New Grower do you top autoflowers

[Chester]

I start at about 10 days and I've learned to be gentle cause I pulled a seedling out by it's roots once ...

 

[jokidd]

It works great for two reasons ... Lifting allows light to the lower leaves causing them to branch out and it slows the growth of the center itself w/o removing it ... sometimes when the center is bunched up like in pic #2 above I'll shade the center to assure that the center is not growing ... this allows all the growth to take place down below ... once I have the branches started I LST all around the outside w/ the emphasis on open and same height ... a healthy Jock Horror can be a tall plant but by turning it into a bush it can be grown in a smaller space with a more uniform canopy ...

very nice plant! could you plz give me a full list of your soil and nutes and when to use which nutes

 

[Chester]

very nice plant! could you plz give me a full list of your soil and nutes and when to use which nutes

It was grown on Nirvana Soil and Flower tabs ... I added Cal/Mag+ to make up for using RO water ... the soil was a Lamberts organic potting soil from Home Depot mixed w/ 1/3-1/2 perlite ... about 10% Coast of Maine Lobster compost ... There is a grower here ... Feenix ... that has been using Nirvana tabs and has been having great success w/ cutting them in half and staggering their use ...

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[TheBudBear]

hello jokidd


yes it is possible to top the autos .. I keep on experimenting a bit with it right now
But think good and stable genes is important ...


This is one of my TD girls mary she is about 35 days old now and she is topped and LSD ..
She and her sister are topped a little different ways so we'll see what the end result will be

 

[jokidd]

It was grown on Nirvana Soil and Flower tabs ... I added Cal/Mag+ to make up for using RO water ... the soil was a Lamberts organic potting soil from Home Depot mixed w/ 1/3-1/2 perlite ... about 10% Coast of Maine Lobster compost ... There is a grower here ... Feenix ... that has been using Nirvana tabs and has been having great success w/ cutting them in half and staggering their use ...

:tiphat:

so do u just mix the tabs in the soil or put them on top?

 

[The Elvis]

well show me one of ur untopped plants that is as big as my 10 day old topped plant and will talk. my plants can lose a few days to recover.can urs?

Here is a Ryder that's taller than my washing machine 77 days and she was never topped. I have to have a look at your 10 day old topped plant. And yes you can believe b16guys plants allays recover.

:Sharing One:

 

[faded187]

final dry weight was? you say m way is waste of time. that plant has a lot of wasted space n my opinion. my colas go from top to bottom with buds my friend

 

[GoAuto6]

This isn't a I'm right your wrong, play ground discussion, Put your two cents in and leave it at that, If this turns into a pee-pee match I'll shut it down!

 

[CanadianHigh]

Yeh you can, ive done side by sides/ Not too many times though.

 

[Chester]

so do u just mix the tabs in the soil or put them on top?

I push them into the soil about an inch ... the first half of the Soil tab at about 14 days and the second half at about 3.5 weeks ... 1st half of Flower tab at week 5 and 2nd half at about week 7 ... these times are approximate and based on a fast rate of growth ...
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Feenix has a grow going right now using Soil and Flower tabs ...
https://www.autoflower.org/f5/nirvana-blue-mystic-shortryder-35262.html#post668811