Grumpy old bastard but I just will never understand the current trend towards extreme topping (and defoliation for that matter) I keep seeing people post up pics of seedlings and saying 'Should I top this?' :P
I prefer LST and Scrogging, I get all the benefits of extra branching, still get to keep my top cola and don't have to cause the same stress and a few weeks fed and tied through a decent screen the idea of it having any sort of 'main stem' becomes laughable and you'll have more bud sites than you know what to do with, this is a shot of mine just now, if i can get budsites of that density with bending and tying over chopping bits off why would I top or FIM? Just my opinion obv.
Lollypopping isn't to get more light to the bottom btw, if anything it's to get more airflow and stop the plant wasting time and energy on scraggly branches & buds that are always going to be furthest from the light no matter what you do, esp in a scrog where there's a near solid canopy over them and the scraggly growth hidden from the light will be stretchy, pale and generally weak and IMO makes them more prone to hermying and decay/mould/budrot, I'd rather just get rid of it, remove the risk and divert all energy to my 'proper' canopy, (sod it i'll throw up a shot of mine again seeing as I have the page open..) Simply removing fan leaves from the top to get more light to the bottom would be just defoliation of leaves.
(Yr onto a hiding to nothing trying to peg thing into coco btw, it doesn't compact or bind like soil and the plant will lift pegs out of dry coco like it wasnt there)
Bookmarks