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

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Uncle Ben

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Hi uncle ben , and i appologise for the off topic but i would like to ask you a question . Could you please share with us your say top 10 favourite strains (coupled with the breeder of each) ? Some insight to cut threw the thousands of strains that are around and to something of the finest quality that you trust? Thank you

I would also like to express to you my gratitude for the knowledge and the way of thinking about the subject of cultivation
I like anything from the old Wernard Positronics stuff, Sagamartha and Flying Dutchmen.
 

Vnsmkr

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Jeez man, I followed the instructions and EVERY cannabis plant I have grown I have done this to and it works. How can so many people fail to follow a simple instruction is beyond me. Happy growing whatever it is you're growing
 

JimmyIndica

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Been using this technique forever. Its the only way I do it! 2-4-6 just depends on which strain are growing faster than the others to determine how many cones they get! To me its all predetermined strain by strain This is one of the better thread going on this site. new growers should follow uncle bens advice! double or triple your yield folks! These are the only type threads I follow on here! Most the garbage is people tryin to sell shit for there own personal gain! Honey Bananas, Strawberry Banana,Purple Og 18, Tru Berry, Gummy Bears Under KIND K5 750. Some have Most gonna have 4 cones, 1 of the Honey Bananas is gonna have 6. Its a Beast! Gonna take couple cuttings from that one!.
 

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papajohn

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UB how do i go about setting up a small indoor grow room?

What do i need? any of your tutorial links>?

OH BTW how do you crack down on cut worms?

Thanks pal....
 
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Eflo

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I think UB really only uses screens in pipes and windows..:)
Not that you couldn't string 4 tops through a screen if you're dead set on doing so, but this method usually works out to be pretty light efficient without a screen..
Hey just wondering what strains have you done this method with? Have you done a OG strain with this? How was the outcome?
 

Uncle Ben

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UB how do i go about setting up a small indoor grow room?

What do i need? any of your tutorial links>?

OH BTW how do you crack down on cut worms?

Thanks pal....
If I told you, I'd have to kill you. :)

I used 1X4 supports, stapled large cardboard panels on them, painted them with 3 coats of thinned Behr's Ultra White gloss latex, and using pipes hanging on nails and chains attached to the pipes hung HID's at any height I wanted. One wall was stationary as was the front panel braced against the side walls and the panels were moved in or out according to the garden's footprint. I could set it up and take it down in minutes. Bottom of 5' H side panels were 16" above the floor with a window fan blowing into the garden at pot level, 9" clip on fan just below open hoods blowing the hot air off the garden tops. Easy peasy, cheap, but VERY effective. Plastic floor was painted white.

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Thuricide or any BT product for caterpillar control.

My method is not strain dependent. It will work on anything cannabis.
 

Uncle Ben

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Those are only 1 gal. pots.

You can buy BT in small containers. It is not a systemic. If you want a systemic then buy Adonis 75WP off ebay. A little goes a lonnnnnnnnnnnnngggg way.
 

coopersheldon

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Howdy!

Based on quite a few questions about topping I've received here: https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/13820-fimming-topping-101-a-12.html I decided to reproduce a thread on my favorite topping method published at cann.com about 10 years ago. Even though I've got much better photos from many latter grows both indoor and outdoor, I'm gonna stick with the old photos from the original thread. Lighting is HPS from start to finish with the exception of using 4' long shop fluors from germ until about 2 weeks. Some pix were taken outdoors for better resolution thanks to an old camcorder I was using.
Selecting the point for topping to get 4 main colas -

To get 4 main colas, let your seedling or cutting (clone) grow to about 5-6 nodes and pinch out (cut) the stem just above the 2nd true node. The node where the cotyledons attach doesn't count. The result will be a redistribution of the auxins and other hormones that normally collect in the tissue of the terminal leader's tip. These ho moans will be redistributed to dormant buds that reside in the nodal axis where the leaf petiole attaches to the "trunk", below the cut. The new foliar output response will be quick (within 24 hrs., see photo below) if you have a healthy growing seedling and will be your future main colas - 4 instead of the usual 1:



Here's a photo of the same plant about 8 weeks into flowering. The plant is about 42" tall, has 4 main colas with an abundance of large, healthy fan leaves.



This is an indoor shot just prior to harvest showing the colas bulking up quite nicely. Notice how the weight of the heavy colas is naturally pulling them apart, which opens the plant up so that light can penetrate the interior of the canopy. This is the same principle used by fruit orchard managers who create an open vase profile for their trees in order to increase production. This profile also has a side benefit of providing good interior air movement which reduces fungal/rot pressures.



The plant after harvest showing the branching scaffold and dominant 4 main cola "trunks", opposing nodes one right above the other. Smaller secondary branches also provided good bud production. This plant yielded over 10 oz of cured bud.



~ Topping for 2 main colas ~

Pinch out the seedling above the 1st true node to get 2 main colas:





Any questions, fire away.

Happy gardening,
Uncle Ben

can you re-up the photos please
 
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