a question about bud growth

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

no your not listing i already know what topping is and does to a plant im not talking about that,no were did i say he was talking about topping plants i said the actual BUD pinching the top off and in return he said it makes the bud fatter NOT TOPPING IT. so why dont you read the post better, i know what he said if you dont know what im talking about then you dont have to answer.the guy was more on the old timer side of growing so thats who im looking for responses from.

[Divestoned]

there is none so blind,as he who WILL NOT see.....

Dive:stoned:

[Delta9Haze420]

He is posing the question:

What if the very tip of the bud (less than half the bud itself) were removed. Like, 3-6mm of a bud - no where near as much as you would cut in topping OR even FIMing. Just the very tip top.

Personally, based on my botanical experience, it probably wouldn't do much good. My thought is that because you take the tip off, the remaining bud looks fatter due to a perspective effect. Since it is shorter, its width seems larger. In reality I doubt it really widens the bud - it just appears to (which may be good if you plan to sell based on appearance, bad if you sell on weight, which is the norm). I would bet the bud weighs less if treated as metioned than if left to fully mature, even if by only a small quantity. Then again, I would never sell, PERIOD. As limited as my freedoms are in this country regarding these matters, I would still rather be in the working world than behind bars...

"I've done this before, and I did not like it!" - Earl Basset

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

alright i didnt think so,now ill go break the news to my buddy, thanks :thumbsup:

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

alright yesterday i went to his house and to his amazment the buds stoped growing,i said i guess you'll think twice about doing something to your whole crop just off of word of mouth.

[bicflikr]

that is one of those thing you just have to use common sense or a a few second of thought for.


not surprised it doesn't work.