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Had a power failure during week 3 of veg that lasted at least 3 light cycles of 18/6. Needless to say, it put a hurting on some of the strains. Notice I said some........Lemon Berry Crisp by Purple City Genetics took 2 days and she only had some yellowing on a couple of the lower feeder leaves along with some browning tips. But Head Hunter and 14 Bombers looked really, really bad. After 30 hours of lights back on, all 3 were in total light shock with 14 Bombers wilting and all leaves are drooping and curled under. After 4 days of 24/0 light cycle, I4 Bomb and HH's leaves were all dying or mostly dead. The tips from a topping I did a few days before the power failure were all brown; however, at node 1 the plants were both showing new growth that is a perfect canna-green in color. So, after some research, I found this diary. Finding a technique where you purposely top a plant in mid to late flower (3-5 weeks but not including autos) is not common. I assume because it really takes you back a few weeks in growth loss. Weel, both are topped back to node 1 to where there was new, green growth. Hopefully the energy they save in not supporting the dying tops will help the new growth at node 1 explode. The only difference is I had to remove all the fan leaves. The ones that were not completely destroyed from no light and then light stress were totally yellow. Since they have no Nitrogen nor chlorophyll, they too were removed. They are in 5 gal pots and I can see the root system coming out of the bottom, so I know the roots are strong and of good color. I am confident they will make it, just a month later than I had planned. Since they were gonna need a couple of weeks to get their groove back on, I went ahead and dropped 6 more seeds for 3 new strains I flew to Jamaica last week to get. So, 9 plants in 5x5 is perfect. Thank You for posting. I figured topping back to node 1 would be fine, but it is nice to find a grower who purposely does it as part a LST / Mainlining technique.