cronmega666
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Its my first grow, Its been 2 weeks of veg. i re potted my 2 plants a cOuple days ago. Im looking to get 4 main colas so i topped above the 2nd true node. Gets before and after shots, How's it look?
Did i top to early?
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ArcticOrange
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I'd recommend burying the stem to just below the Cotyledons when you transplant young plants. The long stem isn't doing you any good and will eventually root if buried. As far as the topping goes I agree with @Dumme it will be fine, it will take a few days to really get those new growth tips rolling.
cronmega666
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Thanks for the feed back @Dumme and @ArcticOrange , ill put sone more soil in tomorrow.
ArcticOrange
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Try to make sure none of your leaves are actually touching the soil and you'll be golden!
420monster
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I topped a blue mystic about the same spot and vegged indoors for 2 months before I put it outside the result was two side by side huge stocks that grew to about 5 feet before I found out it was a male and pulled it point is it turned out fine would of made one hell of a female
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cronmega666
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I only have arOund 3 feet in my grow cabinet so I'm trying to keep them short abd bushy. Here's my latest photo at about 4 weeks into veg. I think I'm going to let her veg for another week or so. Before i switch to 12/12.
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harris hawk
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should wait till 4th or 5th node development to top
Punk
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Hi there,
If your reason for pinching off the tops on young seedlings is to gain more bud sites in the end, you're better off waiting until its bigger. Instead of cutting it, pinch the stalk in areas you want it to bend without severing it, let it droop there and recover...it will spread out more in a horizontal fashion.
What you're doing is actually slowing down progress. Especially when growing from seed, the plant simply needs to reach a certain level of growth before it's mature...and cutting it down at this stage only hinders that progress. (some may argue this)
In any case, a plant will naturally assign leader and secondary leader branches, essentially doing on its own what you're trying to do.
If your reason for pinching off the tops on young seedlings is to gain more bud sites in the end, you're better off waiting until its bigger. Instead of cutting it, pinch the stalk in areas you want it to bend without severing it, let it droop there and recover...it will spread out more in a horizontal fashion.
What you're doing is actually slowing down progress. Especially when growing from seed, the plant simply needs to reach a certain level of growth before it's mature...and cutting it down at this stage only hinders that progress. (some may argue this)
In any case, a plant will naturally assign leader and secondary leader branches, essentially doing on its own what you're trying to do.