Selecting the point for topping to get 4 main colas - To get 4 main colas, let your seedling or cutting (clone) grow to about 5-6 nodes and pinch out (cut) the stem just above the 2nd true node. The node where the cotyledons attach doesn't count. The result will be a redistribution of the auxins and other hormones that normally collect in the tissue of the terminal leader's tip. These ho moans will be redistributed to dormant buds that reside in the nodal axis where the leaf petiole attaches to the "trunk", below the cut. The new foliar output response will be quick (within 24 hrs., see photo below) if you have a healthy growing seedling and will be your future main colas - 4 instead of the usual 1: Here's a photo of the same plant about 8 weeks into flowering. The plant is about 42" tall, has 4 main colas with an abundance of large, healthy fan leaves. This is an indoor shot just prior to harvest showing the colas bulking up quite nicely. Notice how the weight of the heavy colas is naturally pulling them apart, which opens the plant up so that light can penetrate the interior of the canopy. This is the same principle used by fruit orchard managers who create an open vase profile for their trees in order to increase production. This profile also has a side benefit of providing good interior air movement which reduces fungal/rot pressures. The plant after harvest showing the branching scaffold and dominant 4 main cola "trunks", opposing nodes one right above the other. Smaller secondary branches also provided good bud production. This plant yielded over 10 oz of cured bud. ~ Topping for 2 main colas ~ Pinch out the seedling above the 1st true node to get 2 main colas:
If you "thin"out the smaller lower bud's will the remaining bud's get better. It just made me think of it when you mentioned fruit trees. I used to do it to the tree's to make bigger peaches..
Bending the main tem and tiein it down will also allow hormones to work on lower branches,I find this tec dosent slow growth and can provide simular results. Just a thought.
not info i need right away but would appreciate your all's thoughts on tricks/ideas on how you might invision traing techniques one handed. that is one area i've yet to mentally come up with an adaptive ' work around' for beyond using some form of cleat to eliminate the need for tying a knot. thanks Kirk
Im armless too BP m8, motorbikes =speed=crash= 1arm lol, argh fuck it i do all my own work m8 , can be a struggle yes but i get by .i snap bend tie the lot only thing i dont do myself is the final chop , my mouth is my left arm now , glad i dont wipe my arse left handed lol.
got a #1 super auto grownin cut the top also....looks real good, i think. what do YOU think? in pic 4 you can see its height(kinda)...back left...the biggest gal. love to hear some feedback!! CYA ROUND!!
