Uncle Bens topping technique gone wrong?
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Nice Ol Bud
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Ya man,
your in for a shit load of trouble in a couple of seconds from everyone.
Good luck lol,
and its doing what its supposed to do dude??
Lol??
NoB
your in for a shit load of trouble in a couple of seconds from everyone.
Good luck lol,
and its doing what its supposed to do dude??
Lol??
NoB
Your probably not wrong, but I'm guessing you are stoned. lol If you look at the first picture in Ben's thread on his technique it looks like there is another set of stems growing out of the stem and branch. Maybe I'm wrong here in thinking that was a branch and that it's a fan leaf. My plant was quite big although it was only 6 nodes tall. This picture was taken a day or two after topping.
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique: https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get.html
Sunshine Closet
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I've never done that topping technique, I've only read the tutorial. Looks like you whacked off too much. The pics in the tutorial show more stem after the node where the cut is performed. How long has it been since you chopped it?
Thanks for the warning Bud. I think I see the error of my way.
The pictures were 2 days after. I think the picture in Ben's thread is of a much younger plant. Maybe only 3 nodes tall.
Nice Ol Bud
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Sunshine Closet
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The tutorial says to wait until the plant is 5 or 6 nodes tall and then cut it after the second set of true leaves. My assumption is that by waiting until there are 5 or 6 and then cutting all the way back to the second is so that there are more auxins/growth hormones to redistribute. Again if you don't leave enough stem, then there's going to be nothing for the four new colas to grow from. You'll probably end up with two new ones, but maybe nothing since it was such an extreme cut and done what appears to be improperly.
My guess is that the auxins that would have been used to grow the new colas are being used on the lower secondary growth. That's why you see them shooting up like that.
Ya man,
see if you can edit the title.
NoB
How do I edit it?
Ya man,
see if you can edit the title.
NoB
OK. I did it! But this was in no way a slam on Ben's technique. Just what I thought was my failure.
Nice Ol Bud
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Press the edit button, and go advanced.
If its their.
Lol.
NoB
If its their.
Lol.
NoB
Illumination
New Member
cant alter the thread title...you got it right there bro...just let her grow and tie her up...that's what I do
Namaste'
Namaste'
cant alter the thread title...you got it right there bro...just let her grow and tie her up...that's what I do
Namaste'
Sh!t....I can't do anything right! I just changed the title....
