???? when you top i have heard you should be in veg. can you do this in flower?? also lets say you top in veg and the new growth is just starting can you throw it in flower then???

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I always waited atleast 5 days before flipping, but with NL5 alot happens in 5 days, with other genetics I might wait longer..

Does topping stun the plants growth in any way? untopped plants may grow taller and better than topped plants?

If you add up the 4 you'd definately exceed the natural height, but thats irrelevent, its about space and light management, not size overall..

Great thanks.
Solved the problem by bending the two branches to make the plant form a t shape.

Howdy, hope everyone's 4th was safe and fun!

Like to see a photo or two when she starts bulking up.

Good luck,
UB

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Hey Uncle Ben....

I'm more of a lurker than I'd like to be here, mainly cause I don't have much to contribute and a lot to learn. But I need to say THANK YOU for this awesome thread you started.

I started my first grow attempt (4 plants) in mid April- 3 Northern Lights and one Mazar. I "uncle ben'd" the healthy NL and the Mazar, but one of my plants did not even sprout, and the other sprouted with a missing cotyledon. It took about 2 weeks to finally make any growth at all, and I had to plant another seed to make up for the one that did not sprout.

Long story short, I did not have space for the 4-cola'd Mazar, so I gave it to a friend. Now I have a 4-cola Northern Lights, and 2 regular un-topped unadulterated Northern Lights.

And man oh man, does the uncle ben'd plant look oustanding. Two top cola's are huge and glorious after only 4 weeks of flowering now, but oddly enough the other two are much shorter. This probably has to do with the fact that I'm using CFLs and the light doesn't distribute totally equally (a condition I'm working to fix). Either way, I can tell that she's the plant that's going to give me the heftiest yield out of all of them.

And I can already start to see my preferred style of growing develop. I don't want to be fucking with these things, I just want to let them grow. LSTing, Supercropping, SCROGging, it all seems like a lot of work for not a lot of benefit, when all you have to do is just one early topping to get 4 huge colas.


Anyways, just wanted to say thanks for helping out a noob succeed in this stuff. Really, I couldn't have done it without you and the rest of the guys on this site.

Hey everyone hows things, Snak put some pics up of your NL it sounds good. I think than some of my bbc have stretched a little and 2 of them might have needed a little more time for the colas to level out but they are all getting good light and air circulation. The benefits of UB's topping technique are astounding, Everyday when i water my plants i see new bud sites on all of them you just wouldn't belive it i think im going to have a good harvest. Thanks UB.

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The link to my first grow..http://www.rollitup.org/newbie-centr...eese-grow.html Take a look

Again, apical dominance. The lower colas may, and I emphasize may, be smaller in bulk than the ones above them. When I top to 4 main colas, they seem to bulk up pretty much the same. Your mileage may vary.

Exactly. Too much crap for too much effort around these parts. Growing pot should be as low maintenance as you can get IMO. My style is - no gimmicks, no charts, just plain botany.

Cool! Glad it's working out for you.

Have fun,
Uncle Ben

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Just keep them green my friend. One main cola or 4, it all depends on how well you maintain the plant's food factory (leaves) until harvest.

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