Uncle Ben
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I like anything from the old Wernard Positronics stuff, Sagamartha and Flying Dutchmen.
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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terestrialextra
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And a note about Jack herer ? Any good representatives today ? It seems there is no Positronics one (like your avatar), only crosses.
Uncle Ben
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JimmyIndica
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Been using this technique forever. Its the only way I do it! 2-4-6 just depends on which strain are growing faster than the others to determine how many cones they get! To me its all predetermined strain by strain This is one of the better thread going on this site. new growers should follow uncle bens advice! double or triple your yield folks! These are the only type threads I follow on here! Most the garbage is people tryin to sell shit for there own personal gain! Honey Bananas, Strawberry Banana,Purple Og 18, Tru Berry, Gummy Bears Under KIND K5 750. Some have Most gonna have 4 cones, 1 of the Honey Bananas is gonna have 6. Its a Beast! Gonna take couple cuttings from that one!.
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Eflo
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Hey just wondering what strains have you done this method with? Have you done a OG strain with this? How was the outcome?I think UB really only uses screens in pipes and windows..
Not that you couldn't string 4 tops through a screen if you're dead set on doing so, but this method usually works out to be pretty light efficient without a screen..
Uncle Ben
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If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
I used 1X4 supports, stapled large cardboard panels on them, painted them with 3 coats of thinned Behr's Ultra White gloss latex, and using pipes hanging on nails and chains attached to the pipes hung HID's at any height I wanted. One wall was stationary as was the front panel braced against the side walls and the panels were moved in or out according to the garden's footprint. I could set it up and take it down in minutes. Bottom of 5' H side panels were 16" above the floor with a window fan blowing into the garden at pot level, 9" clip on fan just below open hoods blowing the hot air off the garden tops. Easy peasy, cheap, but VERY effective. Plastic floor was painted white.
Thuricide or any BT product for caterpillar control.
My method is not strain dependent. It will work on anything cannabis.
papajohn
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folks make their grow room setup sound so "techy" i like the crappy effective look.
can't seem to find a BT product that has systemic properties,any help??
http://www.amazon.com/DIPEL-PRO-Biological-insecticide-POUND/dp/B005DFFIDG
found these though,did u germinate your seedlings in such big pots??
can't seem to find a BT product that has systemic properties,any help??
http://www.amazon.com/DIPEL-PRO-Biological-insecticide-POUND/dp/B005DFFIDG
found these though,did u germinate your seedlings in such big pots??
REALSTYLES
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Yo Uncle I went diy led now
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budman111
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Why is bloom brighter?
REALSTYLES
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I don't know lol. They are both bright
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Uncle Ben
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Read the label.
coopersheldon
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Howdy!
Based on quite a few questions about topping I've received here: https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/13820-fimming-topping-101-a-12.html I decided to reproduce a thread on my favorite topping method published at cann.com about 10 years ago. Even though I've got much better photos from many latter grows both indoor and outdoor, I'm gonna stick with the old photos from the original thread. Lighting is HPS from start to finish with the exception of using 4' long shop fluors from germ until about 2 weeks. Some pix were taken outdoors for better resolution thanks to an old camcorder I was using.
Selecting the point for topping to get 4 main colas -
To get 4 main colas, let your seedling or cutting (clone) grow to about 5-6 nodes and pinch out (cut) the stem just above the 2nd true node. The node where the cotyledons attach doesn't count. The result will be a redistribution of the auxins and other hormones that normally collect in the tissue of the terminal leader's tip. These ho moans will be redistributed to dormant buds that reside in the nodal axis where the leaf petiole attaches to the "trunk", below the cut. The new foliar output response will be quick (within 24 hrs., see photo below) if you have a healthy growing seedling and will be your future main colas - 4 instead of the usual 1:
Here's a photo of the same plant about 8 weeks into flowering. The plant is about 42" tall, has 4 main colas with an abundance of large, healthy fan leaves.
This is an indoor shot just prior to harvest showing the colas bulking up quite nicely. Notice how the weight of the heavy colas is naturally pulling them apart, which opens the plant up so that light can penetrate the interior of the canopy. This is the same principle used by fruit orchard managers who create an open vase profile for their trees in order to increase production. This profile also has a side benefit of providing good interior air movement which reduces fungal/rot pressures.
The plant after harvest showing the branching scaffold and dominant 4 main cola "trunks", opposing nodes one right above the other. Smaller secondary branches also provided good bud production. This plant yielded over 10 oz of cured bud.
~ Topping for 2 main colas ~
Pinch out the seedling above the 1st true node to get 2 main colas:
Any questions, fire away.
Happy gardening,
Uncle Ben
can you re-up the photos please
Uncle Ben
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Like I've said in previous posts, no I can't. Only potroast can do that and he doesn't accept emails. Go back about 10 pages or so. I have posted many examples.
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