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Originally Posted by green_nobody  to my observation, at least with most strains, this is not the case. If you grow the usual indoor "christmas tree" you end up with one sweet cola, some good site buds, some small buds and lots of tiny stuff. Once the plant uses its tip it will grow 2 to replace the lost one, and if this step is taken ahead of time you will end up with a plant grown after a single topping into a stem splitting into 2 strong stems which both will grow branches and each a huge main cola. And taking in consideration that there is not the space to grow to "full" size as outdoors the colas will carry the main bulk. the one thing here that is also to be kept in mind is to provide enough volume for the roots to grow, the root system must be able to support multiple colas growing on a single plant. |
I looked into both LST and Supercropping awhile back and I think it's a really good idea. I've seen plants with the tops cut off in which they swell up almost and split into two really strong stalks. I'm kind of hessitant to cut anything off the plants being its a first grow and since you said it's better to do it earlier on I'll probably wait till next grow when I am more confident.
As of now I'm just happy that my first grow was successful with little to no health issues. The plants are nice and green and are just starting to bud which I'm very excited about. I was curious as to how many bud sites there would be and I figured the massive amounts of new tops that I grew would give the plant more places to grow bud. We shall see. My inner growth has about 4-5 nodes on each new shoot so it's pretty well developed all around.
Is it too late to top the plant at this point? Is it too late for LST or supercropping? I might just wait till the next crop to introduce something new.