When should I top and tie down my plants??

Hi this is my first grow my plants are 21 days old today I was hoping to get some advice on when to top and tie down my plants I am using 2 300w cfl lights my plants at berry bomb Indica/Sativa (Indica dominant) I'm am growing them in a ebb and flow set up and my growing medium is coco fibre and clay pellets any help is much appreciated

Start straps asap gets em used to manipulation. When you have 5 nodes you can top. Lookin good

herbbilly said:

Start straps asap gets em used to manipulation. When you have 5 nodes you can top. Lookin good

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Thanks for the advice I will do that today, would cotton be ok to tie them down

I use 18g thermostat wire make bends where you want them and loosely wrap. Holds shape/position no dicken around with knots.

Cotton string?.... would b fine...they're kinda short n stout to b tying down tho...I'd top then wait a week or so n when the new shoots get tall enuf start bending over

They look awesome tho...healthy n strong little plants....they should respond well to training

ready for topping , if you want branch's to LST in the next 3 weeks . the book will tell you to wait till 5th internode to top but its not totaly try. And as far as that goes how many mains do you want or are you going for a bush? I use the Uncle Ben teq for 4 main colas then lots of LST'ing from there after 2 weeks or so,but i veg for 8 weeks max,im on a cycle .
KUSHAGE 2 200 watt cfl / 2 gallon bag

thatboyis1uvakind said:

Cotton string?.... would b fine...they're kinda short n stout to b tying down tho...I'd top then wait a week or so n when the new shoots get tall enuf start bending over

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They are pretty short I will try topping them first then see what the look like thanks, I'm a bit paranoid like but it needs to be done thanks

allen bud said:

ready for topping , if you want branch's to LST in the next 3 weeks . the book will tell you to wait till 5th internode to top but its not totaly try. And as far as that goes how many mains do you want or are you going for a bush? I use the Uncle Ben teq for 4 main colas then lots of LST'ing from there after 2 weeks or so,but i veg for 8 weeks max,im on a cycle .
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Thanks I appreciate any advice as I'm a complete novice

Nizza said:

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

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Thanks for the link that helps a lot

I got another question if any body would like to help me, what's your opinion on watering some say wait till the growing medium is dry on top an others say keep them moist constantly I just wondered what you lot think

Wait til they dry out before watering...u seem to b doin fine however uve been doing it so far

thatboyis1uvakind said:

Wait til they dry out before watering...u seem to b doin fine however uve been doing it so far

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Yeah that's the way I've been doing it

They don't like soggy soil

whats the deal with the glay stones? i thought they were used for hydro?

dubba86 said:

whats the deal with the glay stones? i thought they were used for hydro?

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Yeah it is hydro it's a mix of coco fibre and clay pellets

Yeah Unc Ben top thread is awesome and I started Lst on one of my dreams when she was like 6-7"

just a few pics of a plant im tying down..

My Bubba Kush Was stout like that. I waited till it grew 5 nodes and the clipped the top. The lower set caught up and now it basically looks like it has four tops. I did a scrog with a few other plants, so I didn't tie that one down, but I could have just as easily from that point.

Here it is at about 3 weeks of veg. this was 2 days after I topped. I just cut them stem about a half an inch up from where the two little new leaves start on that node...


Here it is after almost 2 months of veg...Bubba Kush grows so damn slow...lol But you can see the 4 colas, and I tied them down just enough to pull them apart to fit into where I wanted them on my screen.

And then there's a picture from about 3 days ago underneath, all that side growth is going to explode when the plant stretches for flower

Here's the top. That one isn't taller than the others, the plant is just positioned so that one is basically sticking straight up and the others are held horizontal by the screen..


Either way, I figured I'd show you and try and give you some idea of what you'res will look like....Not identical because they're abviously not the same phenos, but they will be close being both indica dominants.