is expressing is called alternating whorled phytolaxy.. Definately start a thread and post whatever pics you have as it progresses..

I've heard of people using foil but not the best idea due to it crinkling. Theres wrapping paper you can get that is extremely thin mylar which is low quality, but its better than using foil. And, I have also heard of triploids or alternated whorled phytolaxy as born2killspam said. I agree with him too, you should start a thread with it cause there are a lot of people interested in those.