pr0fesseur
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Block me for what?I will, and so will everyone else that reads this thread after i block you...buh bye
Auto flower topped vs not topped
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twentyeight.threefive
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LST does create new nodes like topping by breaking apical dominance. Also the photo you showed below your topping example, with the purple lighter, is an LSTed plant, I don't see any indication of where it's topped.
pr0fesseur
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Remember, topping isnt a single event. many growers including myself top several times. but its also not mutually exclusive to LST.. You can top fist then LST.
This plant has been topped Several times and then uses LST
Also finding good educational examples is kind of hard when you're trying to discuss something on a forum
This plant has been topped Several times and then uses LST
Also finding good educational examples is kind of hard when you're trying to discuss something on a forum
pr0fesseur
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Also im not trying to be argumentative in the least. I am only trying to help from many years of experience and failure. in the hopes that others can learn without too much confusion.
Despite what others post, i at least try to find and post my sources when needed so you can read for yourself.
Despite what others post, i at least try to find and post my sources when needed so you can read for yourself.
twentyeight.threefive
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That's fine. Doesn't change the fact that the stalk of the plant you gave as an example of topping is LSTed and not topped.
Also doesn't change the fact that LST creates more nodes by breaking apical dominance like topping.
pr0fesseur
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the photo may have been the wrong one to use fine.. i was using it as an example. ive deleted it to avoid confusion.
twentyeight.threefive
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It's a poor example when you're trying to show one thing but it's the complete opposite training method.
Fact stands that LST breaks apical dominance and creates plants with multiple main colas just like topping.
Growing weed is a curious combo of art and science. It’s really a wonderful hobby. I just started growing again after a 25yr hiatus. Believe it or not, I will be giving my harvest to several friends because I’m no longer a smoker....but that’s a long story, and I would like to be a social smoker again one day.
Things have certainly changed over the years and indoors was never something I did, I only started my plants indoors and they went outside for the rest of the cycle....had some phenomenal results too. The old timer that helped me always said “it’s just a weed, it’ll grow”. I do think the industry over complicates a simple thing in an effort to sell their many products.
So topping and all the training is also part art part science. I’ve seem main lined plants that were a work of art. Although most smokers only care about the performance when it’s rolled up or packed in a bowl.
What confounds me is you never know how the alternative would have turned out....especially with an auto...right now I feel like you get what you get, so learn to appreciate it, enjoy the process, and never be afraid to try something new.
Things have certainly changed over the years and indoors was never something I did, I only started my plants indoors and they went outside for the rest of the cycle....had some phenomenal results too. The old timer that helped me always said “it’s just a weed, it’ll grow”. I do think the industry over complicates a simple thing in an effort to sell their many products.
So topping and all the training is also part art part science. I’ve seem main lined plants that were a work of art. Although most smokers only care about the performance when it’s rolled up or packed in a bowl.
What confounds me is you never know how the alternative would have turned out....especially with an auto...right now I feel like you get what you get, so learn to appreciate it, enjoy the process, and never be afraid to try something new.
LeastExpectedGrower
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Don't feel bad. He blocks everyone. It's his schtick.
He must see about 30 posters around here.
Autodoctor
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I have two wedding cake autos starting out. Guess I’m gonna top one of them and see how it compares. Best way to find out is just to try it.
LeastExpectedGrower
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I topped in my last run, this time I've just LST some and supercropped one just for fun.
Autodoctor
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Good question would be when to top since they flower after third week
I mainlined this auto granddaddy purple. So 4 separate toppings. She has grown just fine, actually healthier then those I haven’t topped.
I'm no expert. I am only on my second grow and it's my first auto grow. I also haven't read this thread, only this page (9). I am doing a two tent grow with one tent (3x3) being perpetual autoflowers and the other being a scrogged photoperiod plant. I am topping at the 5th node which comes quickly growing in coco and then letting them do their thing. I also just started a Barney's Farm Wedding Cake Auto and plan on giving her the same treatment.
For the auto tent on the left... Barney's LSD Auto (left), Barney's Skywalker OG Auto (back), Barney's Wedding Cake Auto (right)
The Mars tent has a Barney's Mimosa x Orange Punch.
Anyways, I'm going to go back and read the thread now.
Dank Bongula
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I topped this white widow and then spread out the 2 lower branches and the two new tops to open up the middle. Day 66 from seed, not much of a grower this one