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Should i Top the plant?
WeedDude
started grow question 4y ago
Should i Top the plant at this stage or just let it grow straight? Plant had some stress.. light burn and Nutes unbalance. (please see diary for details)
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Week 4
Techniques. Topping
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Grey_Wolf
answered grow question 4y ago
@WeedDude
Let it grow another set of leaves then do your first topping so it can recover from the recent stress
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WeedDude
answered grow question 4y ago
Thank you
@Grey_Wolf
, will do it like that :D
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Techniques. Topping
5y ago
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How many times topping?
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Training Automatics - best practices!
Hi guys. How do you go about training automatics? Some say only LST, some don't hesitate to top several times and some say to just leave it grow by itself. I'd love to top'em a few times but I'm not sure. Please HALP! Thank you! (Pic pretty unrelated, it's my last Mimosa EVO)
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Week 2
Techniques. Topping
4y ago
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second topping @third week
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3y ago
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3y ago
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5y ago
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