gojo
05-27-2007, 09:56 AM
Hi,
When should I flower after topping the plants? Right away or wait for them to recover?
I was thinking about topping @ 8inches and putting a trellis net @ 10inches for support. I was thinking about going to 12/12 when the topped plants reach the net (10''). Or should I go to 12/12 right after the plants are topped?
Im going to use Lucas's suggested pruning method, similar to Pistilwhipt's method but a bit less time consuming:
Lucas:
indoors we dont have the benefits of sunlight, so growing an unpruned plant indoors is not going to result in good lighting, like it can outdoors
even outdoor plants benefit from shaping up, ie, removing lower skinny branches
I will propose a rule of thumb:
remove the bottom 3 branch pairs on a clone, top it at node 7. This leaves 6 blooming branches, much like Pistilwhipt is doing.
Im trying to point out that there is a pattern, the bottom 3 pairs tend to get shaded. Plants with 6 heads do well indoors. Dont top the blooming branches, only top the main shoot, and only once. Remove the bottom 3 branch pairs (or alternates) on the 6 blooming branches too.
When should I flower after topping the plants? Right away or wait for them to recover?
I was thinking about topping @ 8inches and putting a trellis net @ 10inches for support. I was thinking about going to 12/12 when the topped plants reach the net (10''). Or should I go to 12/12 right after the plants are topped?
Im going to use Lucas's suggested pruning method, similar to Pistilwhipt's method but a bit less time consuming:
Lucas:
indoors we dont have the benefits of sunlight, so growing an unpruned plant indoors is not going to result in good lighting, like it can outdoors
even outdoor plants benefit from shaping up, ie, removing lower skinny branches
I will propose a rule of thumb:
remove the bottom 3 branch pairs on a clone, top it at node 7. This leaves 6 blooming branches, much like Pistilwhipt is doing.
Im trying to point out that there is a pattern, the bottom 3 pairs tend to get shaded. Plants with 6 heads do well indoors. Dont top the blooming branches, only top the main shoot, and only once. Remove the bottom 3 branch pairs (or alternates) on the 6 blooming branches too.