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noxethegrower
Techniques Harmful or Beneficial?Would doing all 3 of these techniques Topping, LST, and Lolli-popping ruin/stress my plant out too much?Techniques. LST
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Tarzanus
Grow techniquesAny of the gurus of LST, main lining and other grow techiques willing to share an idea how to further improve the plants behavior. 🙂
I intend to further remove branches and leave only one at each of the nodes where there are two, make the canopy wide and airy. +root cut branches3y ago
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Jannis_Botanicum
LST AND TOPPING QUESTIONHello dear growdiaries community, i read and seen in diaries that people Top their plants and do LST, my plant is now almost 4 weeks old and is developing its fourth pair of leaves her stem i thickening, should i Top her at the fifth pair of leaves or when and should o at all ?4y ago
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PapaBaer
LST TrimmenWie kann ich ein LST durchführen braucht man das und sollte ich die Damen etwas trimmen? Danke für eure AntwortenTechniques. LST
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JonnyKush
Beheaded Auto!!!damn! I accidentally beheaded my lady, I'm on the fifteenth day you say it will cause damage or is it simply like having "topping"? I patched the same type of seed 4 days ago and she reacted well. but this is broken and it creates fear in meWeek 2
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YellahJelle
Should i top her? Or too lateShould i top her? I haven't trained her at all. The day/night scheme will be 14/10 for the first time in August 25th, 12/12 a few weeks later. So she will start flowering in a few weeks and she will only flower for 6 weeks since she is a fast version.Week 5
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Paultemp
Topping Auto Flow ???Auto flow Topping or just LST ? Please help me my first time with autoflow ❤️🤗Week 3
Techniques. Topping
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Foxtrotoscar
Topped AutoFlowerHow long usually would you add on to a flowering stage if you have topped an auto?Week 9
Techniques. Topping
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Selkot
just topped my girls ; when to change pots ?Hi everyone !
i topped my girls for 1st time in 3 years of growing (auto, so LST was enough ; i now try photo)
i did it in week 4, when they reach 10-11cm and 4 internodes. they are in 3L pots.
my question : how many time must i leave them rest befor changing to 14L pots ?
thx !Techniques. Topping
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Esmoki_La_Cabrona
Topping/Cloning QuestionI am planning on topping at node 5 and using the clipping to plant in a rockwool pellet for cloning. Would I still need a rooting gel if the clipping is being placed directly in a rockwool pellet? Appreciate the read, happy growing and learning.Setup. Clones
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Chimken
What is the risk to apply HS training(Topping Defoliation) to the strain for which LST/SCRoG is recommended?I am growing Auto Black Opium(Divine Seeds).
The description says SCROG and LST work good.
I started bending it recently and did 1 time topping earlier.
I feel I need to do some defoliation, but it will be 2nd HS technique, which contradicts the recommendations.
Should I?6y ago
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Mr_Death_himself
Which node is number 1When counting nodes for the first topping, which node is number 1? The cotyledons? First single serrated leaf? 1st 3 fingered leaf? I'm counting pairs of leaves as those are where the nodes are, just not sure which to count as number 1. Personally, i say first 3 fingered leafWeek 2
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Newbiegrower420
Are the girls ready for flower??Hi all! I’m wondering when will be good to switch to flower? I’m at start of week 5 & I topped them 1 week ago. Did a small amount of defoliation today to get rid of some yellow leaves that were laying on the soil. Do they look almost ready? Or wait due to topping & defoliation?5y ago
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Tiredthumbs
How long after transplanting would it be safe to top the plant?Techniques. Topping
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