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Baywatcher

Baywatcher

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billcollector99 said:
When is the appropriate time to start topping a plant for mainlining?
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It depends on how your nodes are looking. My first try I used the 1st nodes for clones and the 2nd nodes for mains (so I topped after 2). Nug uses (if I remember right) up to the 4th or 5th, but he's tying to the rim of his pots as I recall, whereas I'm tying to the dirt at surface level, so vertical == bad.

I'm letting them get a little bigger this time around -- I think by topping so early it really slowed down my plants last time. I topped my Pineapple Express and Critical Jack seedlings just above the third node. I'll be taking the 1st and 2nd nodes as clones, and mainlining the third. There are pics in my log from sig, and I'll have more today, it's bondage day once I've gotten my coffee:blood ratio sufficiently high.
 
Smoothkicksandsmoke

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whodatnation said:
Gone fishing....
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Good luck. Catch some dinner.

Baywatcher said:
It depends on how your nodes are looking. My first try I used the 1st nodes for clones and the 2nd nodes for mains (so I topped after 2). Nug uses (if I remember right) up to the 4th or 5th, but he's tying to the rim of his pots as I recall, whereas I'm tying to the dirt at surface level, so vertical == bad.

I'm letting them get a little bigger this time around -- I think by topping so early it really slowed down my plants last time. I topped my Pineapple Express and Critical Jack seedlings just above the third node. I'll be taking the 1st and 2nd nodes as clones, and mainlining the third. There are pics in my log from sig, and I'll have more today, it's bondage day once I've gotten my coffee:blood ratio sufficiently high.
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I think you're right BW. I took my third nodes as mains on my clones. They seem to be responding well to it.
 
Baywatcher

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Ok, here's one I just finished with. I took the two at the bottom node as clones. On this one, I'm going to use the 2nd node as the mainline, and let those two branches at the top grow out long enough to take as clones.

 
billcollector99

billcollector99

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I think my question has been misunderstood.

Not where do i top, but when...

oh well, too late, i went out last night with the nippers, and topped the three I have in 1 gal pots already.
 
whodatnation

whodatnation

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Fishing was a BLAST! Im hella busy trying to get things situated best I can before I leave. I'll try to update some canna cup pics when Im in denver,,, I'll post a nice garden update to hold all you pr0naholics over.

:peace:
 
whodatnation

whodatnation

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Nuggs does this...

(from seed)
Grows plant to 6 inches, puts in 12/12 to sex,,, about a week later sex is known, he then tops/cleans up and transplants. I think he recommends topping at the 5th or so node. I topped early on last run and I do believe it slowed everything down a bit.
 
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