one quick question

[mattameti1991]

if i dont top my plants at all will the bud be more potent?

 

[Dirtyboy]

No they will just grow better and you end up with more bud. Topping is over rated.

 

[IGTHY]

No just the main cola. KEEP SMOKE ALIVE!!

 

[mattameti1991]

hell yeah thanks bro

 

[gangjababy]

you get more bud with fimming and topping, if you fim correctly you can double the yeild of the plant.

 

[howhigh123]

wait..so toppin causes more bud??..or is it better not to top??

 

[Johnnyorganic]

Wow! Talk about a topic we could go all day on. I say top or fim only if you have no other options.

Here's what Jorge Cervantes says in Marijuana Outdoors: Guerilla Growing.

Pruning and Bending

Bend for security - disguise plants in the garden by making it into a hedge.

Bending and pruning change the growth pattern of cannabis, affecting physical shape, liquid flow and hormone concentration. Pruning strongly affects the plant, while bending has more subtle affects. When a branch is pruned off, new branches grow form the nodes just below the cut. Tis does not mean the plant wil grow twice as much. A branch amputation is not going to make it grow faster or add any more foliage.

Bending is similar to pruning. Bending alters the flow of hormones, but unlike pruning, it does not remove them. It is much easier on plants than pruning. (pp. 62-63)

 

[Dirtyboy]

Just say no to trimming and pruning. Most who have done it wont again.

 

[gangjababy]

if you fim you end up with 4+ tops how will that reduce your yield? last grow I had 2 clones from the same mother one I topped , 1 I didn't, I doubled my yield on the clone that was topped. There was no effect on potency whatsoever. I always fim or top my plants and will continue to do so as long as I grow.

 

[Black Light]

Well don't you have to cut fan leaves off, cause it covers up bud sites

 

[Johnnyorganic]

Well don't you have to cut fan leaves off, cause it covers up bud sites

I don't even know how to respond except to say, ROTFLMAO!

 

[Black Light]

??? Well. Am I right or am I right?

 

[Johnnyorganic]

Plants use all leaves to photosynthesize in order to produce food. Why would you deprive your plant of nourishment?
Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

 

[gangjababy]

I never cut my fan leaves off, never!!!

 

[Black Light]

Okay I'm confused. I cut three of them off, I thought they grow back. I cut them from the stem. Did I fuck up?!?! It won't die and please tell me they will grow back!?!

I'm talking about during vegetation to BTW.

 

[Johnnyorganic]

Okay I'm confused. I cut three of them off, I thought they grow back. I cut them from the stem. Did I fuck up?!?! It won't die and please tell me they will grow back!?!

They won't grow back. Fan leaves routinely die off as the plant matures. The plant will lose the leaves when they are no longer efficient.

Cutting off three fan leaves should not have a measurable effect.

 

[Black Light]

Ok good, well one fan leaf was covering up a chute i guess that's what you call it.

it was covered completely so I think it was better that i cut that one off.