Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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doogleef
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Jack in the Bud
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Guys,
I'm on day 50 (day 7 since switching to 12/12) of a grow based on what I've been learning from Uncle Ben these last couple of months. Yesterday I identified several females and several males. In the act of depotting and disposing of the males I observed a very healthy and massive root system the likes of which I'd never achieved before (not even by the end of a grow).
I cut for 4 main colas 23 days a go. The upper two that formed at the second node are really going strong but the two that formed at the first node are really lagging behind. Under my old growing paradigm I'd be sorely tempted to remove them from the plant but since UB constantly stresses to grow for the maximum amount of folage I'm going to try and over come that temptation. All though I'll probably clip them off one of the plants just to see what effect it has.
Maybe this will work out where the top two main colas mature and get harvested and the lower two get left to flower a couple more weeks before harvesting. Over all though, at this point I'd have to say that my growing efforts have surely taken a serious leap forward.
Jack
I'm on day 50 (day 7 since switching to 12/12) of a grow based on what I've been learning from Uncle Ben these last couple of months. Yesterday I identified several females and several males. In the act of depotting and disposing of the males I observed a very healthy and massive root system the likes of which I'd never achieved before (not even by the end of a grow).
I cut for 4 main colas 23 days a go. The upper two that formed at the second node are really going strong but the two that formed at the first node are really lagging behind. Under my old growing paradigm I'd be sorely tempted to remove them from the plant but since UB constantly stresses to grow for the maximum amount of folage I'm going to try and over come that temptation. All though I'll probably clip them off one of the plants just to see what effect it has.
Maybe this will work out where the top two main colas mature and get harvested and the lower two get left to flower a couple more weeks before harvesting. Over all though, at this point I'd have to say that my growing efforts have surely taken a serious leap forward.
Jack
Shackleford.R
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Here's a little before and after of each of my girls after 1 week (bare in mind they are suffering from a little stress, overwatered followed by underwatered, damn holiday travel schedule!!)
Here are Liza's 4 tops! Pssh.. and people say it stunts growth!
Now for Gwen and her tops, she's the droopier of the two. Also it appears she has two dominant and two lesser tops, hopefully the 12/12 stretch will even her out
Shack
PS Kinda pissed that annoying kid got banned already, would have been nice to throw this one at him.
Here are Liza's 4 tops! Pssh.. and people say it stunts growth!
Now for Gwen and her tops, she's the droopier of the two. Also it appears she has two dominant and two lesser tops, hopefully the 12/12 stretch will even her out
Shack
PS Kinda pissed that annoying kid got banned already, would have been nice to throw this one at him.
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jumboSWISHER
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i topped my plant about 2-3 weeks ago. above the 8th node. everything has been going accordingly. 2 new tops from main stem have been growing great and the side branches look as if there main tops too. i counted 11 colas ( or what i believe to b colas) but everything i have read says " nothing will grow from where you cut the stem" the main stem had scabbed over and looked great but today i noticed that the main stem is still growing... has grown atleast an inch from last night. is my plant retarted or something? lol or did i get my info from a retard?? haha thanks for any input 
happy holidays everyone =)
happy holidays everyone =)
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Uncle Ben
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That's just the plant's normal hormonal response. Top above the 8th node and expect output all over the place.i topped my plant about 2-3 weeks ago. above the 8th node. everything has been going accordingly. 2 new tops from main stem have been growing great and the side branches look as if there main tops too. i counted 11 colas ( or what i believe to b colas) but everything i have read says " nothing will grow from where you cut the stem" the main stem had scabbed over and looked great but today i noticed that the main stem is still growing... has grown atleast an inch from last night. is my plant retarted or something? lol or did i get my info from a retard?? haha thanks for any input
happy holidays everyone =)
jumboSWISHER
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alright, thanks ben 
so from these pics can ne one tell me if these big ass side branches are tops, or just big ass side branches?? and will this decrease my yeild? or will it still gain from topping? this is my first grow so sorry for such dumb questions.. i jus wanna kno wuts goin on for sure with my lil girl ya kno lol
so from these pics can ne one tell me if these big ass side branches are tops, or just big ass side branches?? and will this decrease my yeild? or will it still gain from topping? this is my first grow so sorry for such dumb questions.. i jus wanna kno wuts goin on for sure with my lil girl ya kno lol
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jumboSWISHER
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how is it up to me? can i manipulate it more to turn out how i want? n yea srry i figured i would rather ask a well respected pro like you rather then getting bad info from starting my own thread
didnt mean ta fuk witcha thread n go off topic lol
didnt mean ta fuk witcha thread n go off topic lol
Uncle Ben
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It's called "training". Your call regarding which way you want your plant to end up.
jumboSWISHER
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so in 7 days the 2 new top shoots have grown like crazy, but thanks alot UB ill deffinatly start reading up on "training"
peace out
peace out
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t crizzlet
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Uncle Ben you are the shit. This was exactly the thread I was looking for. Thanks for the help!
Uncle Ben
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Wife yells the same thing all the time.
Glad you enjoy it. Search on my name, I just posted a ditty on The Stretch yesterday you might find interesting.
UB
THE TARTAN TOKER
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can you top at the very beginning of flowering ?
is it only good for stop vertical growth at that late stage ??
is it only good for stop vertical growth at that late stage ??
DaveCoulier
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Dont top during flowering. Your plant will still grow taller even if you topped all the growth tips. Your internodes are still going to stretch, so you're really not accomplishing much.
If you're having problems with height, try some lst.
Snak
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Well I've officially begun my 3rd grow and the good news is I have a 400w HPS instead of three million CFLs. I hope that the power of the HPS will balance out the growth of the leading branches of my topped plants. My last grow had plants that were topped for 4, but only produced 2 with lots of healthy side branching. All together the four plants gave me about 6.5 ounces, so with the HPS this time I'm hoping to net a half p if everything goes smoothly ::crosses fingers::
There is no doubt that once again, all the plants will be receiving the Uncle Ben treatment. You've mentioned before that you can use the tops as clones- I'm thinking of planting them in smallish pots (half gallon) and letting them root, and then put them into flower with the bigger topped plants. They will not receive as much light, i'm gonna keep them off to the side, so it will really just be more of an experiment than anything else. But I have to wonder- if cut those tops and cloned them, let them veg for about a week and a half then put them into flower, how much would they yield? Since I've never cloned a damn thing in my life, i can't even predict, but I'd have to guess that they'd give me at least 10g or so?
I know small plants aren't your style, Ben, but I wonder if you've ever taken the tops and cloned them, then put them into flower with their parent plants and if so, what did you end up with?
Thanks again for this thread, I'll say it again- nothing here at Rollitup has increased my yield + results as much as this thread has.
There is no doubt that once again, all the plants will be receiving the Uncle Ben treatment. You've mentioned before that you can use the tops as clones- I'm thinking of planting them in smallish pots (half gallon) and letting them root, and then put them into flower with the bigger topped plants. They will not receive as much light, i'm gonna keep them off to the side, so it will really just be more of an experiment than anything else. But I have to wonder- if cut those tops and cloned them, let them veg for about a week and a half then put them into flower, how much would they yield? Since I've never cloned a damn thing in my life, i can't even predict, but I'd have to guess that they'd give me at least 10g or so?
I know small plants aren't your style, Ben, but I wonder if you've ever taken the tops and cloned them, then put them into flower with their parent plants and if so, what did you end up with?
Thanks again for this thread, I'll say it again- nothing here at Rollitup has increased my yield + results as much as this thread has.
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