How many of you top and how many of you train your plants?
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Topping vs Training poll
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Training is the best way for me because the plant doesn't have to reroute the flow of liquids.
revegeta666
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Topping for me but if your plants are stressed then neither.
Bump.
CharlesU Farley
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I encourage them to grow how I want them to grow and they usually do.
Most assuredly, I do it without topping, without any lst, restraints, bondage/discipline... or spankies.
Seriously, I don't believe in abusing a cannabis plant just to get it to grow a certain way or to produce more buds. Those aren't the type of buds I want to consume.
I could throw up a bunch of bud shots/plant shots to illustrate my point, but I've got a thread about it.
Most assuredly, I do it without topping, without any lst, restraints, bondage/discipline... or spankies.
Seriously, I don't believe in abusing a cannabis plant just to get it to grow a certain way or to produce more buds. Those aren't the type of buds I want to consume.
I could throw up a bunch of bud shots/plant shots to illustrate my point, but I've got a thread about it.
greyfader
Well-known member
How many of you top and how many of you train your plants?
hey, buddy! you left out the 4th option, which is both. i use both plus careful defoliation to shape my plants.
indoors we have to control and redirect growth for yield.
this is strain-dependent, of course. but I find most high-yielding indoor hybrids require a combination of these techniques.
OleReynard
Well-known member
I use both also, confined spaces.
Top once and train until my fingers go numb.
OleReynard
Well-known member
Also depends on whether you want to see the true expressions of the plant for breeding purposes
I do both. I top them a couple times usually then spread them out and defoliate as necessary.
That is truth if you want to see the real plant
inside I would do them like this under a 400 watt HID
3 - 400 watt lights in a 4 foot x 8 foot box from 2001 Over Grow
outside I just let them go
grow well and stay safe
S_M
CharlesU Farley
Well-known member
When I saw that first pic, I thought it was from UB, kinda looks like his avatar. I know he was a pioneer for topping at the fourth node I think, even back in the day.
I obviously took a different approach.
Wish I had pics of the first couple of grows of Sensi's NL from 2000. Six plants, in 2 x 5 closet, lit by 1 kW MH, with someone who already had 15 years of lst and growing sativa experience in there .
They were magnificent, uniform and put Sensi's JH to shame, in the exact same environment, by the exact same grower.
But I _did_ tie them down, do really heavy LST/bondage, and supercroppng... but no spankies.
"... in the end it is what works for you in your space"
Respect.
You understand, unlike most others, when I post threads in like this. It's not either/or, confrontational/do what I do, and it's definitely not the _best_ way or method to do anything. I don't want anybody to do anything like I do, because they can't.
I learn more from people I disagree with, who are not disagreeable, than I do from any other method.
I'm learning from you, thanks.
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back in 2001 on OG Uncle Ben and Butcher Bob would hammer at me about the abuse I will give a
plant inside
but when a plant is growing peak it is hard to slow them down even by hacking at them
Love your work my friend
all the best and grow well
S_M
CharlesU Farley
Well-known member
Not the best pic, because I was taking it to illustrate I use fans in the undercarriage of the canopy.
In this video, which I did to illustrate more the air velocity I use than the actual structure or training of the plant, which is most important to me.
Sorry ya got to go to YouTube to view it, I age restrict everything cannabis related to 18+ years.
In this video, which I did to illustrate more the air velocity I use than the actual structure or training of the plant, which is most important to me.
Sorry ya got to go to YouTube to view it, I age restrict everything cannabis related to 18+ years.
greyfader
Well-known member
what's this? Being nice on the internet? whoever heard of such a thing?When I saw that first pic, I thought it was from UB, kinda looks like his avatar. I know he was a pioneer for topping at the fourth node I think, even back in the day.
I obviously took a different approach.
Wish I had pics of the first couple of grows of Sensi's NL from 2000. Six plants, in 2 x 5 closet, lit by 1 kW MH, with someone who already had 15 years of lst and growing sativa experience in there .
They were magnificent, uniform and put Sensi's JH to shame, in the exact same environment, by the exact same grower.
But I _did_ tie them down, do really heavy LST/bondage, and supercroppng... but no spankies.
"... in the end it is what works for you in your space"
Respect.
You understand, unlike most others, when I post threads in like this. It's not either/or, confrontational/do what I do, and it's definitely not the _best_ way or method to do anything. I don't want anybody to do anything like I do, because they can't.
I learn more from people I disagree with, who are not disagreeable, than I do from any other method.
I'm learning from you, thanks.
CharlesU Farley
Well-known member
I'm pretty sure most people I respond to here on ICM wouldn't consider me nice.
I'm usually known for being rather pugnacious.
S_M is an experienced grower and obviously grows some outstanding cannabis, so he's earned my respect, even though we develop cannabis differently.
I am pretty sure in my real life folks think I am an asshole as I do not sugar coat thingsI'm pretty sure most people I respond to here on ICM wouldn't consider me nice.
I have grown a plant or two I started in the Greenhouse Industry back in 1981 growing bench
crops
my early work on my plants is about the same thing that is done to field mums when you grow them
I have found it is all about what works for your style of growing in your setup, for me it was the learning
curve of growing under lights but not in a greenhouse
but a grower at Cannabis Culture Old But Still Stoned gave me lots of pointer and then told me to move
to Over Grow as it was a better fit for me
many way to skin this cat my friend just need to find your way and your work is outstanding
I find new growers make growing hard
all the best and be safe
S_M
