go to the harvest and curing forum fdd2k has a very detailed explanation of itSweet, super-dense-buds.Do you take stems & leafs or only leafs? And i suppose that we leave all the bud stems intact. I've read some guides on topping & such but find there to be a lack of good guides on manicuring, with detailed info. I know there are many variables but still.
I'll check that out. But what I mean war manicuring while she's still alive and growing. I should have word'Ed myself better. What i meant to ask for: A good guide on pruning, stripping of leaves and where to cut & such. Manicure
thats like a facelift right? I'll keep searching & reading. I haven't even started yet cause of so many variables needing straightening out, you know what i mean?My understanding is that if you have limited vertical space, and you need to keep the plants height under control then you top them or train them. If you have to top a plant then you will want to keep the side branches which will develop into multiple main stems. These can be trained as well to grow horizontaly such as in a scrog setup. If you are going to veg for a while then you could let the plants grow tall, cutting away the bottom branches before flowering will create large concentrated colas on the main stalk. Trimming lower branches in this scenario allows air flow and will make the plant focus its energy into top cola production. Same approach really for sog, however the plants are flowered after short veg cycle, plants kept short, and lower foliage is trimmed away again for airflow, and to maximize the top bud. I think that is the basics, but every strain has its own growth characteristics, and you should use grow techniques that suit the variety you choose to grow. Hope that helps. If I got anything wrong here let me know.I'll check that out. But what I mean war manicuring while she's still alive and growing. I should have word'Ed myself better. What i meant to ask for: A good guide on pruning, stripping of leaves and where to cut & such. Manicure
and rounds it up nicely. Yes i was going for SOG, maybe scrog but i have a-plenty of vertical space. Me wants precious sooner. Later on I'll grow bigger girls. 
Heh heh...Monster BUSH!yeah you can top or fim anywhere. well that's what i did when i was trying it out.
i did about 7 fimms and a few tops and it took about 2 weeks to get back to normal but now i have multiple head on all branches.
i had heaps of locations available for fimming because of the LST i was doing where the plant is basicaly horizontal with the soil so every internode gets two branches that grow vertically of course.
so i cloned half of the little branches and fim/topped the rest and no i have as more little branches than before i started.
i have several that got 4 heads + the 2 little ones that grow at those nodes (which have since been left behind).
the problem is now that there are so many heads, some of them flourish as they get direct light whereas the ones on the outside seem to grow slowe so i'l be LSTing the hell out of all off those branches soon too.
so just so you know it can actually get out of hand with the number of tops you'll end up with. i think i'm creating a monster.
good luck with u'r plants. I'm going to grow a couple of my seeds up to be big & juicy and then select two, or more, of the best male & female plants. Get the females pregnant. Get some seeds. I'll write down the breeding I do, then moke test the plants and select mothers from quality of smoke. From those mothers I will create a nice Sea of Green, with mixed varieties. Pretty much like that. I'm ready to roll.