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A Complete Guide to Topping, Training and Pruning
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KushKrusher
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Great read
I have one stupid question
How to train plant to produce 6 colas?
I have small box. I can fit 4 plants, in 3 gallon pots, topped for 4 main colas and lollopoped. And there is still some free space. I like to have different strains and this time two of them will be sativa leaning hybrids. I want train them for 6 colas. I hope that that will help with hight control and fill some space.
So, wich is easyest way to acomplish that?
I have one stupid question
How to train plant to produce 6 colas?
I have small box. I can fit 4 plants, in 3 gallon pots, topped for 4 main colas and lollopoped. And there is still some free space. I like to have different strains and this time two of them will be sativa leaning hybrids. I want train them for 6 colas. I hope that that will help with hight control and fill some space.
So, wich is easyest way to acomplish that?
just top a lil higher so you have more nodes to grow into branches and into colas. or top your your 4 tops two nodes up so you have 8 tops.
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Great tutorial, just what i was looking for. Thank you very much,Sir!
Vandenberg
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Bumping this up
Bumping this up
An oldie but a goodie of a thread. Very informative.
Bumperoo
Vandenberg
Bumping this up
An oldie but a goodie of a thread. Very informative.
Bumperoo
Vandenberg
AllStuff420
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There are numerous options. As with children, the best time to begin training a plant is when it is young. As stems age, they become harder and woodier, making them more difficult to bend without breaking. New growth, on the other hand, is extremely adaptable.
This is how i train my plants. I grow seedlings in beer cups and as they grow i tie the main branch around the cup to make a spiral as shown in this drawing. So when i transplant them in the 3 gallon pots they are short and bushy thus Giving all the flowers a chance to grow the same size.. Then i train the branches around the pot when i switch to 12-12.
This method also works in vertical gardens you're just trying to grow around the pole.
This method also works in vertical gardens you're just trying to grow around the pole.
Old Uncle Ben
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My technique to get 2-4 Main Colas. Been discussed on YouTube and quite a few sites. I developed "it" in the late 90's. I have topped every kind of plant material I could put my hands on to get the training I want, literally 10,000 or more both as a hobby and a niche ag biz.
http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?/topic/333990-anyone-tried-uncle-bens-topping-technique/
Uncle Bens topping method SUPRISED!!
Any plant I have done a ub to has killed it every time the roots just pack it on what's left it's mad
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My main million + views thread. Pix are gone. https://www.rollitup.org/t/uncle-bens-topping-technique-to-get-2-or-4-main-colas.151706/
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gorilla ganja
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Some would disagree, but I say take them off. Leave most of the leaf stem. It will dry up and fall off on its own.
The plant looks nice and healthy.
The plant looks nice and healthy.
Old Uncle Ben
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They are productive. Don't get stupid, leave the leaves on! That's where most tissue comes from.
Vandenberg
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It has been 15 years since this was originally posted and I find myself referencing this post time and time again over the years...A true classic post here at ICMAG.
I am sure glad this was made an easy to find sticky all those years ago.
HAPPY GARDENING!
Vandenberg
I am sure glad this was made an easy to find sticky all those years ago.
HAPPY GARDENING!
Vandenberg
Yeah clip em. They are shading out everything else.
Should I train this to a tomato cage or leave it growing as is. I worry if I try to train her to her cage ill break the branches.
She's currently in the beginning flower stage.
She's currently in the beginning flower stage.
