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Uk420timestarted grow question 3y ago

Do you think she looks healthy enough to top guys .. day 30 from seed (check week 5 on dairy for info) 😀 ... Am not sure if shes a bit small or not .. first time running autos ... TIA 🙏🤟

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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3y ago

Please don't consider topping this... topping is extraordinarily stressful and your plant, ESPECIALLY at its age, will not have time to recover before it goes into flower which should be either this week or next! It's best, with autos, to stick to the LST that you've done to increase their yield and leave topping for photoperiods! Good luck..

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ernest_twwganswered grow question 3y ago

Since it's autoflower and is a month old, I don't recommend topping it. It seems best to do any sort of high stress training within the first few weeks of autoflowers because of how unpredictable they are. They can flip into flower whenever and topping it right before it flips itself would suck really bad. It wouldn't have time to recover or real the benefits of being topped. I hope this helps.

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