A few days into week 4 and they're all still responding to the LST every few days and seem to be bouncing back well from the topping with a couple of new shoots each but they're a little small to get a good pic of yet.
They've also picked up a temp roommate from my NLA grow, Scullys now in with the kids to get a bit more light. Here's hoping they get a few lessons on how to fatten up well.
Update - It's safe to say I'm astounded. Literal growth explosion across the board (not completely unexpected tho). I was right that I thought I'd FIMmed instead of topping Lisa and Maggie but after seeing the results I'll be FIMming from here onwards. Marge has sprouted off two shoots from the top SITE but Lisa and Maggie both have about 4 or 5 in development.
I've stopped LST for a week to get a bit more height so I can get down and defoliate a little, by then I'll have the benefit that they'll be tall enough for me to use the outside of the smartpots to tie them down. I honestly couldn't be happier, they all look fantastic, night and day to all previous, issue plagued grows.
Nice my friend, I would definitely recommend topping as it can seriously increase yield and I find it easier to lst.
Buy if your gonna top then do it just before you feed then it helps with the stress πππ
@Kommandant666, never fimmed mate only ever topped and trust me I wouldn't go back to natural.
Key is nice healthy plant growing day by day top between the 2nd or 3rd week depending on growth and after you do it feed them it helps with the stress
I seen a guy put a small bucket in his tent with a towel half in and out if the bucket, pointed the fan at it and the towel acted like a wick and brought water up then when the fan air hit it presto it raised it and in the plus side if it goes up to much you can lift it out πππ
@Green_fiend, I actually tried the towel method with my NLA grow but it didn't work so well, a lot of hovering over it and making sure it didn't dry or get too humid. Wound up just placing a water dish in the corner and letting the heat from the lights do the work. Normally sit around 35% and that raised it to a nice 42 - 48% pretty reliably. Think there needs to be a pretty specific temp range for it to work like this tho, just been super lucky π