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Beginnerbuds2020started grow question 4y ago
When can I top my girl I don’t want to do it to early ?
Can anyone help ?
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Collinsy74answered grow question 4y 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.
EEXMEanswered grow question 4y 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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