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

Uncle Ben · Dec 6, 2010

SL2 said:
UB your tech works like a champ.

I cut between 2nd and 3rd I got 4 colas, between 3rd and 4th I got six colas...just like you said...perfect. Thanks for the info!

All it takes is a general understanding of apical dominance....the redistribution of auxins and gibberelins to dormant buds which we've talked about numerous times throughout this thread. Glad it worked out for you.

Im also using Dyna Grow. Love that stuff and so do my plants...anyway I have DG root gel. It has a sticker that says "not to be used on plants intended for food or feed puposes" what are thoughts on using this on MJ? Im affraid to use it now...

Depends on how many Green lawyers are wrapped around it.

I've used the Griffin's Spin-Out pot treatment on many an edible plant, and I'm still standing.

You mentioned "flushing like you are supose to" in a previous post. I am growing in soil and thought people only flush at the end of flower. Should soil plants be "flushed" durring the grow like between veg and flower? Or did you mean just getting a good "run off" with each watering / feeding?

Thanks for all your threads. Helped mt a lot.

IMO, flushing is a myth started by the Dutch as an atonement for over fertilizing.

odlaw said:
FINDME i think you need to go research some horticulture books and educate yourself

No shit. I'm not here to teach the basics nor spoon-feed anyone. It's their responsibility to learn what makes a plant tick. If you guys keep asking the same questions that have been answered over and over and over, I'm just gonna consider you lazy and/or rude.

I bet alot of these questions are rhetorical in nature, from youth who have never grown a plant in their life nor are able to pull it off due to extenuating circumstances (currently living with Mom/Pop).

UB

MeJuana · Dec 7, 2010

We don't argue methods, we try each one and settle on the one that works for us. So far the Uncle Ben method is suddenly happening to all my plants, I now take those tops I stole and confirm sex twice as fast as before.. Talk about working, this method is getting it down for me.. Not to mention plant height is not a pressing issue any longer.. This thread though is about Uncle Ben's method, where most of us have tried all other ways to do things as well. Quit harassing Uncle Ben, you might need to ask him a question some day. If you are just seeking attention from him offer him 100K cold hard cash, that is a great conversation opener.

Uncle Ben · Dec 9, 2010

MeJuana said:
We don't argue methods, we try each one and settle on the one that works for us. So far the Uncle Ben method is suddenly happening to all my plants, I now take those tops I stole and confirm sex twice as fast as before.. Talk about working, this method is getting it down for me.. Not to mention plant height is not a pressing issue any longer.. This thread though is about Uncle Ben's method, where most of us have tried all other ways to do things as well. Quit harassing Uncle Ben, you might need to ask him a question some day. If you are just seeking attention from him offer him 100K cold hard cash, that is a great conversation opener.

Thanks. In case you missed my offer, I'd be glad to do a FAQ for this thread, page one, addressing the redundant issues but RIU is not cooperating.

Grow hard,
UB

Brick Top · Dec 9, 2010

Uncle Ben said:
Thanks. In case you missed my offer, I'd be glad to do a FAQ for this thread, page one, addressing the redundant issues but RIU is not cooperating.

Grow hard,
UB

At times the thread can be just like déjà vu all over again …. to use a Yogi Berra line.

PUKKA BUD · Dec 9, 2010

hey

ive got a question guys my girls on her 4th node and the 5th is jus sproutin the thing is i was goin to top for 4 colas so cut above the 2nd node but the 1st an 2nd node are really small an only have 1 leaf when the 3rd an 4th are huge compared and have many. i think its due to me runnin my nutes abit to low at first. would you top my plant or would you let her grow as normal an have a try on the next run?

cheers

DaveCoulier · Dec 9, 2010

PUKKA BUD said:
hey

ive got a question guys my girls on her 4th node and the 5th is jus sproutin the thing is i was goin to top for 4 colas so cut above the 2nd node but the 1st an 2nd node are really small an only have 1 leaf when the 3rd an 4th are huge compared and have many. i think its due to me runnin my nutes abit to low at first. would you top my plant or would you let her grow as normal an have a try on the next run?

cheers

If you think your plant is healthy enough you can top. If not, I would delay it until the plant improves or try again next time.

bigdave21 · Dec 9, 2010

Thanks for this post im gonna try it. ill post pix when i do

ANC · Dec 9, 2010

Hey as I said before the plant I topped in UB style turned out to be a giant, and realy overshadowed the plant that I had left.... sadly it was a male.
The pic is the remaining mutant from a few weeks ago...
It has 3 of those tall arms, I just got a shitty angle when I took the pick. I guess its nature copying UB.
The middle arm was mutating pretty badly when the plant was young, so the two secondary branches below that became dominant, the middle caught up nicely with it though. Its putting out a few white hairs, but not realy in flower yet as our days are still very long. I could get it to start flowering if I move it to my old spot, but I wanna see how big it can get.

This is the base... remember this is untopped, totaly naturaly grown.

katwoman2012 · Dec 10, 2010

Is this guy posting this crap on all tutorials or just random pages?

K21701 · Dec 10, 2010

katwoman2012 said:
Is this guy posting this crap on all tutorials or just random pages?

Not sure but I keep seeing this same bullshit garbage every where I go!!!!

katwoman2012 · Dec 10, 2010

To get back to the subject, here is the one I'm waiting on next with the large four colas. It was cut exactly according to the picture on the first page

Thank you UB.

nas2007 · Dec 10, 2010

PUKKA BUD said:
hey

ive got a question guys my girls on her 4th node and the 5th is jus sproutin the thing is i was goin to top for 4 colas so cut above the 2nd node but the 1st an 2nd node are really small an only have 1 leaf when the 3rd an 4th are huge compared and have many. i think its due to me runnin my nutes abit to low at first. would you top my plant or would you let her grow as normal an have a try on the next run?

cheers

let her go abit longer you will see the growth comming from the 1st and 2cnd node then just top wont b long now

Tarkett · Dec 10, 2010

Awesome man! I used your guide and its working!

axl · Dec 11, 2010

how much extra veg time is required after a top for 4 main colas. Can I top, wait 5 days or so and flower with decent yeilds?

Im at 6 nodes high now, would i yeild more flowering in 5 days, or topping now then flowering in 5 days?

wally nutter · Dec 11, 2010

from my experience, under a nice HID light, in a week the size will have at least doubled. as for a delay, only about 24 hours.

axl said:
how much extra veg time is required after a top for 4 main colas. Can I top, wait 5 days or so and flower with decent yeilds?

Im at 6 nodes high now, would i yeild more flowering in 5 days, or topping now then flowering in 5 days?

Uncle Ben · Dec 11, 2010

katwoman2012 said:
To get back to the subject, here is the one I'm waiting on next with the large four colas. It was cut exactly according to the picture on the first page Thank you UB.

Keep 'em green!