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When to top
Beginnerbuds2020
started grow question 5y ago
When can I top my girl I don’t want to do it to early ? Can anyone help ?
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Techniques. Topping
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Collinsy74
answered grow question 5y ago
It's normally around the 4-5th node (sets of leaves) if it's a auto I wouldn't do it because they don't have time to recover properly.
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EEXME
answered grow question 5y ago
You could top it now if you wanted but if you wanna play safe, wait for one more node pair to grow and then top.
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