Quote Originally Posted by Josh55
im so topping my next plant...I do it by just hacking the top off and leaveing a short stem?
Well, yes, ha ha! Pretty much, but not hacking. I'll try and explain the best I can...

When topping, what it does is you cut off the main new growth shoots, and leave a small stem, about 5mm, sticking up. What this does, is it gives more energy to the side branches, getting a more bushy look, increasing yeilds some.

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Cut off about 75% of the new growth shoots, In about a week or so, you should see it splitting off into 2 main colas intead of the one. Oh ya, and use a very, very sharp pair of snips or a razor blade. Make it as clean cut as possible.

I'll take a picture later tonight for an update. She's getting very smelly though with slight skunk undertones. I have flushed heavily about 3 times, I'll flush once more on Thurs., then I'll let her dry up and the slaughter will follow

Thanks all, peace :thumbsup:
Nochowderforyou Reviewed by Nochowderforyou on . 2 weeks until harvest... high all, I have some pictures I'd like to share with you. Here is my current experimental grow. Vegged under 100W of CFL's, flowering under 1 150whps bulb. I love growing small plants and messing around with techniques and all. This time around, I was brave enough to do topping. As you can see from the pictures, it has split into 2 main tops, instead of 1, which I usually do. I def. encourage anyone growing in small spaces to try this method. I have doubled my yeild easily Rating: 5