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A Complete Guide to Topping, Training and Pruning

kukac

Member
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?
 

MedGrowerTom

Organic Dank Land
Veteran
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?

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.
 

AllStuff420

Member
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.
 

#1cheesebuds

Well-known member
Veteran
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.
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Old Uncle Ben

Well-known member
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?

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/

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/

Uncle Ben
 

Vandenberg

Well-known member
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 :cool:
 

#1cheesebuds

Well-known member
Veteran
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.

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