Newbie - 1st post - 2nd grow - topping??

yea .. one main steam .. and sure topping or FIM works great ..

in short .. it make it a bush insted of a tree ...

try to look at this fellow .. Im sure his just up your ally

he have a lot of vidios on youtube .. kool guy and watching them did teach me a lot of stuff about growing and its funn

Ooh yea here is a link to a very nice .. easy to use "guide"

http://www.420magazine.com/forums/ho...need-know.html

nice one .. answer most of your basic questions .. also have a Chapter about topping and diffrent tecnics ..

be careful as some strains do not take well to topping like Chronic

http://hempdepot.ca/seeds/serious/Chronic.html

I just finished a big bud grow and I must warn you she gets BIG and heavy, my main cola was 94grm and two sides 30+grms. I lst'd her at week 4 and she bushed out , once I find the wire imma put pics up. Good Luck..

is this wet weight

Originally Posted by eggbert1

Hi All,
I am an older gentleman near retirement. Just an old hippie.
1st grow was a learning process. Nearly killed the plant 4 times by spider mites and insufficient watering due to schedule. A semi-success. 1 oz Pineapple Kush

I have a homemade box using CFL's for now. 16" deep, 46" wide, 46" tall, insulated.
Question. Growing 2 Big Bud seeds in 7th day doing well. Does this plant grow with one main stalk or does it bush out? 2nd question. Should I "top" a couple of times to force bushing out? What about training? (Iknow...3 questions).

Thanks in advance,
Eggbert

My experience with Big Bud grows in the past is that it is a central cola growth pattern with some side branches that can have trouble supporting the potentially large buds growing there. Considering your grow box most advantageous method to manipulate the growth hormones would be FIM( fucked I missed). FIM is basically topping however you have left about 10% of node behind. What that will do is distribute the growth hormone downwards but not all the way down the plant. If done correctly it will generate more cola sites. So rather having one central cola that could be massive, you will have multiple cola sites that could be uniform in size. Good luck and unfortunately growing is trial and error regardless how much you read or listen to others. Be patient ..

Originally Posted by JASON79

is this wet weight

Very dry weight. I kind of thought the weight would have been greater than what it was. Seemed like a lot of flowers.

have you got any pic's as this is my best just under 1 oz's bud dried cured
and the wet weight was round 5 oz's

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