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A Complete Guide to Topping, Training and Pruning
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OneTokeOver
Agreed! This thread has helped me immensely.
gelmancadet
New member
VERY INTERESTING THIS IS A VERY GOOD GUIDE NICE ONE
Superceamy
Member
tyvm for taking ur time to put this thread up and taking care of it...
u have no idea on how u improved some ppls grow-style around here...
thank you again and keep it up .. !!!
u have no idea on how u improved some ppls grow-style around here...
thank you again and keep it up .. !!!
"There is also a technique called FIM (Fuck I Missed) topping. By leaving a small portion of the growth on the main shoot intact, the plant will for some reason assume that four shoots, instead of two, are the dominant shoots and they will grow evenly in height."
Four bud sites instead of one? Yes please!!!
Four bud sites instead of one? Yes please!!!
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OGvenom
thnx for posting, alot of good info in this thread
w33dbl@zz3r420
New member
very informative i found it to be extremly helpful. thank you for knowing yur stuff
sativaXindica
New member
Wow thanks a bunch. I'm about to do my second grow and was thinking SOG. This was very helpful, especially the SOG section. Now I'm deff going to use this method on my next crop.
THANKS FOR THE HELP
PEACE
sativaXindica
THANKS FOR THE HELP
PEACE
sativaXindica
No problem. I'm glad that you found the guide useful.
Best of luck with your second grow. SOG grows can definitely give you a lot of bud. The tricky part is figuring out how many plants you need. Use a bunch of clones from the same plant for an even canopy and give the plants some space. If they are too close together, they also tend to stretch for the light when it gets crowded. 1-4 plants per square foot is possible, depending on what kind of plant you are growing and what kind of light you are using.
Best of luck with your second grow. SOG grows can definitely give you a lot of bud. The tricky part is figuring out how many plants you need. Use a bunch of clones from the same plant for an even canopy and give the plants some space. If they are too close together, they also tend to stretch for the light when it gets crowded. 1-4 plants per square foot is possible, depending on what kind of plant you are growing and what kind of light you are using.
WoW
WoW
I'm growing my first plant....doing just one its just for me.Will start a second one when this one matures.
been firing up since the late '60's,now at 66 just starting to enjoy retirement in a whole new way.
In 2 day's of reading your article I have learned more about my plant than i have known for the last 40 years!
Great ! Great !
Glad I found you !
WoW
I'm growing my first plant....doing just one its just for me.Will start a second one when this one matures.
been firing up since the late '60's,now at 66 just starting to enjoy retirement in a whole new way.
In 2 day's of reading your article I have learned more about my plant than i have known for the last 40 years!
Great ! Great !
Glad I found you !
textbook buds. As good as it gets.
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greenmatter
great thread kodiak! i would call it a "must read".
after going from a horizontal grow to vertical i have to re-learn how to get the girls going right in veg. lollipoping and pinching a top now and then no longer applies to what i am doing. i know i have to reset the learning curve, and each plant is different, so i am not asking for a wave of your magic wand, but ........... any input?
after going from a horizontal grow to vertical i have to re-learn how to get the girls going right in veg. lollipoping and pinching a top now and then no longer applies to what i am doing. i know i have to reset the learning curve, and each plant is different, so i am not asking for a wave of your magic wand, but ........... any input?
Thanks
I haven't done any vertical grows but phototropism works the same no matter how you orientate the plants or the light. They always go for the sun. It's just a tilted perspective of things. I would probably use chicken wire as a scrog. Top and train the plants in veg so that they are hugging the fence and guide the shoots through the holes. Some shoots go high while others go low. Thread back and forth if necessary. If some shoots elongate too much, feed them back through the scrog and have them come out at a lower level. It's good to keep a creative frame of mind. Anything that gets permanently stuck on the dark side is probably best removed for optimum performance.
Just some ideas off the top of my head. I'm sure that you will know what to do as things progress. Necessity is the mother of invention.
I haven't done any vertical grows but phototropism works the same no matter how you orientate the plants or the light. They always go for the sun. It's just a tilted perspective of things. I would probably use chicken wire as a scrog. Top and train the plants in veg so that they are hugging the fence and guide the shoots through the holes. Some shoots go high while others go low. Thread back and forth if necessary. If some shoots elongate too much, feed them back through the scrog and have them come out at a lower level. It's good to keep a creative frame of mind. Anything that gets permanently stuck on the dark side is probably best removed for optimum performance.
Just some ideas off the top of my head. I'm sure that you will know what to do as things progress. Necessity is the mother of invention.
