Auto topping thread,pushing the auto limits;)

Good day growers im a master photo and auto grower.but my passion is with autoflower seeds.i been on a mission for 5 years growing now trying diffrent methods of training on autos to see what they truly behold.truth is autos aint no diffrent to a normal plant other than they flower on there own.u can top lst supercrop and defol autos with monster results if done at the correct time.oviously every plant is diffrent so always use the seed info as a rough guide and a short plant can yield just as much as a tall plant in this thread i will show u all along the way of the true limits of autos and there true potential as i grow them for u all to see.also if ur an auto grower who likes to push the limits,do speak up and all pics of ur autos and talk and all questions welcome on pushing the auto limits.here a few examples of the results achived topping an auto young followed by later lst.few heavy defols along the way ,gives u an army of dominant colas and a big heavy yield.and a beautiful plant.here is automazar topped and lstd

 

[DOA]

A Dutch Passion Kerosene Krash, grown using the AutoBeast method and feeding schedule.

Topped at the 4th Node on Day 15 and harvested on day 71.

 

[DOA]

Thanks @Mañ'O'Green it means a lot coming from you bro

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Thanks @Mañ'O'Green it means a lot coming from you bro

I would be very proud to grow a plant like that!

 

[Dank Nuggets]

A Dutch Passion Kerosene Krash, grown using the AutoBeast method and feeding schedule.

Topped at the 4th Node on Day 15 and harvested on day 71.


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Whats the smell like coming of her gas? She's a cracking plant

 

[DOA]

Whats the smell like coming of her gas? She's a cracking plant

Thanks bro, she really does give off the most peppery, fresh grass smell, even the dog had a sneeze

 

[MonteVerde]

Hi. Noob here. Appreciate all of the help, I’ve gotten through half of this forum.
I am still confused about where to top. I’ve seen all the diagrams, so I thought I should top right above the fourth node, counting from the dirt, but in one of these threads, I read that the first set of leaves after the cotlydons doesn’t count as a node. Can someone enlighten me? First grow, have a OG Kush, Bubblegum, and Jack Herer, all autos, in a Mars 2x2. Day nine. I know that is too many plants for the tent. Didn’t expect them all to germ. Might top at node 3 to keep em smaller footprint.

 

[DDubs]

I go at the 5th because it gives me the option of trimming lower, overcrowded, under proforming branches. Basically, whereever you can get a clean cut at 18 days of healthy growing.

 

[Mara Cachafa]

I'm a noob, only topped 4 times so far. I like the results and intend to continue topping every grow. I've been following the advice about ignoring the first set of single-lobe leaves and counting the next as node 1. It seems to be a good rule, because the branches that grow out of the first set of leaves (node zero?) don't seem to grow enough to catch up with the others. I've topped each time above the 4th node, and each time wound up with 8 colas in a flat canopy (journal link below). I hope you will journal your grow, I'd like to follow!

 

[The Iconoclast]

I've been following the advice about ignoring the first set of single-lobe leaves and counting the next as node 1

It is not good advice. More often than not one of those first pair is the most solid branch for example this Think Big, one of those branches was skinny but the other one was one of the largest. Sure there may be times when it’s good to remove them but you do yourself and the plant an injustice of if you take it gospel

unless you mean the node at the cotyledon leaves

 

[MonteVerde]

I go at the 5th because it gives me the option of trimming lower, overcrowded, under proforming branches. Basically, whereever you can get a clean cut at 18 days of healthy growing.

Thanks. That way I can pick and choose which to keep.