does this ww look odd? i didnt top it.. but its split

[justaseed]

fim topping is a bit more stressful and i just figure seed plants are not as mature as clones so i don't want to stress them at such a tender young age unecessarily. it's just the way i do and i've always had good results.

justaseed Reviewed by justaseed on 12-30-2006. does this ww look odd? i didnt top it.. but its split It came up around thanksgiving.. first plant to get this big so i dont know what to expect... but i assumed there would be one main branch, and this one has two. I wanted to take a clone to determine sex, but since there are two branches i guess i have to wait longer since the growth on each branch is pretty small any idea what could of caused this, or am i just crazy and its normal its in an aero system with a 400w MH... sorry for the crappy pics, my camera doesnt like the MH light Rating: 5

[noty johnson]

does the new growth actually come from where the stalk was cut, or is it just that the secondary growth on the node below becomes the two new "tops"?

[justaseed]

when you fim up to 8 tops can grow from the cut stem(partial growth tip left). when you do standard topping 2 tops grow from the 2 nodes right on the sides of the main tip that was removed.

[noty johnson]

yup, that's what i'm seeing.

i'm a noob, but this shit is really cool ;-)

[noty johnson]

if i flower a clone i took from the top of the plant when i topped (its 3 days since cutting and planting in rockwool), how long will it take to show sex? I just want to use one clone for sexing, don't care about it after that

[justaseed]

i've never tried that before. i always just wait for preflowers to show on there own. i would assume at least a week. maybe someone who uses this technique could have a better answer

[noty johnson]

im just cramped for space.. and if my huge plant is a male, i would wait longer before starting 12/12

oh well, we'll see

[justaseed]

how old is the plant? if it's at least 4 weeks then eximine ALL the nodes with a magnifying glass or even better a 30x jewlers loupe. sometimes you can't see anything unless you gently move the stipule aside and then you find the preflower. i have see sexable preflowers hidden behind a stipule so nothing at all was visible unless it was moved aside. take a close look, you could be suprised what you find.

[Legalizdahurb]

I often flower a young clone to find out the sex. It depends on strain i think but a freashly rooted clone usually shows first signs after 1-1.5 weeks.