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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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they stared to flower and bud later then I thought so because I think it was the new light that I got for them wasn't to sure to adjust the dimmer settings too, finely got it dialed in, I think so. other then they stared late they are looking good. I see potential them. 👊👍
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