Uncle Ben
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My best guess is an ambient RH of 85% and below would induce root tip burn.
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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UB, thanks for the thread here. I went with topping above the 2nd node this time around to try thing out for myself. What I found was that the bottom set of "tops" on 2/4 plants still haven't caught up to the upper set. They are looking more like 2 tops than 4 as I approach 28 days veg tomorrow. The other 2 plants have 4 dominant tops as expected and look great -- their lower set of grow tips caught up with the upper set in fairly short order.
I topped all 4 girls within 3 days of each other, all around the day 15 mark, but the 2 that reacted funny had smaller lower sets of growth tips when the cut was made. They are both smaller plants -- then and even today still, 1 of them I'm calling a runt. They were showing 5-6 nodes each but again the 2 oddballs weren't quite as far along. Even so, I felt like I followed your instructions.
Any thoughts on this phenomenon? Does it maybe take them a while to even out sometimes, or do you think it's possible I just snipped to early?
I topped all 4 girls within 3 days of each other, all around the day 15 mark, but the 2 that reacted funny had smaller lower sets of growth tips when the cut was made. They are both smaller plants -- then and even today still, 1 of them I'm calling a runt. They were showing 5-6 nodes each but again the 2 oddballs weren't quite as far along. Even so, I felt like I followed your instructions.
Any thoughts on this phenomenon? Does it maybe take them a while to even out sometimes, or do you think it's possible I just snipped to early?
quebec budzz
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Thanks for the response. So this is a normal result, I shouldn't be thinking about what to do differently next time -- is that what you're telling me?
UB- Sorry for sounding so elemtry as I am completely new to this but from what I'm gathering is you basically top right above the first four branches. If that is the case could you cut the first two branches off because they don't look as good as the next four branches and top there. By branch I mean the petiole Thanks bm
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uncle bob im a noob at this can you circle were to cut ive read and read this forum but i really dont want to mess this up can you please help?
uncle bob im a noob at this can you circle were to cut ive read and read this forum but i really dont want to mess this up can you please help?
quebec budzz
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is it so tough to count 1.......... 2 nodes then cut!!look the results
stop pinching....start Topping uncle ben style+ rep to the Uncle
stop pinching....start Topping uncle ben style+ rep to the Uncle
Uncle Ben
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That worked out perfect for you.
I see you buried the "crotch". Just a thought......you will get root output along the buried "trunk" but you might want to get the crotch above ground by pulling some soil out of the pot.. If you have even the smallest crack in the crotch and water collects and stays there, you're inviting rot. The photo below shows a plant that split wide open at the crotch thanks to a storm, laid wide open. With the help of duct tape and a good spray of tar like stuff into the hole, it survived and produced really well.
Uncle Ben
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Pruning paint.
genuity
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ok,cause last time that i had a stem split like that,i sprayd with aloe vera spray gel.
that split came back together extra thick.
dose pruning paint have aloe vera in it?
Uncle Ben
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Yes, plus Eye of Newt....totally "natural and organic".
Wheat? No Ho Grain fer me.......
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quebec budzz
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that wont happen since I get them in Nightime! or before a storm!!!
ShowMeTheWay
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you're only getting confused because you're just skimming through the info.
read it properly. im learning all this for the first time, and its annoying that on nearly every single page of the thread people ask the same dumb questions.
if you cant understand something made so simple by pictures and diagrams or cant be bothered to read the threads properly and research it yourself then don't bother growing in the first place cause you obviously don't have the right mindstate to do it.
next you'll want them to come and take your grow over for you.....
lbezphil2005
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What about when you water, bro? Don't you think a little moisture might get in there?
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