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Topping Autoflowers ?
Hootchman
started grow question 5y ago
To top or not to top. Can you top an autoflower ?
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Week 1
Techniques. Topping
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Tragic
answered grow question 5y ago
You can and some strains go dream but mostly it's not recommended. Autos just don't get the recovery time they need heading into flower. On YouTube the channel FromSeedtoStoned covered the topic really well.
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