I just topped at 16 days ...

Hopefully they aren't stunted. They are autos so I figure if they aren't stunted than they will have a good time period to recover. When is the earliest you topped? ( Worst case scenario I stunted them and I start over)

A lot of people top them once early in the grow and say it works better. I've never topped any as I was growing them outside so didn't have to worry about them growing up into the light. Kinda hoped they would but I'm more of a realist than to expect that.

I personally would not top an auto. Just LST it so it doesn't stunt or slowdown.

Wizzlebiz said:

I personally would not top an auto. Just LST it so it doesn't stunt or slowdown.

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Seems there's people totally for it and people totally against it. I'll post results in my journal.

bd6187 said:

Seems there's people totally for it and people totally against it. I'll post results in my journal.

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If the plant is healthy, recovery from a topping is about a day.
I usually top my plants once they hit their 4th or 5th leafset. Any earlier than that and there arent enough remaining leaves to support fast growth

Boatguy said:

If the plant is healthy, recovery from a topping is about a day.
I usually top my plants once they hit their 4th or 5th leafset. Any earlier than that and there arent enough remaining leaves to support fast growth

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I do that as well with my photoperiod plants but the issue whether or not to top autos. I'm not going to be growing autos any more so a-topping-I-will-go!

OldMedUser said:

I do that as well with my photoperiod plants but the issue whether or not to top autos. I'm not going to be growing autos any more so a-topping-I-will-go!

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Even auto's wouldnt flinch if they had enough leaf to keep on growing.