Self Topped SSH
- Thread starter chocgrl
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According to Greg Green in his book "The Cannabis Breeder's Bible" this is called auto-topping, a mutation caused by chromosome modification. This is not a common mutation so it's probably rarely seen. I will start some clones to determine whether this passes on to them or was the mutation perhaps caused by environment. The plant had to endure a harsh cold spell.
ONEeyedWILLY444
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i believe cos i had it happen to me with a white widow from greenhouse........i have proof too....
ONEeyedWILLY444
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a bit blurry but proof none the less
|B3RNY|
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I believe you, I've only had clones do this to me, it usually starts right after theyy root... they grow numerous small side branches (tiny), looking all crazy, then a few days later the side branches start shooting up like crazy, very quickly growing taller than the top, only the top remains there so they are very obviously "self-topped." I'm not big on topping though, I usually only top mother plants. I like LST and HST techniques though, you can do amazing things with a little string (or a little branch-pinching.)
|B3RNY|
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It wasn't suppose to be a trait of the strain, at first I thought I'd accidentally hit em with an alcohol spray bottle instead of water but later clones did the same thing in a controlled environment. A few of my clones have "self-topped", I quit worrying about why they do it because they were going outside anyways and they turned out around the same yield as the taller ones. I don't know about this trait you speak of but clones do it too, I know for sure.
