Quote Originally Posted by romdog11
OK so i read a few days back that you top your plants because you like to grow more sativas. i am also growing a sativa plant right now and man does this sucker stretch. i flowerd it at 9 inches and its already at 3 feet after 4 weeks of flowering. if i would have topped the plant would that have cut down on the stretch?
hi, Romdog ... yeah, topping keeps the height down some, about a 6"-8" difference in my last couple comparisons, but they were shorter hybrids, anyway ... plus, it permits the secondary branches to flower more heavily, which more than makes up for the loss of the main cola ... the 'growing enzyme' (as it was explained to me) resides in the tallest portion of a plant ... topping or bending, allows the secondary branches to then be the tallest, and sprout more buds ... you probably already knew that ... anyway, I got into the habit of topping, to keep plants shorter, and I think the yield improves a bit ... and, actually, these days I'm growing hybrids like most people ... my present project is a 50/50 strain, but I steer towards the hybrids with the 'sativa' effects ... :jointsmile: