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

i have found little use in topping during the veg stage in my garden, but have found good results topping at around week2 of flower just before the buds develop, this causes all the middle and lower branches to grow up to the light, the middle branches become the new heads but all sit at around the same hight which i find an advantage as it allows you to get the light closer to the whole canopy rather than have heads sticking out above the rest of the canopy

zizou21 said:

DONT U KNOW HOW TO READ THE OP IT SAYS THERE ARE 2 PLANTS


but ya i would say there are 6 main colas per plant.. u think its because of the LST i did? Do you LST yours ? If so, could you briefly explain how?

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No, I don't do LST or windows.

great and informative thread guys, just a shame i have to read through 315 pages of repeat questions from people who are too tired to read it, Thanx and kudos to you

laterz

is there a boil in the bag version?

Uncle Ben said:

No, I don't do LST or windows.

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Hm, so after you cut the main stem, you just let them grow naturally? How tall do they get?

Hey all, you guys have packed a lot of info in this post, I'm a newbie & I appreciate it. Uncle Ben they say only believe 10% of what youread on the internet & after reading this entire post I'm convinced your a fraction of that 10%.
..so I went ahead & snippet my purple skunk at the second node. She's 18 days old & i can't wait to see how she turns out, gonna veg her for 2mo. Once again thanks for the great info UB & everyone else that contributed to this post. Here's a pic. Although she doesn't look it / she 7 inches

Spartan h20 said:

Hey all, you guys have packed a lot of info in this post, I'm a newbie & I appreciate it. Uncle Ben they say only believe 10% of what youread on the internet & after reading this entire post I'm convinced your a fraction of that 10%.
..so I went ahead & snippet my purple skunk at the second node. She's 18 days old & i can't wait to see how she turns out, gonna veg her for 2mo. Once again thanks for the great info UB & everyone else that contributed to this post. Here's a pic. Although she doesn't look it / she 7 inches[IMG]http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x103/statemag100/Mobile Uploads/1298776177.jpg[/IMG]

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Thanks, lookin' good!

zizou21 said:

Hm, so after you cut the main stem, you just let them grow naturally? How tall do they get?

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They get as tall as I want them to be, which for my sativa doms, is about 46" tall, flowering at 12-14" tall.

Your call........

UB, LOL, I would be sitting on top of a bell tower waiting for the lazy dumb people who dont care to READ & LEARN and just want to cut to the chase and make you repeat yourself 1,00 times. I read 30plus pages then I actually started to go mad from the same type of douches asking the same questions. It kinda like bothering famous peeps for their autographs. Its gotta get tiring. anywho, you posted a very clear & precise method on how to use YOUR technique and for that I SALUTE YOU!!!

I am a 1st time grower & I read & learned & read some more & even learned a bit more before jumping into growing. I also got tired of the chase of finding quality smoke. I suffer from severe PTSD (nightmares, Cold Sweats, Anxiety, Paranoia, Etc Etc ETc , Facial Scarring from IED my Humvee drove over, Hearing Loss, & Daily Aches & Pains, and in my state I am a criminal for doing the one thing that makes me feel comfortable within my own head, MEDICATING...In My state, last year, MML failed by 6% but is Highly favored to pass this year. Then i wont be a criminal but a Man with a prescription. My Psych Doc says he would prescribe M.M. to over half his patients. Well i guess im telling you this because you are at the forefront of MML being a commercial grower and all. Plus you give Men & Women like myself important information on to successfully produce quality medications... THANX AGAIN!!!

Here the link to pics of my 1st grow of Himalayan Gold 10-14 days till harvest. DWC 400w HPS - Nutes: AN Connoisseur, AN Big Bud, AN Bud Candy, Botanicare Sweet Berry Carbos, Emerald Triangle's Snow Storm Ultra.
I Made so many mistakes like way over trimming, running out of nutes 3 weeks into flowering for 8 days, No timer for 1st 1.5 months, too many to count. But now im more informed and ive learned what to do and not to do...well here the link..
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Few Pics for ya'all who dont click on link:
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CombatVeterans 4 Cannabis said:

UB, LOL, I would be sitting on top of a bell tower waiting for the lazy dumb people who dont care to READ & LEARN and just want to cut to the chase and make you repeat yourself 1,000 times. I read 30plus pages then I actually started to go mad from the same type of douches asking the same questions.

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Yeah, if they didn't get it by the first page, they never will. Alot of it is plain ol newbie anxiety, which is understandable. Your plant looks good. You must be proud.

Just found another example, this one of a 'C99 X TFD Original Haze' cross I did. Notice that the cotyledons are still attached and healthy.






Happy harvest,
UB

On average how tall are the plants before topped? and how many days of vegging before you can top it? To get 4 cola's that is, my plants are 7 days old only like 3 inches tall, got WW, blue mystic, and snow white.

a few whitewidows ill be topping at second node only thing is with clones sometimes i cut 1 to 2 nodes off even after rooting and plant 2 inches of main stem into coco so im not sure how many nodes ive got but im thinkin ill go with the second one i have that is currently growing sound about right too you TIO.

Uncle Ben said:

Cool. Gotta ask, what happened to the fan leaves?

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Strain is known for small skinny fan leaves. Lots of bud development between nodes. This was a few weeks back so ill take a new pic, they look great!

Edit: If you mean the distorted colors on some of them it was the flash from the camera

Thanks for the awesome thread!

i guess i missed the seconf node becuse im only getting 2 new growth and they are all substancial 1/2 -2.5 inches in 4 days after topping some plants are diffantly heathier than others all same strain from same mother also topped afew strawberry blues tonight looking for 4 terminal top, will be topping a few Ak-47 tomarrow just figuring this second node out on clones is a bit gooffy as i cut some of the nodes of at rooting and again at trans- planting to develope more roots of the main stem any help as uve read im just getting 2 shoots.

Thanks for the great sticky Uncle Ben

I have been growing for years (not currently though)and have topped on several occasions but could never put two and two together as to why sometimes I got 4 tops, and other times I got 2. It was kind of frustrating actually, and eventually I went from soil to hydro table short plant sea-of-green style. High turn over, no time for vegging more than a week or two.


Now I have learned something pretty cool..lol. I think I may try this once up and running. + rep

Medicalman95 said:

On average how tall are the plants before topped?

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About 8"

withoutAchance said:

a few whitewidows ill be topping at second node only thing is with clones sometimes i cut 1 to 2 nodes off even after rooting and plant 2 inches of main stem into coco so im not sure how many nodes ive got but im thinkin ill go with the second one i have that is currently growing sound about right too you TIO.

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That'll work.

beezkneez said:

Strain is known for small skinny fan leaves. Lots of bud development between nodes. This was a few weeks back so ill take a new pic, they look great!

Edit: If you mean the distorted colors on some of them it was the flash from the camera

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I meant the loss of leaves. What food are you using?

Good luck fellers......

Uncle Ben said:

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I meant the loss of leaves. What food are you using?

Good luck fellers......

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Lack of foliage? I use foxfarm nutes.

beezkneez said:

Lack of foliage? I use foxfarm nutes.

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What are the NPK values of your "nutes"?

Uncle Ben said:

What are the NPK values of your "nutes"?

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Well I had the Big bloom, tiger bloom, and grow big but ran out in the middle of flower with this girl(also lack of funds).. I am buying new nutes today and was wondering what you suggest for soil. What does Uncle Ben use on his soil girls

beezkneez said:

Well I had the Big bloom, tiger bloom, and grow big but ran out in the middle of flower with this girl(also lack of funds).. I am buying new nutes today and was wondering what you suggest for soil. What does Uncle Ben use on his soil girls

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Jack's Classic is what I use, and it's cheap. 20-20-20 with good mix of micros. $10 to $20. I've seen UB mention a ton of different ones, so this will be interesting to see. I think anything in the ratio is what matters. Keeping them Green is my goal.
Daniels