a question about bud growth

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

so yesterday im over at a friends house smoking a j when one of his friends came by but anyway we started talking about growing and he said that when the buds first start growing to pop off the tops of the bud and it will make the buds bigger. i never heard anything about this so if any one could tell me about this or if its even true i would appreciate it.

OLDE ENGLISH '800 Reviewed by OLDE ENGLISH '800 on 09-11-2007. a question about bud growth so yesterday im over at a friends house smoking a j when one of his friends came by but anyway we started talking about growing and he said that when the buds first start growing to pop off the tops of the bud and it will make the buds bigger. i never heard anything about this so if any one could tell me about this or if its even true i would appreciate it. Rating: 5

[Dylan25]

id say no

[Dylan25]

now depends if the plants veggin if so the shoot not bud will spit in two and you will have 2 shoots this is called fimming,now if you on 12\12 bud cycle i haven't treid any thing like this but i have heard if you bend and actually kink the stem the bud grows vigorously now this is just what ive heard. its called supercroppin i heard this
from a dutch grower

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

no hes not talking about that he said popping the top of the bud off with your hand will make them fat

[ezygzy]

No, dont 'top it' DURING flower! Usually the 'top' makes the fattest bud on the whole plant. If you 'top' it 2-3 weeks BEFORE flowering it'll get all branchy.

You can sometimes harvest more by 'topping' than you would normally but in some strains it just spreads out the buds instead of one big one on top and you get about the same or less bud from the branches.

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

i know this,thats not what im talking about, the actual bud when it gets a couple inches long he said to pop of the just the top of it not the hole thing not topping it

[HighTillIDie]

try it with a side bud or two, and tell us

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

well my friend did it to all his plants so i guess ill find out sooner or later

[BUZz UK]

That sounds very unlikely to yeild successful results...

[SMOKIN A WHILE]

I think most of your respondants understand what your saying. You are not listening to them. In most cases if you top the plants prior to flowering they get more gowth sites. If you top a plant as it is flowering you usually ruin what would be your very best bud. To really see what happens your friend should top one during flowering and not top another to compare to see what really happens.