I guess the question is what are you trying to achieve with topping and trainingHi I am trying to grow marijuana for the first time I have a couple plants with 4 nodes and I am planning on topping them when they reach 6 nodes but I was wondering that after topping my plants should I wait to try low stress training or can it be done at the same time without to much stress on the plants Can anyone give me some advice on how long to wait to start training after topping.
I planned to top my plants and then since I am growing them in a tent I was going to try low stress training them by bending them down to keep the height down and keep my plant flat and even>
When the plants are too short to top there is very little separation between nodes and topping too soon will make it difficult to cut where you want to imho. I only have 5 ft under my flowering light and I don't top them until they're about 1 ft tall. Then I start to train the branches as they grow. I split my last plant down the main stalk this time by cutting it too close and tying them down to tight. Alls good now its healed up after help here from those that have been there dun that. pips pics pics are whats needed here for help diagnosing your problems. gl Pic 1 is the split. Bubba kush & KC39's were topped a week ago The larger plant Cherry Bomb is 2.5 months old and only about 2 ft tall.I have read in quite a few places that said not to top it before you have six nodes because it may stunt the growth that is why I was waiting for six nodes.
Very nice! That is a beauty. Not being tied to a net seems real nice lol. I might give this a shot once I get my other tent up.
Thanks for sharing @MIMedGrower
You always have top notch looking plants
I used a tape messure on my plants today and I topped them at 8" not 12" as I said above. and the CB that's 2.5 months is only 18" tall not 2' (bad guesstimating) . There's no doubt topping them slows them down but I like the finished results. I only turn 1 crop every 5-6 months and like to veg for 2.5 - 3 months from seed. I also don't use a net I find bamboo poles to give me a lattice lets them spread out and I can still move them around somewhat, it can be a pain when they get too big and pokes holes in my panda plastic. I'm only using about 200 watts with 4-t8's and 1-t5 4ft tubes in a 4x5 home made room.Thank you very much. :-)
Nice full tent, How long seed/clone to harvest?For maximum yield, you're going to want to scrog. Once you scrog, topping is kinda pointless.
I prepare my plants ahead of time. While my current grow is happening. I make a clone and prepare it for the tent.
In a wide and shallow pot.
I plant the clone as close to the first node as I can. Then after 1 or 2 new nodes of growth, I top it at the 2nd node. From there, as it grows i LST it.
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I used a tape messure on my plants today and I topped them at 8" not 12" as I said above. and the CB that's 2.5 months is only 18" tall not 2' (bad guesstimating) . There's no doubt topping them slows them down but I like the finished results. I only turn 1 crop every 5-6 months and like to veg for 2.5 - 3 months from seed. I also don't use a net I find bamboo poles to give me a lattice lets them spread out and I can still move them around somewhat, it can be a pain when they get too big and pokes holes in my panda plastic. I'm only using about 200 watts with 4-t8's and 1-t5 4ft tubes in a 4x5 home made room.
Nice full tent, How long seed/clone to harvest?
11 weeks that's what I thought 2.75 months then flip. You don't get growth like that without vegging longer than the 6-8 weeks as I see people here posting that they do. I used to grow short christmas trees and then I found YT and saw the results & methods of topping/tying & spreading out the canvas. MiMedGrower said he just bends them over at 1/3 the desired height and voila! bushes, I like that, I might just have to give that method a try.Hard to say. I start my plants months in advance. I would guess fro rooted clone, about 6 to 8 weeks veg. This strain seems to like 10 week flower.
I start my next pla t from a clone made just before I flip it. And I dry in my tent. So that means when I put the next plant I the tent for veg, its already 11 weeks old and potbound. Trained i to a shape good for scrogging.
11 weeks that's what I thought 2.75 months then flip. You don't get growth like that without vegging longer than the 6-8 weeks as I see people here posting that they do. I used to grow short christmas trees and then I found YT and saw the results & methods of topping/tying & spreading out the canvas. MiMedGrower said he just bends them over at 1/3 the desired height and voila! bushes, I like that, I might just have to give that method a try.
I do the same thing really just with 30-40 branches and I just keep spreading it out along the trellis 4-5ft wide and 3-4ft across in a rectangle at about 3.5 - 4ft from the floor ( when things go right ) I've been lucky to get 2 out of 4 or 5 plants to be vegged long enough at the same time to do that, this grow I only have one but she should be a beaut.Not quite what i was trying to say.
I grow them to 1/3 of the max final height i have in the flower room. Then i put them in 12/12 and when they stretch after week 1 i bend them. Final height after bending and training is 30” max over the pot. They can end up 2-4 feet wide.
Since i have low ceilings i need the whole plant in the sweet spot of light. I can get good buds 2’ down i to the canopy with the 600’s.
There are many pics of my garden and techniques in my thread in my signature.
11 weeks that's what I thought 2.75 months then flip. You don't get growth like that without vegging longer than the 6-8 weeks as I see people here posting that they do. I used to grow short christmas trees and then I found YT and saw the results & methods of topping/tying & spreading out the canvas. MiMedGrower said he just bends them over at 1/3 the desired height and voila! bushes, I like that, I might just have to give that method a try.
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