Live Stoners Live Stoner Chat - Jan-Mar '24

[Lil Dab]

Hello guys, I am a completely new grower! I want to try a growing a 9 week Autoflowering strain! I’ve heard the best time to top is, after the plant reaches 6 nodes! Should a 9 week Autoflowering strain have enough time to grow 6 nodes, before going into flower?

I top most all my plants just above the fourth node
This is what I’ve been taught and follow


Learn how to top your plants at the 4 th node. Visit @autobeastthreads.

This breaks the apical dominance and you will get more big colas.

 

[Blue_dreamer]

FYI, if you use mosquito bits in your grow to combat gnats, you can buy the stuff as a liquid and way more concentrated.

Amazon product

This will treat "400 gallons every other week for 2 years" So 400 x 52, so 20k gallons of water.

It looks like its a powder, but when you open that container, its actually a dropper bottle. I've just added a drop of it to each of my reservoirs. This summer I'm going to spray my yard with it, I get so sick of being attacked by mosquitos.

 

[Blue_dreamer]

I top most all my plants just above the fourth node
This is what I’ve been taught and follow


Learn how to top your plants at the 4 th node. Visit @autobeastthreads.

This breaks the apical dominance and you will get more big colas.

I top at the third node. I've tried more and things get too messy and overcomplicated to prune. I've tried 2 nodes, and you don't get enough main branches to work with.

 

[Frankthetank]

 

[Frankthetank]

 

[Blue_dreamer]

Does anyone know how many nodes a 9 week autoflower will usually grow before flower?

Quite a few.

You want to top as soon as the plant is big enough to let you do so. Otherwise you are letting it waste time and energy creating plant mass that you are just going to trim off.

You want to top it ASAP so that it puts its energy into the side branches instead of the main trunk.

 

[Frankthetank]

Good morning @Lil Dab

 

[NORB YIPPLS]

So a guy came to fix the washing machine,, he said, do you smoke, can I tap you for a smoke, I was in a hurry and forgot to stop at the shop,
I said yeah no worries and he spotted the tray and said he used to smoke bongs long ago, I said do u want one and he actually said yes, lol

Just worried about the washing machine now

 

[Frankthetank]

So a guy came to fix the washing machine,, he said, do you smoke, can I tap you for a smoke, I was in a hurry and forgot to stop at the shop,
I said yeah no worries and he spotted the tray and said he used to smoke bongs long ago, I said do u want one and he actually said yes, lol

Just worried about the washing machine now

 

[Frankthetank]