Personally I say no to topping, recovery time too long. I’ve done about 14 auto grows used LST at about day 18 to 20.
It’s a lot of Repetitive work to keep them trained, but as the other posters have said u get a lot of Dominant Colas trying to reach for the sun…what fun.
i’d average about nine plants in my 3 x 3 tent & 16 in my 5 x 5, just bought a 4 x 4 but have not used it yet-go figure !
((Looking at my averages I’d say 12 to 14 plants no problem properly train
Very very light nutrients 1/2 normal dose, but I had exceptions just make sure they stay green… as far as lighting I kept my lights no closer than 15 inches 4 x 4 tent running about 45 W of true power per square foot, Not blurpal rated power
IE: LED
Mars Hydro 300 W (133W actual)
( had some plants different Phenos bleach out a little bit at the top leaves had to group them and raise light up over 20 inches)!!!
Time spent for one average grow of 9 to 16 plants about 50 to 60 hours over 80 days. Not including Soil Purchased and the set up plus drying and curing time ! Taking a break right now…
(my harvest average is between 72 and 85 days, some tops were taken first and lowers matured another week or so).
My favorite plant training wire was the liter green plant wire at the local garden store (not the
heavy 16 gauge stuff).
3 gallon Cloth bags, I just recently switched to 4 gallon square cloth bags I love them They fit right in with the spacing arrangement…
Keep 5/8th inch wide scotch tape on hand that’s your Band-Aid when you snap a branch or a bud what happened to me on every grow
& I never last one :)
Sorry for writing a book, but I always found Other experience growers information useful…to some degree
Have a MO. medical legal friend growing strawberry banana Auto by Fast Buds currently, week eight with no training and they all look like little Christmas trees
~20-28” tall 3 gal pots using plurples
Below is some LST trained autos pic one is Pineapple Express (my favorite smoke), pic 2 Gorilla glue (low yield, but whacky weed),
pic 3
My biggest grow girl scout cookies
By garden of green-potent nice buzz Great to smell.
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