Topping went wrong ?

[afshinn]

Hi my plant are 50 days old ,
A friend of mine topped the gurls 3 times , unfortunately he wasnt there for the 4th topping , so my newbie partner did it but im guessing not so good .
There are the pictures he sent me after the 4th topping please tell me if there is anything wrong with em(im not there at the time)

 

[Jimmy Sparkle]

To my eyes only it looks like the plants may have been topped OK the first time maybe, but it looks like they grew leggy since probably phototropic and definitely too leggy to be trying to top any at this point. You will have issues with long leggy branches and fluffy growing tops that will most likely need to be propped up . Better get some tomato cages around them or anything for the that matter.Also your lights are on and all your leaves are saturated. Tell homie to not water your plants if he's going to do it like that. You are asking for it! Im now having doubts that your experienced grower who originally topped them to begin with new what they were doing either. Please don't water the leaves, and I wouldn't top them any more, you need to strengthen them up so hopefully they will be able to hold their own weight.Don't stress it. It will smoke good in the end because it's yours

 

[afshinn]

Thanks
What do you think about the distance between the plants and lights?those 2 lights in the middle are mh 400w rest are cfls and florescent .
And about the watering do you mean that we shouldn't spray water on the leaves daily?

 

[Jimmy Sparkle]

No water on the leaves my guy it can eventually cause disease, and the lights on the wet leaves can cause burns and crispy spots. Bring those lights way down but not with wet leaves. You can bring them down as far as you can as long as its not hot on them . put your hand over the top of your plant bring your light down until your hand feels warm and comfortable not hot. This will be the perfect distance. Also If it was me I would turn your Cfls on their side you might get better light distribution

 

[hotrodharley]

To my eyes only it looks like the plants may have been topped OK the first time maybe, but it looks like they grew leggy since probably phototropic and definitely too leggy to be trying to top any at this point. You will have issues with long leggy branches and fluffy growing tops that will most likely need to be propped up . Better get some tomato cages around them or anything for the that matter.Also your lights are on and all your leaves are saturated. Tell homie to not water your plants if he's going to do it like that. You are asking for it! Im now having doubts that your experienced grower who originally topped them to begin with new what they were doing either. Please don't water the leaves, and I wouldn't top them any more, you need to strengthen them up so hopefully they will be able to hold their own weight.Don't stress it. It will smoke good in the end because it's yours

Look close.They have been topped on the top of those legs. You need to begin LST, too late to SCROG well.

 

[hotrodharley]

And you are going to need to add silica is my guess. Those long thin stems can be really fragile. If they bend but don't snap off you are good as it will simply form a callous there and be stronger.

 

[undercovergrow]

who chopped all the fan leaves off?

 

[afshinn]

Thanks Again
I dont think stems are tall enough for lst
And from what your sayin i got a little bit disappointed i expected to to harvest 300gr per plant , i don't think that will happen now .

 

[Craig1969SS]

You're wasting time with cfl's that faraway from the plants, turn em off, they serve no purpose at all that far away. Keep your friends beaters away from your plants as well. Ok next time don't do them all either, you'd be surprised what an "untouched " plant will produce despite having only 1top

 

[afshinn]

You're wasting time with cfl's that faraway from the plants, turn em off, they serve no purpose at all that far away. Keep your friends beaters away from your plants as well. Ok next time don't do them all either, you'd be surprised what an "untouched " plant will produce despite having only 1top

Friend beaters ? Dont know what that means

 

[Craig1969SS]

Friend beaters ? Dont know what that means

Your friends fingers

 

[afshinn]

Your friends fingers

Yea tell me about it

 

[Jimmy Sparkle]

Yea tell me about it

It's OK dude. We all learn the hard way sometimes. Take suggestions from people with a grain of salt and never let anyone but you touch your plants

 

[Craig1969SS]

Yea tell me about it

Check it out I bent my plants over grew them sideways topped them and twisted them all up. I got good cola production with limited height. But my other ones untouched grew just as well in the end, and that includes production. But see I was able to grow many more compact plants this way. I grew 12 under hps and 5 under sunlight. The hps budded stronger. I had to include my lanky Mekong sativa, I'm most excited about this one.

 

[jacksthc]

Hi my plant are 50 days old ,
A friend of mine topped the gurls 3 times , unfortunately he wasnt there for the 4th topping , so my newbie partner did it but im guessing not so good .
There are the pictures he sent me after the 4th topping please tell me if there is anything wrong with em(im not there at the time)

light a bit high above the plants, need to be 3-6" above them but your friend has done a fantasic job with the plants

could you post pictures in 10 days so every one can see how bushy and level the canopy becomes

 

[afshinn]

Check it out I bent my plants over grew them sideways topped them and twisted them all up. I got good cola production with limited height. But my other ones untouched grew just as well in the end, and that includes production. But see I was able to grow many more compact plants this way. I grew 12 under hps and 5 under sunlight. The hps budded stronger. I had to include my lanky Mekong sativa, I'm most excited about this one.

Good Job , Nicely Done .Thanks for sharing

light a bit high above the plants, need to be 3-6" above them but your friend has done a fantasic job with the plants

could you post pictures in 10 days so every one can see how bushy and level the canopy becomes

yea Moved them already , CFl ( 15cm ) mhs(30cm) ,
of course ill post pics as soon as i get there but i Don't Think he Did good with the topping though

It's OK dude. We all learn the hard way sometimes. Take suggestions from people with a grain of salt and never let anyone but you touch your plants

Thanks Jimmy u helped a lot

 

[jacksthc]

Good Job , Nicely Done .Thanks for sharing

yea Moved them already , CFl ( 15cm ) mhs(30cm) ,
of course ill post pics as soon as i get there but i Don't Think he Did good with the topping though


Thanks Jimmy u helped a lot

What he has done is stunt all the top growth, you will see this and think he's done a poor job but watch all the lower growth catch up and you will see.
I would use some fence wire to make s shape hooks and hold all the branches down to the sides of the pots, give them 3-4 days and flower and you will pull a bumper crop
I have done this many times my self with great results

 

[afshinn]

What he has done is stunt all the top growth, you will see this and think he's done a poor job but watch all the lower growth catch up and you will see.
I would use some fence wire to make s shape hooks and hold all the branches down to the sides of the pots, give them 3-4 days and flower and you will pull a bumper crop
I have done this many times my self with great results

Hope you are right
Yea im gonna try lst too , since everyone been sayin that

 

[jacksthc]

my plant i did this too



and the yeild




you tell me lol

 

[afshinn]

Helloo
Its been about 75 days of veggin
Im going to change the light schedule to 12/12 in 2 days
I tried lst on 2 of em but not all the stems im gonna do the same with the rest ,i dont think i should bend al the stems cuz i fear they will fill the place up and the bulbs wont be enough for the whole space,
Any suggestions ?