Well, I had a problem with PH initially, so after transplanting, I tested the soil PH and my waters PH and it is now doing well. No leaves are dying now, all new growth is lush green. But, where the original leaves were (the first few nodes I'd say) are these small leaves. Take a look at the thread I posted previously for pics. It has been doing good for two weeks now, but it is starting to get too tall. I'd like to top now in order to get more main colas and then begin the flowering once it has recovered (after the new offshoots/growth have significant foliage and such.)
The reason I do it is because the amount of bud that forms at the bottom of the plant is so minimal that it doesn't benefit me. The concern i have is the extra foilage limits the light penetration and I need that maximized considering I have four plants in a sqft (sog). If the plant doesn't have the lower leaf sets then it directs the nutrients up which produces bigger colas too, correct?
Hfig how old was your seedlings before you toped them?
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Lollipoppin is more, as I understand it, like this, or at least done like this. Rooted clones are placed directly in flower. After a week you chop off the lower third of the plant, whether its dead or healthy. You do this once more in the third week. This is done to promote growth at the top of the plant and create the one fat bud. Keeps the lower branches from branching out to get light, which results in reducing light penetration to the other plants. This is important in SOG growing primarily I believe because plants are packed tight. For example, 4 plants per sqft."What is "lollypopping'? Some kind of new French dessert, or a kewl sex toy?
"lollypopped" cutting the dead, dying, crispy, otherwise useless, yellow leaves off from the bottom half of the plant.
I hope that I didnt make it up.
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