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

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ChroniCDooM

ChroniCDooM

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HigH people. Well it's been almost 24 hrs since they've been topped. Just peeked in on them and to a few pics. One question I have is where is the new growth coming from? I tried to get some pics on my iPhone with a loupe in front of the lens to get a close up. I have noticed on both plants that on each side of the main stem they have two little things? Shooting out. Four on each plant. These things are right at the node. Is this the growth I'm looking for or has it yet to appear? Sorry the pics aren't the best quality but you can kinda see the little things I'm talking about. Appreciate any feedback on this.
 
Danielsgb

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ChronicDoom, the lateral branches growing is the new growth. Each of the 4 tips at the end becomes a Cola when they flower. From the purple pic I can see all four. 2 left & right, and 2 front & back. Does this make sense?
Daniels
 
webb107

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Here are my plants with 4 main colas I let them grow to 4 nodes then i topped them

This is a pic of my LSD
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Here is special k
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grow plenty

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yea......the haters are gone and were back on trac! +rep uncle ben for YOUR fine topping tech. i use it...often! thank you for sharing...g.p.
 
ChroniCDooM

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Danielsgb said:
ChronicDoom, the lateral branches growing is the new growth. Each of the 4 tips at the end becomes a Cola when they flower. From the purple pic I can see all four. 2 left & right, and 2 front & back. Does this make sense?
Daniels
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Cool I see now. Lol thanks Daniels!
 
smoke n strum

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I'm going to call it Uncle Ben's technique forever...because it is. Like all wannabe pot heads I've started bunches of plants over the years, but never had the nads to let them get big...except for once that was pure luck, but I knew about topping and I did it, but i never knew how to do it right until I read this thread. Some people would tell the pope he wasn't Catholic... that's human nature. Don't argue with these guys... that's what they want... they want to disrupt this thread and when you respond to them, it just adds fuel to the fire. FWIW...sns:leaf:
 
sso

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its a neat method, in this way, you cut off a tiny top, barely 2-3 cms of green, the plant hardly notices it and you end up with 4 tops that have perfect spacing.
and 4 tops is generally considered to be the perfect amount of tops per sqf. and by experience i think so too.

each top gets adequate lighting, have many more than that and they tend to crowd one another out (unless you´ve got a Big plant lol)
 
rjl

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Afghan plant started from seed on day 48, using the UBTT. 4 healthy main cola's, with all the juicy Hormones entering day 3 of 12/12 light cycle.
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THE TOPPED CUT WAS PLACED IN JIFFY PELLET WITH ROOTING HORMONE. AFTER 2 WEEKS, PLACED IN SOIL.
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A CLOSE UP OF THE ABOVE PLANT SHOWING THE JUNCTION OF THE 4 MAIN COLA'S.
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THE ABOVE PLANT A DAY AFTER THE UBTT CLEARLY SHOWS THE 2ND TRUE NODE.
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Gdaddy

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Well UB, all I can say is thank you and this technique rocks! I don't know how some of the others were doing it but to me it was simple. I was kind of leery about taking off so much growth since my plants were up to their 5th node but I decided to give it a go and cut them back to the 2nd node like you explained. Within a couple days they started on a huge growth spurt and now it's 2 weeks later and they're doing fantastic, each plant has 4 obvious top, quadrupled in size. Love the structure they're getting.

The only thing I might do differently is to make the cut a little earlier, I hated to cut off that much growth, even though it was worth it. Guess the real test will be in the finished results, but I'm pretty optimistic. I would rather come away with 4 nice fat colas then 1 giant one, so I think it will work out well.

Anyway, I'm on here a lot but I'm not really into posting but I had to give you some props, I don't necessarily always agree with your opinions or the way you go about things but, as far as this goes, you nailed it. Thanks again and I think I'll be using this technique from now on
 
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Would you happen to have pictures of this at the full veg growth before flowering? We are trying to grasp the concept of this and what it looks like before they are flowering
 
Uncle Ben

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Gdaddy said:
The only thing I might do differently is to make the cut a little earlier, I hated to cut off that much growth, even though it was worth it. Guess the real test will be in the finished results, but I'm pretty optimistic. I would rather come away with 4 nice fat colas then 1 giant one, so I think it will work out well.
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You're welcome, glad it's working out for you. I could and have cut when I got to 3 nodes because my plants grow like a mofo. I only posted what I did in post #1 as a guide (waiting until the 5-6 node before you cut drill) which helps preclude any delay in new output.

UB
 
ChroniCDooM

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HigH people. I'm on day 27 and 3 days since using UBTT. Both are looking great and I actually like the way they look better than before. I'm hoping for big things using this technique. I made a little video and took a few pics. Here is the vid link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAuOKR-vEw&sns=em

Pics of the LSD&Blue Mystic:


If you checked out the vid, I sure could use some Help determining what the leaf spots(nute burn or deficiency) are. Thanks!
 
eyezla

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Hey I have a question UB, just for the sake of curiosity. I have a solid grasp on how this tech. works, and can't wait to do it on my next grow, But sometimes I am lucky enough to take home plants that are 8-12 inches tall already. So I dunno if i'd really want to cut it all the way down to the 2nd node. BUT if I did, would this technique STILL work?

Also, lets say I didnt want to cut a 12incher down that far, I could top it, then top both tops once again, creating 4 colas, essentially doing the same thing, but would it be worse than your technique (as far as plant structure/strength etc goes). I guess basically I'm asking, other than taking longer, is the "old" way of topping worse?
 
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