How much Topping can a plant take.(w/pic)

[DierWolf]

Hey!!! what happened to Homer and Friends???

Get some Schultz Plant food Plus (small bottle of liquid) and feed it with that every watering and you wount have to worry about over/under doing grow nutes.. Its 7 drops per quart of water.

[Homergrower]

Originally Posted by DierWolf

Hey!!! what happened to Homer and Friends???

Get some Schultz Plant food Plus (small bottle of liquid) and feed it with that every watering and you wount have to worry about over/under doing grow nutes.. Its 7 drops per quart of water.

Homer is resting in the couch with some pork rinds and some DUff... (or i need to get some more characters)
Ok great, i hope my local has it.
Thanks Wolf !

[Flow_DOC_Duece]

question:

Homer, You don't think that toppin as much as you did stalled the growth??

And, sorry if i missed it, but did you transplant from smaller pots or did you just

veg-flower in the same pot??


Excellent grow by the way

[Homergrower]

Here ya go Wolf, more pictures becasue i know you like the little Simpsons. I'm looking for some Smurfs for my next grow !!!

DOH !

I've just staked them off with about 8-9 stakes in each pot, and tied each budding head to a stake or two.
They are both sitting under my clothes line, which has a big peice of plastic over it, becasue it's been raining for 4-5 days here and they need to dry out a bit.

Originally Posted by Flow_DOC_Duece

question:
Homer, You don't think that toppin as much as you did stalled the growth??
And, sorry if i missed it, but did you transplant from smaller pots or did you just
veg-flower in the same pot??
Excellent grow by the way

Yes i do think that the growth was stunted for about 2-3 days after each topping haircut.
I did this on purpose becasue these plants survived being started at the end of winter, so they still have along way to go before they start flowering, and in pots this big, i've seen them get tree size...
The whole idea is to see how much topping it can take as to keep the height down a bit and get it producing as many budding heads as possible.

I had them in pots about half that size, but you don't need to start them in small pots. I just find it easier so they can be moved around (if need be). But, you can put your seedling into the final pot, no problem.

Thanks.

P.s. - I've been thinking of topping again. Am I MAD, or would it work ????

[Red Eye]

I saw some picts of a outdoor med grow, they had pruned the weed into round shrubs. All before flowering. Then as they flowered huge colas came sprouting out in all directions. Round is a great shape for an outdoor plant, especially in an open field where it gets light sunup to sundown, from every angle. Wish i had saved those picts.

But about your plants, if you still havent reached flowering stage you know the plant is gonna still get huge even with your pruning. I would say, stay aggressive. Especially cuz your still in veg, and it looks like those plants are getting lots of intense sunlight and good food. I would train the branches outwards as much as possible also, get the plant growing sideways too.

I was scared to really prune my outdoor grow and they got out of hand when flower came and they just turned into Jack's beanstalk.

[DierWolf]

You need some N on those plants dude..

get some Urea and water with it one time only. (1 tablespoon per gallon)

and yes you can fim/top if you want, but you seem to ahve alot of stretching going on there for an outdoor plant.

[Homergrower]

Originally Posted by DierWolf

You need some N on those plants dude..

get some Urea and water with it one time only. (1 tablespoon per gallon)

and yes you can fim/top if you want, but you seem to have alot of stretching going on there for an outdoor plant.

Ok, i've done that, i added Urea 2 days ago...

The yellowing seems to have slowed down but not stopped.
I fimmed both plants again on all their heads, there were about 8-10 each plant.

What else can i do about the yellowing ???

It's never showed any sign of nute burn, just nute deficient. Should I just keep going on the nutes or should I give another shot of Urea.

[DrBudGreengenes]

Originally Posted by DierWolf

you can top (so the "experts" say) 2 times, i top once creating the Y and then on each leg of the Y i top again from there i only fimm.

And then there are some "Crazy" guys like me .....check out this girl....she is 2 1/2 years old and has been topped prolly 1,100 times.....she has had 9 other stems like the one you see in her life time....The new "Big" leaves you see will become the "New" branch of clones for next year........she has been "Clipped" everyday for her entire life...about 3 grams of leaf lil ones the size of a dime.........and is Momma to close to 450 clones......this is a very extreme case and is not typical.....

It takes Patience .......I have alot of time to spend with my plants that most don't have.....a few years ago it was 8 hours a day

[Homergrower]

WOW, thats a true bonsai Pot tree. 2 1/2 years. The trunk looks ancient....
Awsome. Just Awsome. Do you just keep it in growth stage for all it's life and continue to trim.

[Homergrower]

Update #####

I added Urea, 2 heavy doses of nutes a few days apart.

Yellowing has stopped, whole plant nearly back to it's green self.

Thanks DierWolf for you help with this,
plants have grown about 5 inches in a week. Nearly an Inch a day....

I'll get some more pics up if i have time this afternoon.
Thanks again.

[Homergrower]

Pictures
Plants and one of my cats.

[Homergrower]

Just another update.. Just Fimmed again

There are about 10-15 heads on each plant now, and each of those had two stems that all just go fimmed...again !!!

They are loving their dose of nutes once a week, they are both growing about an Inch a day at the moment. It's also very hot and sunny here... so..........

WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU !!!!

[DrBudGreengenes]

Originally Posted by Homergrower

WOW, thats a true bonsai Pot tree. 2 1/2 years. The trunk looks ancient....
Awsome. Just Awsome. Do you just keep it in growth stage for all it's life and continue to trim.

She has flowered twice outside .....now she is inside for the winter....she will go outside in the spring ....and do it all over again......I only trim her everyday in the winter under lights.....outside in the summer ......it's every 3-4 days.....she will maintain this growth rate as long as she is trimmed(the plant thinks something is eating it ...so it grows to make up for it)....I have kept mothers like this alive under lights for years.........I like repetition

[mordgrow]

wow, so the constant triming keeps her alive eh?

for trimming are you just taking clones ( leaf stalks off a new growth node) or chopping some leaves off?

sorry for the thread jack

[BrazyJay]

looking good, when u are going to stop fimming (or topping)? Those plants are going to be crazy come flower time!

So im guessing that ur plants will be finished in march or april? im probably wrong but hey im in the northern hemisphere..