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Topping / FIMing
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yah sure is, there would be a thread on topping, but its just to easy for that... just pluck or snip right above the two nodes.. that simple.
PurpDaddY
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Supercropping is also a GREAT method to keep em low and bushy..an a stalk,u bend the stem(membrane in the stem) until you hear it snap..itll dangle there but will repair itself quickly.It forces lower growth.I did it on my last grow.My sativa dom. was outgrowing mt indica dom in the same tank so i supercropp the sativa dom. every branch to lwt the indica play catch up.It worked.
wowtestdrive
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Once you hit flowering, would it be too late to top?
no it wouldn't be too late in the sense that it would still grow, but yes it is too late in the sense that it will have the affect as a plant topped early.. when they are done early, the whole shape and root structure is different.. so that it can support more buds/growth.... I always top once they get 5-6 inches tall.
wowtestdrive
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Hmm ok. Sounds like it will be best to finish this grow without topping and give it a shot next grow then?
Hi guys, I have topped during flowering. I topped one about 5 days in, I topped another 8 days in, and I topped another 2 weeks in. That is after starting 12/12. Ok, the one that produced the best was topped at five days. The least was the one topped at two weeks. The one at two weeks had to pinecone buds at the top, three inches long. The one topped at five days had two colas 10 and 8 inches long. I hope this answers alot of questions out there in never never land. 
Hi guys, I have topped during flowering. I topped one about 5 days in, I topped another 8 days in, and I topped another 2 weeks in. That is after starting 12/12. Ok, the one that produced the best was topped at five days. The least was the one topped at two weeks. The one at two weeks had to pinecone buds at the top, three inches long. The one topped at five days had two colas 10 and 8 inches long. I hope this answers alot of questions out there in never never land.
this is exactly what i was talking about
yah just wait man... you can top more than once... I have seen plants in scrogs with over 30 tops and were topped many times a long with LST
PurpDaddY
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Yes, it would be late, in my opinion. I wouldn't do it.
You CAN do it, but it is not going to be as affective as if you had done it when it was a week or two weeks old. But, you can do it.
just like you can chop plants a month early.. wont help anything and decrease yield, but you "can" do it
Yep, you can drink a quart of paint thinner, but I wouldn't do it!!!! LOL
wowtestdrive
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HAHA think ill pass!!!
Here is a plant that I topped 6 times. I got a lot of tops! There were a bunch of smaller ones that were 5-6" in length!
If you want better canopy control than topping or fimming, and a technique that won't shock and slow your plant's growth down as much, try LST:
LST How to do
LST How to do
Canna Bus
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I always FIM and I do it once they get about 6 inches tall, or at the fourth node from the bottom. As a matter of fact I will be FIMing today 
and that's all
I ever do anymore, other than moving the occasional leaf aside that's covering a bud site.
and that's all I ever do anymore, other than moving the occasional leaf aside that's covering a bud site.
Here is a plant that I topped 6 times. I got a lot of tops! There were a bunch of smaller ones that were 5-6" in length!
very well done..
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