Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

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Life Goes On said:
Here's my BubbleBerry topped the Uncle Ben way! About 2 weeks from harvest!
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She is smelling very Bubblegumish and is super frosty!
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Wow!! Just wow! I love how green those babies are. I've been battling with that myself over the last few harvests, trying to keep more green color up to harvest.

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Here is a pic of my topped Jock Horror. As mentioned above, this baby will make it through flowering GREEN!!!

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Uncle Ben, so I have a couple LSD strains going and I want them topped. My plants are already at 6 nodes going on 7 and I am wondering if the effect will alter in any way if I cut the stem above the 3rd node instead of above the seconde node. Will I still have 4 main colas? Also, the bottom two sets of leaves arent very big and dont have many leaves so would having an extra set of leaves help to take in the light? any advice is appreciated. thanks
 
db2 said:
Uncle Ben, so I have a couple LSD strains going and I want them topped. My plants are already at 6 nodes going on 7 and I am wondering if the effect will alter in any way if I cut the stem above the 3rd node instead of above the seconde node. Will I still have 4 main colas? Also, the bottom two sets of leaves arent very big and dont have many leaves so would having an extra set of leaves help to take in the light? any advice is appreciated. thanks
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I am wondering if cutting above the 3rd node will result in 4 main colas. I know the first post recomends above the second node but my bottom two leaf sets are pretty weak to be honest so I am wondering if cutting above the 3rd node would work just as well so I could have more leaves.
 
db2 said:
I am wondering if cutting above the 3rd node will result in 4 main colas. I know the first post recomends above the second node but my bottom two leaf sets are pretty weak to be honest so I am wondering if cutting above the 3rd node would work just as well so I could have more leaves.
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Dude the reason he said "Start at the first post" is because it explains anything above the 2nd node will result in more than 4 cola's. Which in turn results in smaller colas. Most likely if you cut above the 3rd node you will end up with 6 colas. If you cut above the 4th you will end up with 8. Get where I'm going with this. Cut above the 2nd your plant will be fine.
 
Life Goes On said:
Dude the reason he said "Start at the first post" is because it explains anything above the 2nd node will result in more than 4 cola's. Which in turn results in smaller colas. Most likely if you cut above the 3rd node you will end up with 6 colas. If you cut above the 4th you will end up with 8. Get where I'm going with this. Cut above the 2nd your plant will be fine.
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okay, that helped very much. But would I get 4 good colas even if the bottom 2 sets of leaves look somewhat burnt from nutes (rookie mistake) and there are 3 1 leafers and 1 2 leafer between the two nodes. Anyways, I am just wondering if it is safe to still do this above the 2nd node with the lack of leaves in the first two sets.
 
db2 said:
okay, that helped very much. But would I get 4 good colas even if the bottom 2 sets of leaves look somewhat burnt from nutes (rookie mistake) and there are 3 1 leafers and 1 2 leafer between the two nodes. Anyways, I am just wondering if it is safe to still do this above the 2nd node with the lack of leaves in the first two sets.
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Yes. The reason I said it would be fine in the first place is because that tends to happen to me as well. Not from nute burn but usually from a N deficiency. It usually happens when I have my plants in the one gallon pots prior to transplanting them to thier finishing pots which are 7 gallons. I just need to get my transplant timing down a little better that's all. Anyway they always recover and you can see the results on this thread on page 366. I'm quite positive your ladies will look ugly for a little bit but then once the new growth appears she will turn into a beautiful swan! Just do it and I promise as long as you take good care of her she will turn out just fine.
 
Life Goes On said:
Yes. The reason I said it would be fine in the first place is because that tends to happen to me as well. Not from nute burn but usually from a N deficiency. It usually happens when I have my plants in the one gallon pots prior to transplanting them to thier finishing pots which are 7 gallons. I just need to get my transplant timing down a little better that's all. Anyway they always recover and you can see the results on this thread on page 366. I'm quite positive your ladies will look ugly for a little bit but then once the new growth appears she will turn into a beautiful swan! Just do it and I promise as long as you take good care of her she will turn out just fine.
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thank you, you were great help
 
hi guys, I've read a bunch of pages but i've never topped before so heres my Q. If your plant has more than 6 nodes do you still cut at the 2nd node or offset it to match cutting off 4 nodes? ie. if plant has 8 nodes cut it at the 4th node. thanks
 
growUS said:
hi guys, I've read a bunch of pages but i've never topped before so heres my Q. If your plant has more than 6 nodes do you still cut at the 2nd node or offset it to match cutting off 4 nodes? ie. if plant has 8 nodes cut it at the 4th node. thanks
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6 or 8 nodes is just about perfect for this...still cut just above 2nd true node for 4 colas.
 
ChroniCDooM said:
I had about 8 nodes on this lsd when I topped her. She is now on day 32 of flower.
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She's lookin sexy brotha! I got a funny story about LSD. This guy I ran into at a local dispensary whom is an avid mountain climber said "One day while waiting for my friend at the trail head I decided to medicate (With Barney's Farm LSD). He told me "The next thing I remember was waking up on the dirt road and literally crawling towards my jeep to get out of the way of traffic!" He said "I had to crawl because I was so numb I couldn't feel my legs!" Then he told me "As I was trying to get into my jeep I accidently closed my arm in the door 3 times before I got it right! Then next thing I know my friend is waking me up! I had fallen asleep on the window well of my jeep and drooled all down the door!" And supposedly this guy claims he's not a novice smoker either lol! I don't know how much truth he put into that story but it was quite halirous the way he told it none the less! And if it was true SEND ME SOME OF THAT WHEN SHE FINISHES!!!!! LOL! Anyway good job on the LSD Brotha!
 
stories like that are what lead people who don't smoke to believe there IS something to be worried about with pot. I think he's full of crap, myself. I had a bro in high school, when we were 15, we got so stoned that he couldn't get on his bike, but we were also laughing so frigging hard we could hardly see, either, that was the difference! NO pot is that strong yet, (if there is then I need it right now!!!!0
 
okay one more thing ha ha
they're some baby leaves at the bottom that are a little burnt, do i count them as a node?
 

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Nope, those are the cotyledons. No lateral branches come from them. Kinda looks pale, so a Nitrogen rich food should help.
 
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