right, so about 4 or 5 days ago i topped two plants of two different strains, and they quickly showed signs of growth... heres a few 'day 1' pics;
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right, so about 4 or 5 days ago i topped two plants of two different strains, and they quickly showed signs of growth... heres a few 'day 1' pics;
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As you can see they are both Hybrids, the taller, brighter plant is more Sativa, and the stumpy darker coloured one is more Indica, the following pic is of the Sativa dominant plant at day 2;
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Day 3: some of the pics are good and some are bad, thats life, really starting to grow now;
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Day 4: Lots of improvement since day 1 thats for sure, now they are this size they should be fine, here are the pics...
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i have no idea why its done that /\
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so, thats the topping part over, but where was the trouble? well, it was there all along lol, the Sativa dominant plant was topped on the 5th - 6th node, whereas the Indica dominant plant was topped on the 4th - 5th internode, now, they both grew at the same rate, in the same conditions, but eversince day one the sativa plant's stem has been turning red from the 4th node upwards, and has become very springy, whereas the Indica plant has kept its stem rigid and green, i'm not sure if the plant is stressed or if its just storing certain hormones, one thing is for sure, it wasnt too happy about being topped at the 5th - 6th node.
This brought me to the conclusion its better to top a plant at the 4th-5th node, now im glad i know, as ive seen and heard people topping at all sorts of places.
I was wondering if anyone knows WHY a plant would do this and whether its a bad thing or not, heres a couple pics, tell me what you think...
See what i mean in this pic..
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Its so springy and bendy....
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.....I can do this...
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Both plants together:
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Why do people insist on toping plants so early. Topping a plant should be done just as flowering starts, so then the plant thinks its being eaten by bugs and decideds to grow harder.
well, no, essentially thats not what topping does, when you top a plant you are cutting the main stalk so it cannot grow again, that way the plant puts in more energy to growing the small branches that produce buds, they then grow thicker and stronger and grow much bigger than usuall, also topping is used to make plants easier to hide, and the lower you top, the lower the plant, so topping at early vegetation stage is often done for a good reason, unfortunately the internet holds little information on topping, so its hard to understand whats happening until you do it yourself, anyway thanx for the reply lol
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY MY PLANT IS GOING RED?!?!?!?!
OK I no I sound like a total re-re asking this but what is toping??? Help me out please
lol thats alrite im glad u asked, topping is basically a technique used to make a plant shorter and bushier than it would have been before, it also increases yeild, which is always a good thing. now i will try to explain how it does it...
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When you normally grow a cannabis plant there is one main stem, (C. in above pic) which houses the main cola (A. in above pic) the main cola is like the brain for the plant, and basically tells the rest of the plant how to grow, by removing this, everything runs on its own clock, and grows as it wants, when you cut the top off the plant cannot continue growing the main stem, instead the growth on the nodes (B. in above pic) receives all the plants energy and begin to grow at a much higher rate, the reason you want these branches to grow more is because these are the branches that produce buds, some say removing the main cola is a stupid idea, and that it has the 'best smoke on the whole plant' - this is not true, the main cola is more dense, but not necesserily (-excuse the spelling) any more potent, topping is just another method used to get a bigger yeild, and i can see why, another thing you might want to find out about is LST i think its something like low stress training but im not sure... anyway hope that helps...
now does anyone know why its gone red???
Maybe its embarassed cause it didn't like its haircut. Lol, actually, no clue. My stems turn purple-ish occasionally, but never seen red.
My stems vary from red to light/dark green but mine are still so small. Its starting to make me worry its like week four and theair still like 1 inch tall, but the first two leaves are about 1 1/2 inch from the end of one to the end of the other
insomnia, if your seedling starts to slow growth, or even stop growth, take it out of the pot its in, and put it in another pot with alot of holes in, and dont pack down the soil, the roots need oxygen, also, dont water too much
Thanx I hope it helps thier not goin too well!!! Ohhh well If they fail I got more germinating,but there bag seeds :( See ya I gtg to school lol
Heres a quick update on the Sativa dominant plant, the indica update will follow next, i wont bother writing much, just let the pics do the explaining...
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Okay, now for some pics of the indica plant, which apears to have a small rust problem, (pic. 3) anyone know how to fix it?...
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just a couple pics for kicks.... - oh and by the way before ppl say its stretched, i know, i did it myself....
controlled stretching hey and i thought it was only me that done that lolQuote:
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only when its needed tho
like if ive took a cutting that is small i like to stretch it a bit so it can gather a bit more growth leafage like
by the way they are looking good m8 keep it up !!!
cheers all :)
lol yeh well i decided to stretch it for fun, i mean, why not have a lanky plant? lol i used lst on it as soon as it popped and the leaves stopped growing and just the stem grew, so i was like, fuckit, let it get tall and then un-LST it, now it looks like a magic mushroom weed plant lol
so the sativa plant got too big for the cupboard im growing it in, so i tied it down, heres a few pics...
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