I JUST TOPPED MY PLANT. IS THIS NORMAL?

[GREENvision]

Hey all,

I topped my plant 3 days ago. i know it stresses the plant, but is it normal for the leaves to droop. my other plants aren't doing so.
Anyway, she was looking kinda' deppressed so I put some 'Thrive Alive B1' in the reservoir just now. Would this help it at all?

She's the one in the middle

GREENvision Reviewed by GREENvision on 08-20-2006. I JUST TOPPED MY PLANT. IS THIS NORMAL? Hey all, I topped my plant 3 days ago. i know it stresses the plant, but is it normal for the leaves to droop. my other plants aren't doing so. Anyway, she was looking kinda' deppressed so I put some 'Thrive Alive B1' in the reservoir just now. Would this help it at all? She's the one in the middle Rating: 5

[Zandor]

Add 3 weeks to your veg cycle to make up for the cropping shock. Watch the Ph and the thrive alive is only for root growth. B-1 as a foil spray helps shock from cutting and trimming.

[GREENvision]

thanks zandor, but unfortunately she died late last night.

[Racerx]

thanks zandor, but unfortunately she died late last night.

topping usually doesnt stress a plant enough to die. sounds like there is something else going on.

[GREENvision]

YEAH, I THOUGHT SO TO. BUT I CHECKED EVERYTHING ELSE I COULD THINK OF. THE PH LEVEL IN THE WATER, TEMPS. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BEST CONDITION OUT OF THE THREE.
BUT FROM THE SECOND I TOPPED SHE STARTING WILTING.

[Zandor]

topping usually doesnt stress a plant enough to die. sounds like there is something else going on.

Not usual but it sure can. Stress can kill any plant.

Sorry Green I feel for you loss

[checkmark9]

you just scared me into a no topping rule

[jamstigator]

Naw, don't be scared of topping. I've never had a plant die from topping. Slow them down, absolutely. I know they *can* die, but if they're healthy before topping, and the environment is suitable, it's unusual, unless the genetics were shitty to begin with.

[Nochowderforyou]

Some plants don't react well to topping. I have had mutated plants happen from topping, but I have never heard of a plant dying from topping. Did you do a hack job or more than one cut?

Topping a plant should be used with very sharp snips, in one, quick cut. If you used dull snips or hacked it up, you may sent it into a death shock or something, but I have never heard of a plant dying from getting topped.

Bummer man.

[GREENvision]

No hack job, just one cut. the scizzors might have been dull though.
now, i'm supposed to be topping the OG Kush plant i have and i'm scared to death the same thing will happen, but if i don't it'll reach the light within a matter of days.
i'm gonna search the forums for threads with diagrams & step by step instructions.