Quote Originally Posted by doco
Ok, I've thinned down the garden to the girls I'm keeping and gave 5 others to a friend. Because some of the tall ones turned out to be girls too, I'm thinking of topping a couple. I want to start flowering in a week or two...is it too late to top? They are on their 7th or 8th nodes and I just transplanted tonight into their final 3 gallon pots. I'm concerned that by topping they may be in shock for awhile and starting to flower so soon after topping might have an adverse effect?
Also doco, if you are really wanting an even canopy, I suggest you top them then LST them. If you do that at node 7, you will get approximately 14 main tops that are all about the same height, 2 for each node. This is what one I topped at 6 nodes and then tied over ended up looking like. It is by far the most even canopy out of all the plants, and we tried a bit of everything to see what works for us. It also has the largest overall colas, but none of the little bitty nugs the other ones have.

1st pic is what it looked like when it was topped at node 6 on like oct 16th, and the 2nd one is from like november 15th or so, about a month later. As soon as we topped it, we tied it over sideways, and now the very bottom node is the most dominant cola, its kinda crazy