First run topped at 6-7 nodes. Second run did late reduction top. Not too much of a difference between those runs. Doing a reduction top on tall ones to make even with the smaller ones I’m soft topping. Goal is to see which style is best for this plant to get as many tops as I can.

2 years ago

Pretty stoked on my crowd surf tech, I think this strain is enjoying the pat downs. Lower branches definitely starting to shoot up which was the goal before getting a reduction top. Plant size is almost all the same. 10% tall, 10% small, 10% average same size. Stoked.

2 years ago

Because of how tall this plant gets in bloom, the topping strategy is a reduction top to try and keep the hight down, and per Brent, to have the lower 5 branches shoot up from the reduction top, then each branch get topped once, ideally resulting in 10 tops per plant. I don’t think reduction tops, or soft tops for that matter, are going to get you the most amount of tops you can get with this strain. To me, doing a reduction top on day 10-14 is just a loss of about a week I could be working the plants to shoot their lower branches up ASAP to ensure they get up there. I do think reduction tops are necessary for this strain due to its stretch in bloom. What I’m doing with this set is soft bending (no popping, pinching, or snapping) from when the new plants start stretching, up to when they get their first reduction top. Goal is to get an additional week plus of getting the lower branches to already be working on getting up to the top of the plant. THEN the majority of branches should have a chance at being topped once, resulting in a higher top number per plant. Also hoping it slightly slows down their stretch on the ones taking off so they are a closer hight to the plants catching up to them that have not been bent before the majority get their first top.

2 years ago