New Grower Topping AF
- Thread starter longhair
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hey longhair! yet to get my first grow underway,but if you look through the forum and the net for that matter, all you'll see is NOT to top autos, they dont like being put under stress like that caused from topping, yield's will be affected, i've watched youtube videos of topped autos.. and it totally stunted and ruined the plant, hope this helps y'all.
Magic
Canna Engineer
Just a add on,It is not recommended, But if you have a super auto or bigger auto strain you can, But your timing has to be perfect or itll go south really fast. ive seen hank and couple others top their autos but it has to be a big asss strains like Super Cali Haze, Or Nirvanna Sky. id say anything under 90cm small autos it will f*** them up, plus super stairns can go 90-120days easy. so that give a little more time to top but like i said you timing has to be
, and super-crop (early, before flow)
Great comment IDS.I have topped in the past when I ran out of room to raise my lights so I did top a few but they were around 30 inches high or better and had a large total structure so it worked out. I don't top anymore but I do bend the main cola down if I run out of room.This seams to work well with out affecting the plants.
I supercrop and LST my babies. I always try to get it done between the beginning of week 3 and the beginning of week 5. I find that the strains I grow get a bit stretchy if I mess with them after that. I do Easy and Low Ryders. Get it right though and you will see an increase in bud sites. I've overdone it and ended up with lots of popcorn as the nodes ended up too far apart. Still smokes though!
too stretchy
Hate to harp on and go all contravertial but I use 24/0 regime ,Im not a great expert but i have observed that plants under 24/0 grow initialy twice as fat and bushy and ive found myself trying to induce more stretching to get better canopy penetration ie turning off side lights and rasing main lights for a few days to make them reach a bit further eliminating the temptation to top something as sensitive as autos ,my ladies always end up a little bit bigger and bulky compared to others ive seen ,perhaps there is something in this or maybe I mistake my sunglasses for rose tinted spectacles,if im talking shit please dont hesitate to tell me as i am here to learn cheers Totaly devoid.
Hate to harp on and go all contravertial but I use 24/0 regime ,Im not a great expert but i have observed that plants under 24/0 grow initialy twice as fat and bushy and ive found myself trying to induce more stretching to get better canopy penetration ie turning off side lights and rasing main lights for a few days to make them reach a bit further eliminating the temptation to top something as sensitive as autos ,my ladies always end up a little bit bigger and bulky compared to others ive seen ,perhaps there is something in this or maybe I mistake my sunglasses for rose tinted spectacles,if im talking shit please dont hesitate to tell me as i am here to learn cheers Totaly devoid.
