Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

REDI JEDI 420 said:

are the two or four colas roughly the same size or smaller than what would be one large cola?

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depends on the plant and how you grow it, it is all relative and no one can tell what an expected yield might be, there are to many variables

so if i was going to top this plant would i have cut at the red or blue line?

WhiteWiddow said:

so if i was going to top this plant would i have cut at the red or blue line?

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i forgot the pic

Make mine Red, Johnny!

WhiteWiddow said:

so if i was going to top this plant would i have cut at the red or blue line?

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Blue. See page one.

Uncle Ben said:

Blue. See page one.

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With all due respect to UB, I'd be inclined to cut at the red line and eliminate the first node growth. 4 main colas from more robust nodes seems like a good idea to me. In my limited experience, the first node can be produce weak growth.

so the blur would give me four colas correct?

Topping at the 2nd node will produce something like this. (I also trained[LST] them open sideways.) You can see the 4 dominant tips, with lots of side shoots reaching the canopy due to the LST.

Afka said:

Topping at the 2nd node will produce something like this. (I also trained[LST] them open sideways.) You can see the 4 dominant tips, with lots of side shoots reaching the canopy due to the LST.

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thank you huge help +rep

i'll get some fresh pics up today of my topped girls. they are looking awesome.. technically speaking 4 colas each, though both plants seemed to have two more dominant colas.


Shack

heres 1 i toped althouth she has 4 heads plus a bunch of little ones ... Thanks UB

i topped at the 5th true node cause i didnt understand untill after i did it but hey looks good

PhillTubes said:

heres 1 i toped althouth she has 4 heads plus a bunch of little ones ... Thanks UB

i topped at the 5th true node cause i didnt understand untill after i did it but hey looks good

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Whatever you did is working for you. That's a nice healthy looking plant with great looking fan leaves.

Keep up the good work!

Uncle Ben said:

At? Is that below or above? The exact point is important reason why I spent a bit of time explaining the hormonal response thingie. If you topped above the 4th node, you'll get a bushy plant with the last output to occur at the lowest node, if at all. You will not get 2 or 4 main colas.

UB

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I was wondering about this statement, i just topped mine at the 3rd true node, after growing them out to 6 working on 7, and all of them responded well, and i now have 6 shoots on each plant growing out of the nodes, wouldn't that make it 6 main colas? in not sure on how topping at the second will give you 2-4, but if you cut any time after that its just a bushy plant, i will post some pics tomorrow when i update my thread

here they are 18 days into flower. thanks UB!






Shack

SICC";3703441]....and i now have 6 shoots on each plant growing out of the nodes said:

here they are 18 days into flower. thanks UB!

Shack

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Holy mole'! Damn fine lookin' plants cowboy! Don't change a thing.

UB

[QUOTE="SICC";3703441]I was wondering about this statement, i just topped mine at the 3rd true node, after growing them out to 6 working on 7, and all of them responded well, and i now have 6 shoots on each plant growing out of the nodes, wouldn't that make it 6 main colas? in not sure on how topping at the second will give you 2-4, but if you cut any time after that its just a bushy plant, i will post some pics tomorrow when i update my thread[/QUOTE]

If you do get 6 main colas consider yourself lucky. I topped above the fifth node on one of my ladies because she was trifoliate at that node. The end result was 3 main tops, and all the lateral branches below never became main tops.

i topped at the 8th node and have 11 tops. a couple of em have 2 tops coming outta one node, like one big sidebranch that forks into 2 big colas. IMO i like topping at the 6th-10th node. keeps ya guessing on the end results but makes you happy everytime lol

This blacberry kush strain came to me as a clone, it has heavy thick staggered branching from the very bottom of the plant. What would be the best way to maximize the yield with this type? It seems that lolipoping or topping wouldnt work?

The only way that i can think of, is to just flower it as is and give it plenty of space between other plants. Ive grown this strain out before with lots of space and it yielded 6.6 ozs off of one plant. I also grew it in a sog setup and only yielded 14ozs from 16 plants, under 1k 4x4 tray.

Im thinking maybe run 8 plants staggered in my 4x4 tray under a 1k next round.

any advice.....uncle? or anyone?

Hello all

i am looking to try this and have been reading A LOT from this thread but just confused as to the "true node" and when to top

i have never topped before and usually just let them go natural

well, time to adapt and try a few things... so could someone please let me know if my plants are ready to be topped of if it isnt the 2nd TRUE NODE

thanks a bunch

looks like 1 node but you need 5~6 before you top above the 2nd true node so that you have some decent roots first at least thats what i got from reading