When to top?

closetkiller

closetkiller

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:leaf::eyesmoke: these plants are 15 days old. the smaller ones have 4 nodes and the big 2 have 6. they are 41/2" to 61/2" tall. my flower space is about 50" from container to a safe distance from the light. but it is only 30"x 42" on the floor. trying to get the max i can. hopefully 4 of the 7 are female.:leaf:
 

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Where in the hell am I?

Where in the hell am I?

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[FONT=&quot]TOPPING

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1. Locate the very top of your plant and cut through the main stem just below the newest growth. This should be done after the 3rd or 4th leaf set but can be done at any time after the 3rd leaf set.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]2. Shows Plant Top cut off and where the 2 new Branches that will form a "Y" in the main stem will grow from.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]3. Shows the newly topped plant after 2 days of growth, notice the Y in the Stem Forming.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]FIMMING A PLANT![/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Fimming is actually no different that topping, what fimming does is virtually the exact same thing only your leaving part of the new growth. This only takes of part of the new growth and actually topping the very very new growth which is very hard to see.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]What this ends up doing is making it seem as if your getting 4 new tops right next to eachother when its actually only 2 at the very top (like topping) but since it was cut so closely to the next newest set of fanleaves 2 branches which would have formed there anyways seems to make it look like there is 4 new tops.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]This is how you go about doing this.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1. Locate the very top of the new growth[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]2. With a clean sterilized scissors, Fold the fan leafs over and cut approximately 80% of the new growth off the plant. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]





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closetkiller

closetkiller

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Mammath said:
LST = Low Stress Training. Here's one of many suitable links:
https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/6834-how-lst-low-stress-training.html
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thanks i had a look. i have more height than area. i will try it with my next grow. some clones off of these.
pennywise619 said:
Dude why top when you can fem them??? 4 is better than 2 right???
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i am going to try both.
Where in the hell am I? said:
[FONT=&quot]TOPPING[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. Locate the very top of your plant and cut through the main stem just below the newest growth. This should be done after the 3rd or 4th leaf set but can be done at any time after the 3rd leaf set.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2. Shows Plant Top cut off and where the 2 new Branches that will form a "Y" in the main stem will grow from.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3. Shows the newly topped plant after 2 days of growth, notice the Y in the Stem Forming.[/FONT]





[FONT=&quot]FIMMING A PLANT![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Fimming is actually no different that topping, what fimming does is virtually the exact same thing only your leaving part of the new growth. This only takes of part of the new growth and actually topping the very very new growth which is very hard to see.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]What this ends up doing is making it seem as if your getting 4 new tops right next to eachother when its actually only 2 at the very top (like topping) but since it was cut so closely to the next newest set of fanleaves 2 branches which would have formed there anyways seems to make it look like there is 4 new tops.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This is how you go about doing this.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. Locate the very top of the new growth[/FONT]




[FONT=&quot]2. With a clean sterilized scissors, Fold the fan leafs over and cut approximately 80% of the new growth off the plant. [/FONT]


thanks. i checked out a couple of threads on fimming. have you done it before? i am going to top 2, fim 2, and leave the 3 shorter ones alone for now. i will post pics later of some before and after the surgery:bigjoint:
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closetkiller

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day 18. topped these 2:leaf: fimmed these 2:leaf: left the other 3 alone:bigjoint:
 

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thanks i'm going to post this whole grow. that way if i start messing up, someone can hopefully set me straight.
 
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i harvested it today. probably end up with a oz maybe a little more. the buds are small but look and smell awesome.
 
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