Young Pumpkin
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OK, I'm a bit old school here, real old school, so bear with me. Since the early days of the Mel and Ed Growers Guide (30+ years ago) 1 thing I've kept in mind is waiting at least 2 weeks after topping before flowering. Used this theory for years (sativas). Got into clones (indica/sativa) and this breed or type seemed to do well with just 1 week. Name of type??? I might could have told you 10 or 12 years ago, but not now.
Whats got my curiosity is something I saw on You Tube, of all places. A guy was starting flowering on 4 plants. At 1 week into bloom he topped the smallest part he could get from the plant. WTF? I took 4 plants at about 15 inches, set them to flower and topped 1 plant just like his tute. I stuck with 1 in case this idea bombed on what I grow. Well at 5 weeks I'm thinking there might be something to this.
My control plants (single stem), as expected, have doubled in height. My topped plant is about 8 inches shorter. My only dis-advantage is my light, of course, is a bit higher for the taller control plants. (1 of 2, 400w HPS) I've got 5 weeks to go but I am pleasantly surprised on this and can't wait for the end. I'll take the 3 and get an average but wow, what a "top knot" of buds on this girl.
So....has anyone else done this? Does this method have a name? Should I throw my method of topping out the window? Has an old dog learned a new trick? If some one had told me or I just saw it in print I would have dismissed it.
Go to you tube, search on "chronic" you'll find him on the first page. He has a completes set of vids as a tute and you'll want to find tute 8 of 9 (about half way into the vid) His tag line is "I grow Chronic"
I have been outta the loop for many, many years. I only leave my cave/world for food, guitar strings, and computer parts. I'm feeling really old and out dated. (Wait, I am old and out dated). I have heard Nixon resigned tho. Woof.
Whats got my curiosity is something I saw on You Tube, of all places. A guy was starting flowering on 4 plants. At 1 week into bloom he topped the smallest part he could get from the plant. WTF? I took 4 plants at about 15 inches, set them to flower and topped 1 plant just like his tute. I stuck with 1 in case this idea bombed on what I grow. Well at 5 weeks I'm thinking there might be something to this.
My control plants (single stem), as expected, have doubled in height. My topped plant is about 8 inches shorter. My only dis-advantage is my light, of course, is a bit higher for the taller control plants. (1 of 2, 400w HPS) I've got 5 weeks to go but I am pleasantly surprised on this and can't wait for the end. I'll take the 3 and get an average but wow, what a "top knot" of buds on this girl.
So....has anyone else done this? Does this method have a name? Should I throw my method of topping out the window? Has an old dog learned a new trick? If some one had told me or I just saw it in print I would have dismissed it.
Go to you tube, search on "chronic" you'll find him on the first page. He has a completes set of vids as a tute and you'll want to find tute 8 of 9 (about half way into the vid) His tag line is "I grow Chronic"
I have been outta the loop for many, many years. I only leave my cave/world for food, guitar strings, and computer parts. I'm feeling really old and out dated. (Wait, I am old and out dated). I have heard Nixon resigned tho. Woof.