When do you top and at what node? How many times do you top? 1 time topped for 2 colas and then low stress train? 2 times topped for 4 colas and then low stress train or 3 times topped for 8 colas and low stress train? Also when do you defoliate and how much do you defoliate and do you only remove lower growth (lollipopping) or do you lollipop and remove some higher fan leaves for better light penetration or do you not lollipop and just remove leaves up top so the light can penetrate the lowers also?
Topping and defoliating?
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The number of times you top I feel depends on how long u wanna veg for (assuming photos). I veg for 4-5 weeks and on my most recent run, i topped 2 times (although when i mainline, I top 3 times in the same period). I also think that the health of the plants will tell u how many times u can top cause the healthier they are, the quicker they'll recover. As for when and where I top, I don't top till the plant has its 5th or 6th node and top at the 4th node if I'll be training for a bushier plant and at the 3rd node if I'm mainlining.
As for defo, I do one 5 days before I flip to flower and then one more 3 weeks into flower. Both these times, I take off a decent amount of fan leaves (especially ones that r blocking potential bud sites, generally those in the center) and I will lollipop everything in the bottom 1/3 of the plant that's usually completely in the shade. Most important for me this that when I look down from the top of the plant, that I can see all the tops and can just barely see through the leaves to the medium.
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As for defo, I do one 5 days before I flip to flower and then one more 3 weeks into flower. Both these times, I take off a decent amount of fan leaves (especially ones that r blocking potential bud sites, generally those in the center) and I will lollipop everything in the bottom 1/3 of the plant that's usually completely in the shade. Most important for me this that when I look down from the top of the plant, that I can see all the tops and can just barely see through the leaves to the medium.
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Sorry, I just realized that u are probably referring to autos. My experience with autos is if I top, I only do it once. This is just me cause in the few runs I've done, they just seem to get stressed and have stunted grow too easily. To be fair, that may be strain related or I may just need to improve my grow game with autos. So my default with autos is to LST for more yield.
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I top once, usually 4th or 5th node then LST the developing colas. Each node (pair of leaves off the main stem) gives two colas. Cut at 5th node get 10 potential colas. I did a thread in tutorials for topping. Topping how and why.
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