Chat

By continuing to use the website or clicking Accept you consent to our cookies and personal data policy and confirm that you are at least 18 year old. For details please see Privacy Policy and Terms

Accept

Recommended

Back to Grow Questions

Topping during Flowering: good or bad?

BigBaldBuddystarted grow question 4y ago

Does topping “fast growing” colas during flowering (for light purposes) help or hinder flower dev and/or harvest? Or should I sacrifice tallest ones to possible bleaching? Canopy was level before flower, but a few colas took off, creating uneven SoG (6" diff)

BigBaldBuddy

Solved

Buds. Other

Plant. Too tall

Techniques. Topping

likes

advice

horsemouthanswered grow question 4y ago

hi! do not top them! i use to rise the shortest ones putting some bricks under the pots. that's the easiest way for me to have a leveled canopy. cheers!

2 likes

Complain

Selected By The Grower

BioBudsanswered grow question 4y ago

I wouldnt top anymore. Just bend down the highest colas with LST and you should be fine, nice even grow....

likes

Complain

Similar Grow Questions

Solved

I have a royal gorilla 3 weeks into flowering, it has started to shoot up so much and still growing which is starting to be an issue as i keep needing to adjust the light and the my other 2 plants not getting as much light and also running out of space. Any help much appreciated.

Plant. Too tall

5y ago

5

4

Solved

junglistbandelero

Top growth buds Hi. I'm getting completely new growth on the top of alot of the buds. Is this normal or have I missed something.

Buds. Other

5y ago

1

2

Solved

Whats my minimum yield?How does my yield look like already? Would I get more than 5oz on this plant? The buds look like they hav a good while to go but it looks like its going to be a big yield imo. Its been vegging since the end of april.

Buds. Other

5y ago

5

3

Solved

Spotted leaves I swear its been one thing after another, So changed nuts to open sesame did less the the required amount and this morning my leaves yet again have issues brown spots. Spayed her down with insecticidal soap last night. 2nd are my flowers/buds ok? Can she survive or.. 3w flowering

Buds. Other

Leaves. Other

5y ago

3

Solved

Kneel_deGrasse_Highson

Plant too small/ Flowered too early?Surprised to see this little runt flower so beautifully when shes so short and stumpy. Anyone know potentially how much bigger she can get?? Shes about 10cm tall but so far has by volume most flowers on it. Could this be an autoflower or a stunted dwarf that flowered Early?

Buds. Other

Plant. Too short

5y ago

5

5

Solved

1st morning after light recommendations Hello, after the answers and the help from fellow growmies i put the sprouts in the greenhouse for light. One of them grows so rapidly. Do you think theres a reason one of them grows so much faster?

Plant. Too tall

Setup. Outdoor

5y ago

3

3

Solved

i'd love some opinion what do you guys think? do the girls look ok for their lifespan?

Buds. Other

5y ago

4

3

Solved

Micro nutrient lockout/deficiency?I think this is a micronutrient deficiency/lockout due to underwatering, underfeeding and PH imbalance. From my research it looks like Iron or sulphur. I fed them with Compost tea and more dry amendments, they seem to have perked up since.

Buds. Other

5y ago

2

2

Solved

Purples in gelato Purples on your green gelato? is it true to flush with cold water and with stress/shock it will create a defence bringing out purples in the buds

Buds. Other

Plant. Other

5y ago

4

2

Solved

Pistils showing at topping site Now as mentioned yesterday I topped my plant this is a photoperiod black ghost og by original sensible seeds been a very hardy plant tbh but some how I seem to be seeing signs of bud sites with white pistils which is impossible is it not? 24 hour light schedule any answers pls

Techniques. Topping

5y ago

1

3

Solved

Purple Gorilla Greetings all, new guy here. Have an outdoor Royal Gorilla in a 15 gal clay pot @ 19+ weeks showing purple sugar leaves and trichs for a few weeks. It has been suggested that low phosphurus (not likely) or low temps (possibly) are causing this. Sorry about the blurry photos.

Buds. Other

5y ago

2

1

Solved

Pollen sac's?What is this, is it pollen sac's or just an underdeveloped bud?

Buds. Other

5y ago

2

4

Solved

i will do a partial harvest. the trichomes of the upper buds seem ready but they still have some white pistils. should i wait with my harvest, or will the trichomes turn amber then. and if i wait, how long approx?

Buds. Other

5y ago

1

2

Solved

Is she ready?majority of the Amber's are on the bud leaves. Is she ready?

Buds. Other

5y ago

4

Solved

Uneven Canopy Management I've been trying to even out the canopy, Strawberry Cough (smaller/bushier) is a completely different pheno to Blueberry (tall/stretchy). How should I manage it? I've tried heavy defol/topping for Blueberry and prefer to stay away from LST - I want both to have a similar diameter

Other. Other

Plant. Too short

Plant. Too tall

5y ago

2

1

Solved

Updated pic UPDATED PICTURE! Hey, i noticed some „hard white dots“ in the middle of the flowering bud (week 2 of flower) do I have to worry? Maybe light stress? Its hard to see - could take a better pic. Best peter✌️🏻

Buds. Other

5y ago

4

3

Solved

Topped Picture after topping

Techniques. Topping

5y ago

2

2

Solved

Time from crystal to cloudy/matured thricomes.Hello all! I have 3 plants that are maturing their thricomes and I got myself a microscope to check thrics. How much time usually it takes for your autos to get from crystal to cloudy or mostly cloudy to amber etc.. Picture is just for an example. Thanks in advance!

Buds. Other

Other. General questions

5y ago

2

2

Solved

Weird growth by bud sites/pistils I have some weird leaf/pistil things growing on some areas. See this image here: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/61752-bubba-kush-totemic-grow-journal-by-live-canna#gallery=2942993 looks like a banana/leaf/pistil thing. I don't think it is bananas already as it is only half way.

Buds. Other

5y ago

3

2

Solved

Ok im growing amnesia haze i have 3 weeks left in flower an in the last 3 days its grown abou an 8 to 10 inch stem on the very tops of the buds and is now starting the flowering process all over again is this foxtailing there in dwc chiller temp 19 light 600watt hps ph 6.1

Buds. Other

Other. Other

5y ago

3

5