Airwave
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Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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Uncle Ben
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elduece
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continued.........Hello again Uncle Ben. medical420whatever can go ahead and suck a big one.
I'll introduce to you my favorite one. My wife like to call he/r Jamie Lee Curtis. S/he is a bagseed variant, and s/he looks/smells sooo good! S/he is 35" tall in a 4 gallon container.
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Uncle Ben
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Lookin' good!
llltimelll
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hey all....ddont really have time to read all 150 pages right now.........wut posts/page numbers (besides bens) show others (pics) that have successvfully completed this technique....love UB pics......has anyone been able to replicate these results consistently???
DaveCoulier
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Are you talking about pics before topping and what they look like a week or two later? If so Shackleford has some pics 2-3 pages back. Check out post 1248 and 1294 as well.
True Stoner
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Can this be done to clones?? If so whens the best time to top them?? Thanks
Snak
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This has been covered about two dozen times in the thread.
You can but its unpredictable- Clones rarely have opposing nodes, so the outputs won't be even.
Ryando
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Sorry if this was already mentioned but i really couldnt bring myself to read 158 pages.. =/
The top cola which you are removing when you top a plant is reffered to as the "apical meristem" and the reason the top cola normally grows largest unless cut is because surpressive hormones are sent down the top cola to the other branches/growth which stops them from having an even share of the plants overall intake of energy, cutting the top cola off then redistrubutes the hormones more evenly, but the top cola has another use "The main shoot also has other functions. It communicates with photosensitive pigments, called phytochromes, located in the leafs." what i'm wondering is if we top a plant, does the plant lose the ability to what i just said?
The top cola which you are removing when you top a plant is reffered to as the "apical meristem" and the reason the top cola normally grows largest unless cut is because surpressive hormones are sent down the top cola to the other branches/growth which stops them from having an even share of the plants overall intake of energy, cutting the top cola off then redistrubutes the hormones more evenly, but the top cola has another use "The main shoot also has other functions. It communicates with photosensitive pigments, called phytochromes, located in the leafs." what i'm wondering is if we top a plant, does the plant lose the ability to what i just said?
waz666
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Just a thought for any newbies reading this, I am somewhat of a newb, I was a guerilla outdoor grower for years and now i've finally moved indoors. Anyways I got to the point of where I wanted more colas, so I had to decide between fimming and Uncle Ben's topping method. I went down the middle topped 4, fimmed 3. All 4 I topped have 4 main colas and I got clones from the topped material. My fimmed plants, one has 5 tops and the other 2 only have one each, hence the term fim, fuck I missed. The morale of the story is if your new and looking for easy consistant results Uncle Bens method is excellent and I would recomend it over fimming.
llltimelll
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UB or any one else......have you noticed considerable increase in yield with your topping technique....has anyone done side by side comparisons yet? plz help
also, wut is final size of plants (inches or feet) after topping when they are allowed to reach harvest?? and yes i kno strain, environment, etc. all matter.........
also, wut is final size of plants (inches or feet) after topping when they are allowed to reach harvest?? and yes i kno strain, environment, etc. all matter.........
DaveCoulier
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I can't quite tell you on the first one. Ive currently got 3 topped plants, 1 fimm'd, and 4 untopped ladies in flowering at this time. These are all from seed, so results really wont mean too much, but its something to go on. Ill gladly let you know the results when their in.
As for question two..that can't really be answered. Not everyone tops at the second node. Some top late in vegging, some early. Some people give their plants more veg time after topping, etc, etc..
llltimelll
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four cola topping, five or six nodes high, top at second node style.....expected results???
Airwave
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If I'm reading your post right, I think you have it wrong.
Wait till the plant reaches 5 or 6 nodes, then top between the second and third node to get 4 colas. The reason you wait till the plant has reached 5 or 6 nodes is to allow the plant to put down a decent root system before you top. Also, you can then grow the tops as clones.
llltimelll
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okay ppl....plz quit splitting hairs wit mHe.....UB topping technique for four colas.....side by side comparisons....expected increase in yield?
REDI JEDI 420
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are the two or four colas roughly the same size or smaller than what would be one large cola?
Airwave
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As far as I know it depends on the strain.
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