Mephisto Genetics MEPHISTO TO TOP OR NOT

[NEWEYGOOEY]

HEY ALL I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, ABOUT TOPPING MG OR NOT BUT FIRST THE CAPS ARE DUE TO MY VISION ISSUES, I WAS BLESSED WITH ALL OF MG 420 STRAINS AND GOT THE HOOK FROM THEM, I HAD A MISFIRE WITH SOUR CRACK, ?? ONLY 4 INCHES & WITH MANY AUTO GROWS DONE I WAS CONCERNED BY WHAT HAPPENED. I NOW HAVE WALTER WHITE, FORGOTTEN COOKIES, STRAWBERRY NUGGETS, SODK, AND FS POPPED AND SOME ARE 1INCH OTHERS ARE 3 - 4 INCHES COULD ANYONE HELP ME OUT AS FAR AS SHOULD ANY OF THESE BE TOPPED AND TIED OR BASICALLY WHAT PICS CAN YOU SHARE W ME, TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET BEST RESULTS HAVE DONE THE 4 WAY SCROG W LAWN STAPLES AFTER TOPPING, BUT NEVER TOPPED MY AUTOS, ANY PICS OF THE BEGINNING OF HOW YOU DO YOU MG AUTOS FOR FAT BUSHES/ KOLAS, AS ALWAYS I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT & HELP THANKS

 

[Ribbzzy]

HEY ALL I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, ABOUT TOPPING MG OR NOT BUT FIRST THE CAPS ARE DUE TO MY VISION ISSUES, I WAS BLESSED WITH ALL OF MG 420 STRAINS AND GOT THE HOOK FROM THEM, I HAD A MISFIRE WITH SOUR CRACK, ?? ONLY 4 INCHES & WITH MANY AUTO GROWS DONE I WAS CONCERNED BY WHAT HAPPENED. I NOW HAVE WALTER WHITE, FORGOTTEN COOKIES, STRAWBERRY NUGGETS, SODK, AND FS POPPED AND SOME ARE 1INCH OTHERS ARE 3 - 4 INCHES COULD ANYONE HELP ME OUT AS FAR AS SHOULD ANY OF THESE BE TOPPED AND TIED OR BASICALLY WHAT PICS CAN YOU SHARE W ME, TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET BEST RESULTS HAVE DONE THE 4 WAY SCROG W LAWN STAPLES AFTER TOPPING, BUT NEVER TOPPED MY AUTOS, ANY PICS OF THE BEGINNING OF HOW YOU DO YOU MG AUTOS FOR FAT BUSHES/ KOLAS, AS ALWAYS I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT & HELP THANKS

IM GONNA WRITE IN CAPITALS SO YOU CAN READ IT FELLA. I DONT TOP. I THINK ITS A CHOICE THING, USUALLY DEPENDING ON METHOD. SOME STRAINS WILL TAKE A TOPPING, OTHERS NOT. AS SOON AS MY KIDS ARE IN BED, ILL PUT UP YOU A FEW PHOTOS OF HOW I TRAIN MY PLANTS, ILL TRY MY BEST TO GIVE A START AND FINISH SERIES

 

[NEWEYGOOEY]

IM GONNA WRITE IN CAPITALS SO YOU CAN READ IT FELLA. I DONT TOP. I THINK ITS A CHOICE THING, USUALLY DEPENDING ON METHOD. SOME STRAINS WILL TAKE A TOPPING, OTHERS NOT. AS SOON AS MY KIDS ARE IN BED, ILL PUT UP YOU A FEW PHOTOS OF HOW I TRAIN MY PLANTS, ILL TRY MY BEST TO GIVE A START AND FINISH SERIES

I WAS JUST TEXTING YOU ABOUT HOW I MUCH PREFER YOUR TECHNIQUES OVER TOPPING BUT WAS ALSO GRABBING ANY INFO I COULD, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!SO THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT I AM NOT A FIRST TIMER BUT WITH AUTOS I HAVE NOT DONE TOPPING, AND HAVE DONE MIN TRAINING,IF SO IT WAS TOO LATE IN THE GROW, THANKS AGAIN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PICS,

 

[lunarman]

THERE ARE WELL DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE TOPPING AUTOS SUCCESSFULLY. BUT LIKE RIBBZZY STATED ABOVE ITS A CHOICE THING AND A STRAIN THING.
MY LAST GROW I TOPPED MY MG (HEISENBERG AND FANTASMO) AND THEY WERE SLOWED DOWN BY THAT. I LOVE THE LEVEL CANOPY FROM TOPPING, BUT ITS NOT WORTH IT TO ME IF THE PLANTS ARE STRESSED BY IT AND SLOW DOWN GROWTH. AND IF ITS STRAIN DEPENDENT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EACH STRAIN WILL HANDLE TOPPING THEN I WILL JUST NOT TOP. TOO RISKY. SO AS MUCH AS I LIKE WHAT TOPPING DOES, I DON'T LIKE THE POSSIBLE UNKNOWN RISK OF STRESS. SO I'M ON THE LST BANDWAGON NOW AND WILL TRY TO GET A GOOD CANOPY WITH LST ONLY. ALSO MY AUTOCOB LIGHTS GIVE ME MORE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH AN UNEVEN CANOPY BECAUSE THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL PENDANT HANGING LIGHTS THAT CAN ALL BE HANGING AT DIERENT HEIGHTS. GOOD LUCK. I'M SURE YOU'LL GET ALL KINDS OF REPLIES ON THE PROS AND CONS OF TOPPING.

 

[Seabass]

HEY BUDDY. YOU HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STRAINS THERE! AS OUR FELLOW GROWERS HAVE SAID, TRAINING IS STRAIN DEPENDENT. WHILE YOU CAN TOP OR LST ANY AUTO SOME SIMPLY RESPOND MUCH BETTER THEN OTHERS. OUT OF YOUR LIST STRAWBERRY NUGGETS IS THE ONLY STRAIN ID RECCOMEND NOT TRAINING, IMO SHE JUST DOESNT NEED IT. MY GENERAL RULE IS SMALL STRAINS GO NATURAL, MEDIUM GET LST, LARGE/TALL GET TOPPED AND LST. ALL GET LEAF TUCKED AND BOTTOM CLEANED UP.
HERES A FEW PICTURES OF A FORGOTTEN COOKIES TOPPED AT THE 4TH NODE ON DAY 15. SHE THEN HAD LST ON ALL 8 NEW “MAINS”. HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS

 

[NEWEYGOOEY]

HEY BUDDY. YOU HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STRAINS THERE! AS OUR FELLOW GROWERS HAVE SAID, TRAINING IS STRAIN DEPENDENT. WHILE YOU CAN TOP OR LST ANY AUTO SOME SIMPLY RESPOND MUCH BETTER THEN OTHERS. OUT OF YOUR LIST STRAWBERRY NUGGETS IS THE ONLY STRAIN ID RECCOMEND NOT TRAINING, IMO SHE JUST DOESNT NEED IT. MY GENERAL RULE IS SMALL STRAINS GO NATURAL, MEDIUM GET LST, LARGE/TALL GET TOPPED AND LST. ALL GET LEAF TUCKED AND BOTTOM CLEANED UP.
HERES A FEW PICTURES OF A FORGOTTEN COOKIES TOPPED AT THE 4TH NODE ON DAY 15. SHE THEN HAD LST ON ALL 8 NEW “MAINS”. HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS
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HEY BUDDY. YOU HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STRAINS THERE! AS OUR FELLOW GROWERS HAVE SAID, TRAINING IS STRAIN DEPENDENT. WHILE YOU CAN TOP OR LST ANY AUTO SOME SIMPLY RESPOND MUCH BETTER THEN OTHERS. OUT OF YOUR LIST STRAWBERRY NUGGETS IS THE ONLY STRAIN ID RECCOMEND NOT TRAINING, IMO SHE JUST DOESNT NEED IT. MY GENERAL RULE IS SMALL STRAINS GO NATURAL, MEDIUM GET LST, LARGE/TALL GET TOPPED AND LST. ALL GET LEAF TUCKED AND BOTTOM CLEANED UP.
HERES A FEW PICTURES OF A FORGOTTEN COOKIES TOPPED AT THE 4TH NODE ON DAY 15. SHE THEN HAD LST ON ALL 8 NEW “MAINS”. HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS
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HEY MAN SERIOUSLY LOOKING GOOD I HAVE WALTER WHITES THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO HE 4TH, I ONLY GOT 5 OF SEVEN TO POP, ONCE TOPPED DO YOU PIN OR USE THE LAWN / LANDSCAPE STAPLES 6 X 1 X 6 AND THEN START TIE N DOWN BRANCHES ? YOUR PLANTS LOOK V HEALTHY, DK GREEN , DO YOU HAVE ANY PICS OF THE STARTING OF YOUR TECHNIQUE , AFTER TOP AND STARTING TO DO YOUR TYING DOWN, ALSO WOULD YOU TOP THE WALTER WHITE, I HAVE GRAPE CRINKLE,AS WELL SO WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THOSE AS FAR AS TOPPING?? AND THE LAST PICK DOES THE BUD FILL IN AND GET DENSE?? PES LET ME KNOW ASAP ,THANK YOU

 

[Master_Roachi]

I vote for topping Mephistos. These 4 plants were topped at day 14-16, one was mainlined. I got over a pound of bud and over a pound of trim/light airy stuff, dry weight. Cut on day 82.
2 Alien vs Triangle and 2 HubbaBubbaSmelloScope

I VOTE FOR TOPPING MEPHISTOS. THESE 4 PLANTS WERE TOPPED AT DAY 14-16, ONE WAS MAINLINED. I GOT OVER A POUND OF BUDS AND OVER A POUND OF TRIM/LIGHT AIRY STU, DRY WEIGHT. CUT ON DAY 82.
2 ALIEN VS TRIANGLE AND 2 HUBBABUBBASMELLOSCOPE.

 

[Master_Roachi]

COMPARE THAT TO THESE 4 I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING. SAME STRAINS. NOT TOPPED OR TRAINED AT ALL. CONSIDERABLY SMALLER PLANTS AND WAY LESS TOPS. I FIND SUPERCROPPING TO REALLY BE THE BEST FOR BULKING UP THE STEMS ON THESE. THE ONES I DID NOT SUPER CROP/TOP HAVE TINY STEMS IN COMPARISON. SAME NUTES SAME EVERYTHING EXCEPT THESE ARE 2 GALLONS INSTEAD OF 3 GALLONS. BUT I DON'T THINK 1 GALLON WILL MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIERENCE THE WAY I FEED EVERY DAY. GROWING IN COCO LOCO. THESE WERE ALL FED USING TANGS EASY AUTO GUIDE USING ADVANCED SENSI COCO AB, CALMAG AND OVERDRIVE.

 

[NEWEYGOOEY]

HEY THANKS I DEFINITELY KNEW THIS WOULD HAVE MANY OPTIONS, BUT ITS LIKE A MIXED BAG OF GOODIES I ONLY HAVE THE MG GRAPE CRINKLE,WALTER WHITE, STRAWBERRY NUGGET ,FORGOTTEN COOKIES, FORUM STOMPER,SODK, FUGUE STATE, SO WHAT ONES OUT OF THOSE WOULD YOU TOP IF YOU DID?? THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENT & V COOL TO ME, THANK YOU ALL I AM HAPPIER NOW SO ANY PICS OR THE TOPPING AND THEN USING PIPE CLEANERS OR RUBBER COATED WIRE, STAPLES STRINGS, ZIP TIES?? PLEASE LET ME KNOW PICS HELP WITH ME, PEACE

 

[Master_Roachi]

WORKING ON UPLOADING SOME YOUNGER SHOTS OF THOSE PLANTS FOR YOU. I USE RUBBER COATED WIRE. I WOULD NOT USE STAPLES STRING OR ZIP TIES. I LIKE TO TOP AND FEED A BIT HEAVIER THAT DAY. THEN WAIT 2 DAYS OR SO TO START TRAINING, TO LET THEM STRETCH A LITTLE FIRST.

FORGOTTEN COOKIES IS REALLY LIKING BEING TOPPED AND BLOWING UP THE BIGGEST OF THE NEW STRAINS. I HAVENT GROWN ANY OTHERS YOU LISTED BUT I KNOW SODK IS A BIG GROWING STRAIN AND PROBABLY WOULD DO WELL WITH HEAVY TRAINING. ANY OF THE RIPLEYS, ALIEN, TOOF STRAINS I THINK ARE ALL BIG GIRLS.