So only change up to current path/strategy with this set is Brent wanted to reduce them more than I originally did by a node, and the set is being topped about every 3-5 days. Goal is to have the most even canopy possible, with the idea that they should have 8-10 tops each after a 5 week veg. Strategy is big reduction top day 10-14 pending which strain, then top every 3-5 days. Today, day 20, some plants will have been topped 3 times, or the plants that didn’t need a second top when the rest did, will now get a second top.

2 years ago

Ok definitely see some growth on the branches. Strain definitely responds to a soft top as well as a reduction top. Even the nub branch has a small amount of growth. Due to a soft top working for most branches and even got the nub to move, I think my original assessment of this strain doing better with an early top when it has 6-7 nodes, then do a reduction top/s before she goes into bloom to level the canopy. Also, I think another thing that supports an early top is while there was a solid inch - 1 1/2 inch of growth on lower branches, even doing a reduction top right now might not salvage all lower branches. I think an early top would give me a better chance at all the branches being used, or at least will let me know which branches will actually shoot out or just be nubs. Left two experiment plants (plants in the pics of this and last post) untouched - didn’t reduce top but topped and reduced topped 90% of LHD set. I want to see if I can save the top nodes instead of cutting off 3-4 just to reduce its hight.

2 years ago

My last experiment was interrupted so I wasn’t able to get the data I was looking for. Going to run the same experiment, reduce top taller ones down to the size of plants getting soft tops. Also, I did a soft top on two taller plants that had some nubs for branches to see if it helps get them to start branching out. The two plants would have been and probably still will be reduced topped; looking to see if this was effective to get plants starting to branch out the nubs earlier than if I would have waited to just do the reduction top.

2 years ago

My first run I topped each plant at 6-7 nodes. I think it likes as long as it can get to thicken branches up before bloom. Second run did a super late reduction top. I felt like it made the canopy uneven and less tops than first run. NOW I’d like to do a half way of that and will reduce tall plants down to the average hight across the table, and will soft top all plants at desired hight. Also while this is day 6, this set was in the clone room with no dome for an extra 4 days so it’s really like day 10-11.

2 years ago