I've got two outdoor plants that are both receiving some serious topping and fimming. And here is an example of both. You can see the difference in the fat leaves of the Indica, and the slender leaves of the Sativa.. MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! TO ALL, And to all a numb night.
check out this thread too if ur looking for topping and fimming http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute...ing-topping-made-easy.html?highlight=dierwolf
What is the point of topping and fimming? I'm not being a jerk I really want to know. I'm confused I think because I see people trimming leaves off to give more light to other leaves, and then LSTing and topping and fimming seems to make more leaves and bushier plants.. seems contradictory to me so I need someone to clear it up ;/
for topping, instead of one main cola you get 2. for fimming instead of two main colas you get 4. A lot of the time people use it when they have a height restraint and need to keep the plant low. They use LST with it also. Or it could just be used for the hell of it. Some say it increases yield, some say it doesn't.
there are different parts to a MJ plant. trimming fan leaves, this is taking off the leaves that are covering other parts like the buds. lets more light to the buds. Topping is basically making 1 stem into two. If one stem grows buds along it, then you can see why people want two. Then four. then six. then eight. You can have 1 plant with multiple budding heads. if you just let the plant grow naturally it will produce 1 big long tree trunk with maybe a few others. TOpping is also used to control the height of the plant. In my case i started the plant very early in the season, and it won't be ready to flower for another 8 weeks or so, so it's going to get a bit big by then, by topping the plant i can control the height and create more flowering/budding heads
and legal reasons too. 1 plant in posession looks alot better than 10 plants. I've seen someone off here who grows a very successful topping and LSTing set-up and gets about 1 1/2 pound off 1 PLANT !!!! SO i think it does increase yield
1.5 POUNDS FROM ONE PLANT? Holy shit. Thanks for the info! Makes way more sense now. I wasn't aware of the science of the colas, etc. Wow, you all ought to be botanists.
I agree. Most growers have very nice gardens, other than their private gardens. This is mainly due to the trials and mistakes they have made while trying to grow marijuana. I believe that topping and Lsting can double or even triple your yield. Of course your plant will need more nutrients and more water and more light. Here is Oz, if you get busted they count the amount of plants you have. Thats why i'm so interested in it. Becasue i'm trying to maximise the yield off only two plants. Cheers
If you grew the same plant for the same amount of time, I think the yield would be close. there were growers on here that use to swear by letting it grow upright and got excellent yields. Dier is just an amazing grower if that who you are talking about. IMO topping helps get more colas to the top of the plant and helps with light penetration to the buds. Obviously more light penetration gives you bigger buds, so if you have good enough lights (or the sun) I think the same effects can be achieved growing upright. Then again, thats a main reason for topping, light penetration to the buds. If you weight out the main cola of a non topped plant, it WILL be heavier than that of a topped plant, because a majority of the energy is going into the top cola. That is of course if that plants were grown under the same conditions and all that shit.