topping seedlings

[SyKo]

yeah n dont ever!! top right after the first set of sun leaves(round ones),i dont think anything would grow then (would it?) ,when you top you dont get 2 branches that come out of the stem you piched it lets the secondary growth shoots from the next 2 nodes below it become the top of the plant ,somtimes you end up with 4 tops or more depending how the growth shoots are growing.

hope that helps i know at first i thought the branch you clipped grew 2 from it

[sheist]

Yes you will grow two main kola stems intead of one.
However, they will not be of the same quality...in MY OPINION ONLY!

what do you mean by quality? potency?

yeah n dont ever!! top right after the first set of sun leaves(round ones),i dont think anything would grow then (would it?) ,when you top you dont get 2 branches that come out of the stem you piched it lets the secondary growth shoots from the next 2 nodes below it become the top of the plant ,somtimes you end up with 4 tops or more depending how the growth shoots are growing.

so when i pinch it, the 2 nodes below it will grow to what the one i pinched was supposed to be.. so let say i wait til that higher node grows a bud.. then i pinch it.. and the other 2 grow and will make bud... right?? so i should have three...?

so what the hell is topping?? i saw a video n he said was topping his plants but he cut the shits off... how is it supposed to double if u cut one of them off?

[HARDDON]

hehehhehehe....

have fun

[sheist]

awww come on!!

i'm almost gettin it!! i CAN figure this out c'mon

[Zandor]

thanks, sorry for my slowness zandor

NP, I think I helped to confuse you too, easy answers to complex questions is not always easy. I think I need to add to that sticky and expound some more. I just need to find the right words.

.... what happens if u pinch it?

whats the difference between cropping and topping?

Cropping and topping is about the same thing. Both remove the main stock tip. One you clone so it's a little bigger the other you trash just the tip.

Pinching is a third technique - In the short pinching is a stress technique, and stressing a plant is thought to produce more resin. Like cropping or topping you promote the plant to grow out more then up. The plant gets bushier. Pinching will diminish the overall yield but not really the overall weight.

Proper cropping is done early in the vegetation cycle. The plant needs time to recover and that time will also set back your timing to finish.

[sheist]

Pinching is a third technique - In the short pinching is a stress technique, and stressing a plant is thought to produce more resin. Like cropping or topping you promote the plant to grow out more then up. The plant gets bushier. Pinching will diminish the overall yield but not really the overall weight.

so its bad to pinch?

i herd if you pinch it, another one grows... so you get 2
now i hear if u top it.. another one grows with it.. so you get 2

but if you top it, ur cuttin the piece off so how does that get you 2 if u cut one off?

and if how do you get 2 if you pinch it, which should "diminish the overall yield" ?

[HARDDON]

LMAO........

"Honey....bring me some more fucking xanax now. Right the fuck now."

Pinching....as expressed by your friend.....

"Taking your finger nails and grabbing the top growth and pinch the top off with your finger tips." Toss the growth you just removed into the trash, whatever.

TOPPING....

"taking a razor and grabbing the top growth and slice or cut the top growth and take the stuff you just cut and clone it."

Topping or pinching result in the same. You have removed the MAIN KOLA from the plant. It is now gone forever.

It does not magiacally grow into a two headed top.

After you pinch or top, the same thing, you have no more main kola.

Got that?

What you do, is force the plant to take the two highest secondary growth spots, and force them to act as the main kolas for the plant.

So you are essentially removing the genetic top, and forcing the plant to focus growth on secondary grow spots.

[Zandor]

The main cola contains the antioxidants that control the growth cycles of the plant. By removing the antioxidants the plant will grow out more then grow up. (The vegetation cycle is extended by 2 weeks or more). Crushing the stock will stress the plant; it will also keep the plant short. The stress forces the plant to put its energy into repairing the damage and not growing up (same idea) again it will slow the vegetation cycle and the plant will grow out more then up. Stress plants can produce more resin, but there is a very fine line to walk if you try stress techniques.

Caution is the word for the day.

HARDDON can you spair a couple of xanax?

[HARDDON]

HARDDON can you spair a couple of xanax?

Sure bro, how many you need?

[latewood]

xanax for everyone...LMAO thru this whole thread, good job fellas!