Topping problem!!!

[whiteshadows]

Hello all, I have 8 white widows in week 5 of veg. I topped 3 of the plants 4 days ago and the two shoots have stayed about the same size since I topped them. Is this normal because of shock? I am switching to flower in about 10 days. Please help.

I am growing in happy frog soil with 1000 MH with a 18/6 light schedule. The plants are about 18 inches in a 5 x 4 grow area. I am using advanced nutrient 2 part at 10 ml per gallon with a 6.4 ph.

[whiteshadows]

Hello all, I have 8 white widows in week 5 of veg. I topped 3 of the plants 4 days ago and the two shoots have stayed about the same size since I topped them. Is this normal because of shock? I am switching to flower in about 10 days. Please help.

I am growing in happy frog soil with 1000 MH with a 18/6 light schedule. The plants are about 18 inches in a 5 x 4 grow area. I am using advanced nutrient 2 part at 10 ml per gallon with a 6.4 ph.

[sandman1959]

With your light cycle, 4 days is not enough time to see new growth. If i were you, i would veg another couple weeks at 24hrs, then switch to flower. When you arent using 20-24hr light in veg, the growth after topping is very slow cause they are not fully in veg growth mode. Increase those hrs and you'll see new growth in 2 days.

[ThePot]

Yea what Sandman said makes alot of sense. Most people top a while before flower to insure the new tops grow in. I'd say give it a week at least. GL!

[whiteshadows]

Thanks Sandman, I topped one plant about five days earlier because it was growing a lot faster than the others and the two shoots grew really fast.

[sandman1959]

They sure look nice and healthy. Should turn out very nicely with an eye on the ph as it goes along. A good natural leaf application is wheat grass concentrate dilluted in water.

[SmknVTEC]

Looks fine. Don't worry. It is almost impossible to screw up a top. If you miss you do a FIM [fuck I missed] and you get four tops instead of two.

[whiteshadows]

Thanks, I am just a little concerned because I topped a plant about 5 day prior to topping the additional three because it was growing so much taller than the others. The plant I topped 5 days prior has two big healthy stems unlike the ones I recently topped. The plants are about two feet now and I can only grow them a max of five feet.

[whiteshadows]

My plants are at two feet now. If I veg for another two weeks then the plants will be between 2.5 and 3 feet when I put them in flowering. The plants can be 5 feet tall total which will leave a foot between the tops and the light. how much bigger will they become if I flower for 9 weeks?


I have seen a lot of new growth on the lower branches just not on the tops.

[SmknVTEC]

Some plants respond differently. They all look awesome.

P.S. If you are running out of verticle room flower now.