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

omri · Feb 15, 2011

if your going to pinch to get colas, why not just keep bending the top over and grow it laterally to however long you want, genetics of course being considerd. this is what i do and i have taken as much as 3/4 of an lb off of one plant if i was a big grower i'd get a dual spectrum all encased in one bulb,sodium&halide and i could get sustantially more from one plant

Fuck Snails · Feb 16, 2011

Illumination said:
you mean join you in your adolescence? Sorry but we're busting nuts not zits....go play in the street kid

Namaste'

ahahhahaah funnyy

I tried this topping method last night, already today I see the growth taking place! Im too nervous to do it again to another plant tho hahahahah

Good shit uncle ben too bad they had to killl u in spiderman

bukeye420 · Feb 16, 2011

this thread is great ive been reading for hours, i may have missed it but i didnt see the question ask. After using your technique how long should i veg before budding? im going to try it in a SOG so i would like to bud as soon as i can ( while still getting 4 colas) what's your advice

Grow'N'Smoke · Feb 16, 2011

bukeye420 said:
this thread is great ive been reading for hours, i may have missed it but i didnt see the question ask. After using your technique how long should i veg before budding? im going to try it in a SOG so i would like to bud as soon as i can ( while still getting 4 colas) what's your advice

I am sorry to hear about your poor reading skills, I have heard that Hooked On Phonics works wonders. If you would like to try again, I remember UB answering this question within the first 4 pages.

-GNS

fletchman · Feb 16, 2011

Grow'N'Smoke said:
I am sorry to hear about your poor reading skills, I have heard that Hooked On Phonics works wonders. If you would like to try again, I remember UB answering this question within the first 4 pages.

-GNS

I dont want to read 319 pages, is this fuckin thread for real?

riddleme · Feb 16, 2011

fletchman said:
I dont want to read 319 pages, is this fuckin thread for real?

I have read it 3 times, you should too

it's very real

fletchman · Feb 16, 2011

riddleme said:
I have read it 3 times, you should too it's very real

Anyone with a fucking brain knows you can "Top" a plant, hell you can cut 3/4 off the fucker and it will still kick ass, you could run it over with a lawn mower and it will live.

And Uncle Ben say Foliar Feeding doesn't work? Too funny.

wavey.mofo · Feb 17, 2011

So if i top my plant and get 2 main colas, would i get double the yield?

Danielsgb · Feb 17, 2011

fletchman said:
Anyone with a fucking brain knows you can "Top" a plant, hell you can cut 3/4 off the fucker and it will still kick ass, you could run it over with a lawn mower and it will live.

And Uncle Ben say Foliar Feeding doesn't work? Too funny.

I think he says it's in-effective, but you sure seem to know a lot about gardening :dunce:

. Let me guess you think lolli-popping is great too, and flush for 2 weeks prior to harvest. :wall:

wavey.mofo said:
So if i top my plant and get 2 main colas, would i get double the yield?

No, but I get more from a topped plant than un-topped. I wouldn't ever expect double.
Daniels :blsmoke:

jloudermilk · Feb 17, 2011

hey just need some confirmation before I make the cuts, my father's meds depend on it. Id appreciate anyone who can confirm the picture below is correct and that the black line is indeed where I make the cut on this plant. And as far as the cut goes, I just cut across horizontally?

riddleme · Feb 17, 2011

jloudermilk said:
hey just need some confirmation before I make the cuts, my father's meds depend on it. Id appreciate anyone who can confirm the picture below is correct and that the black line is indeed where I make the cut on this plant. And as far as the cut goes, I just cut across horizontally?

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your black line is correct

jloudermilk · Feb 17, 2011

thanks for the response

doug henderson · Feb 17, 2011

Can you top clones too once they are rooted ?

The45King · Feb 18, 2011

jloudermilk said:
hey just need some confirmation before I make the cuts, my father's meds depend on it. Id appreciate anyone who can confirm the picture below is correct and that the black line is indeed where I make the cut on this plant. And as far as the cut goes, I just cut across horizontally?

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Cut here and i believe you will get 2 mains cut a node above to get 4 i believe the single leaf node you have isnt a true node

The45King · Feb 18, 2011

Not a great pic but 4 on each

johndoe12345678 · Feb 18, 2011

thank u uncle ben

Uncle Ben · Feb 18, 2011

Good luck with that.

This thread has been going on for months (if not a few years). Where's the finished product? I'd like to see the end result.

interstellar · Feb 18, 2011

Hello all,

first let me say thank you to Uncle Ben for this thread, and for staying with it for so long!

I registered on this forum today because of it.

I have some questions regarding my plants before i proceed with your technique to get 4 colas Uncle Ben, and please forgive me if they have been answered elsewhere in the thread.
Two pictures are attached in regards to my questions. In the first you can see the fan leaves just above the cotyledons have been cut off. Does that mean that the node marked "A" is now the first true node?

In the second picture the two nodes above the cotyledons have suffered the same fate. Where there used to be 4 fan leaves there are now none. As you can see there is still growth shooting up from the side from where the fan leaves used to be. Do I start counting from the section marked "A", or do the cut-off fan leaf sites still count as true nodes?

Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us!

//Stellar

The45King · Feb 18, 2011

interstellar said:
Hello all,

first let me say thank you to Uncle Ben for this thread, and for staying with it for so long!

I registered on this forum today because of it.

I have some questions regarding my plants before i proceed with your technique to get 4 colas Uncle Ben, and please forgive me if they have been answered elsewhere in the thread.
Two pictures are attached in regards to my questions. In the first you can see the fan leaves just above the cotyledons have been cut off. Does that mean that the node marked "A" is now the first true node?

In the second picture the two nodes above the cotyledons have suffered the same fate. Where there used to be 4 fan leaves there are now none. As you can see there is still growth shooting up from the side from where the fan leaves used to be. Do I start counting from the section marked "A", or do the cut-off fan leaf sites still count as true nodes?

Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us!

//Stellar

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answer to the first question is yes and the second pic you cut at node marked a i believe

The45King · Feb 18, 2011

Uncle Ben said:
Good luck with that.

This thread has been going on for months (if not a few years). Where's the finished product? I'd like to see the end result.

I will put 1 up when mine are done,just the 1 though lol

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