Just an FYI incase someone missed it. Those flowering plants are not Manifolded. They were a disaster grow and are mainly all natural The one was topped one week before flower but you can tell it's the wider one that branched out. It actually was topped once and then the second node down the growth tips grew up level with the two Main Colas. Then my dog ate one of the Main Colas off of it. So that's why it's missing a branch They were not touched at all until the Auto I had showed herself. Then I topped the one and flowered them. The other plant with the big huge bud is a Whorled Trifoliate. Common now in cannabis for them to grow three of everything instead of the normal two branches alternating And now my one Manifold plant is doing the same thing but only on one side so far

Keekee
Plants almost ALWAYS grow into a Xmas tree shape But some plants the growth shoots will extend up to the canopy as well. But no matter what the plant grows like. You will always get better yields if you either do a method like Manifolding. Or if it's not a plant suited for it maybe atleast use a screen and trim all the bottom stuff off for flowering. That would help with yields if you want to keep the plant natural. But Manifolding is much easier than many lead it on to be. But it does take skill and patience to do. Why don't you try this. Next time you have a few plants or have an extra Take one and top it early As soon as you see the growth shoots popping up you can. Then the second time wait until each shoot is say 3-4 nodes plus your top You growth shoots should be showing on nodes 1 or 3. Pick whichever has the best growth at Eqaul rates and top it there so the new grows will turn into 4 Cola tops. Then STOP. Don't do any more. This is just for you to try it and see if you enjoy. Are you the type that like to plant and leave them alone. Or are you the type that like to be in the grow room EVERY DAY like I do. That why I love this technique. Between this and mushrooms I'm starting Friday They should keep me busy in the evening so I'm not so stressed out. Growing helps a tone already. When I don't grow I was smoking triple. Now I smoke about one or two grams a day for medicine. But I'm still purchasing off streets right now Which sucks monkeys balls. Lol

If you want to grow naturally I suggest learning and playing around ALOT. To LST the plants for maximum yields and potency too. For example if you look closer at my pic in the dark period. That form is what I have been calling a SINGLE COLA MANIFOLD. Lol. Or so you better understand if your not a automotive person. SINGLE COLA ANTLER. Lol. Any ways it grew too tall. So I bent the whole plant over It was like a rainbow. The growth shoots started bulking up more and were already long so they were then level with the Main Cola so I untied it some and it looked like a single exhaust manifold or a single antler. But. It got more buds and bigger yeild because they were able to grow level with the Cola and get bigger. That's about the best you can do if you want to let them grow natural and not mess with them much

And don't be afraid of training them They are a lot stronger than many realize until they start bending and twisting on them

Yea im a pinch and bench i perfer to premote the growth that way,as i thought topping them would slow them down.

Not sure if I that true.

Slow them down. Well that is another one of those controcervial subjects too. It doesn't really seem to slow the new growth down at all. But since you are topping you are taking a plant that's 3weeks into veg with 6nodes. Down to 3 nodes. So your taking a week or two off that is where the extra time comes in. BUT. There beliefs out there and one of the main guy I think Nebula is who but not sure. He suggests topping as soon as you see growth shoots popping out. So if you top that early then it may take a day to recover and keep growing. But some prefer to wait until 6nodes and then top down to 3 cus you also get a clone and a second plant of you root it. There's many ways of doing it. Not just one or two. But if you want to see for yourself. Play around a bit. Grow a few extra so you can play with them. Top them. Twist them. Bend them. Whatever. It's fun and many forget that it can be so much fun to grow. I want to try growing some shapes or something. Or like a bonsai style grow maybe. Idk. I like to keep it fun

Sweet mate,
Well all the best with the grow mate,i do like watching the progress.

Sorry I haven't been on here lately. Things kind of got crazy and today they got even crazier and we're moving the RV again Sucks by this is for the better. Here's my plants since I haven't posted them since they were babies.