So this plant my buddy has got 3 sucker leaves and 3 1st node leaves.

How rare is this? Any concerns?

Imagine the topping possibilities!

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No worries. I have seen some weird plants turn out to be beauties.

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I have had a few of these in the past and got excited but they don't actually produce any thing better than a normal plant,its all hype.
Nothing more than a plant that naturally grows 3 tops without topping or fimming it.
I noticed no strength increase and all of the ones that i had were males except one.

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Keep your eyes on it.

Once it gets a little bigger see if it grows 3 new branches per node.....it should. If it does grow 3 branches per node the next thing you want to look at is to see if the 3 new branches are growing 3 leafs also.

If they do, and your plant is a female, then it will kick ass. The reason is the 3 branches per node. You will see a 33% increase in total yield. I know this because I had one before and I kept it as my mom.

But it didn't work out cause:

It didn't grow 3 leaves on the new branches. Each node had 3 new branches but the branches themselves had only 2 leaves like a regular plant. So it really didn't work out for me with the clones.

I would assume that only the very top of my plant had the 3 chromosome gene problem because none of my clones ever popped with 3 branches on a node. It would have stopped making 3 branches per node if I topped it.

That's why I say keep an eye on it. If it turns out like mine and only has 2 leaves per new branch then you can still use it as a mom if it's female cause you can get a ton of clones out of it.

If you have the better one that grows 3 leaves on each new branch....
Then you have an ass kicker which will give you 33% more bud on each and every plant. I would keep it as a mom and grow out those clones.

If it's a really strong female you got it made. If it's weak and grows slowly then don't bother...it's a dud.

If it turns out to be a male......lol

2nd node also is three leaves (positive).

Lets all hope it's not male!

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I used to have a Red Maple tree like 10 years ago and one of it's branches was a trifoliate. When I trimmed it the branch split into 3 instead of 2, but the new branches only had opposite nodes like normal. Same with an herb plant a few years ago, topped it but the new branches were normal. Pretty cool to look at though!!