when is a good time to top a plant

[titan1744]

How long should i wait to top my plants...its been about 2 and a half weeks now and i know i need to wait longer...but this is going to be my first top so I would like to have an idea of when I should do it...thanks

[Nocturnal Stoner]

I did my first top between 4th and 5th node, cut anywhere and new leaves will grow in 2 different directions

[titan1744]

i was going to cut underneath the cola...is that the idea? or should i snip off leaves from my branches?

[xxxhazexxx]

inbetween the 3rd and 5th node cut the main stem off at the top :thumbsup:

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[titan1744]

how long does it take for the new shoots to grow in after topping?

[kindprincess]

they start vegging out almost immediately; you'll have new branches in a week.

[socialistpete]

they start vegging out almost immediately; you'll have new branches in a week.

I like to do it early.

[exhashsmoker]

Should or can you top a lowryder plant?

[Laredo]

you can top any plant, imo; i am the topping king; i have some bushes that were topped at least ten times.

in the end, the buds are small, but there's loads of em, and they add up.

[exhashsmoker]

What are the general rules to topping a plant? Should you only do it during flowering and when should you do it into flowering?

[Duke420]

Only in veg :thumbsup:

takes a while for your plant to recover so you want to do it in the veg stage. I like to top my fast growers so the rest can catch up and i clone the cutting. ;)

[stinkyattic]

I personally would not top lowryder just because topping adds a bit of recovery time to your grow, and with an AF strain you need all the time you can get.

My feel for topping is that I like to do it when I start to see at least a little secondary growth already starting at the nodes. That seems to be between 5 and 7 sets of true leaves or so.

It is entirely possible to top TOO early!

[TokinSurfer]

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