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    I've heard about a bloke who cut the tops of his buds flat as they first start forming. So I thought I would test it out.
    Thought this would be the best place to put it.
    So I took a nice top bud in the middle of the groom.
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    I then cut the top off
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    I wonder what's going to happen?
    Here's what I cut off
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    Anyone done this before?
    Last edited by Alzy; 22-09-12 at 09:21 PM.

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    We know 13.11 works, extra 56 hours of light over an 8 week period compared to 12.12

    I tried 2 autos in 1 aquafarm but they had to be cut down early due to personal circumstance, they did well till I chopped them but still unproved

    Great thread gb

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    Iv got 2 Utopia haze that are just abt to start flowering.
    1 has been topped and the other left alone.
    They are the same age (from seed) and have been treated exactly the same so far.
    I know topping is ment to increase yield and possibly decrease potency.
    Iv also read threads where topping didnt change much so I am going to continue treating these plants exactly the same and report on yield and quality.

    Im sure both planys are the same pheno to and I know a more true test would be from clones but I think a general idea will be achieved.
    Also its good to read other peoples results but also good to do them urself as THE WAY you do things could be different from others,, ie germination of seeds....some cant do it with paper towels and some cant do it other ways,, surely people are not doing it the same way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ph1 View Post
    We know 13.11 works, extra 56 hours of light over an 8 week period compared to 12.12

    I tried 2 autos in 1 aquafarm but they had to be cut down early due to personal circumstance, they did well till I chopped them but still unproved

    Great thread gb
    Hi Ph1, works in what way? Increase in yeild as opposed to 12/12, or speeds up flowering?

    Not something I've heard of before, don't suppose you have link?

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    Great thread GB, really interesting contributions as well folks.

    Being an outdoor grower, I've always wondered about this 12/12 lark. I suppose that I've assumed that 12/12 is 'playing it safe', to make sure that they go into flowering, no matter what the strain. Outside, in 30 odd years of growing, they have always started flowering before the end of August (except this year, funnily enough), sometimes as early as late July.
    So, in other words they have started flowering at 15/9 or 14/10 (light/dark), if you wait till 12/12 (September 21st), outdoor plants would never finish.
    I suppose this is due to the Indica %, as tropical Sativas are on 12/12 year round.

    Just a few random thoughts.

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    Errm, I meant 13/11, not 15/9 lol, stoners eh?

    All good things
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    Quote Originally Posted by THE DUDE ABIDES View Post
    Great thread GB, really interesting contributions as well folks.

    Being an outdoor grower, I've always wondered about this 12/12 lark. I suppose that I've assumed that 12/12 is 'playing it safe', to make sure that they go into flowering, no matter what the strain. Outside, in 30 odd years of growing, they have always started flowering before the end of August (except this year, funnily enough), sometimes as early as late July.
    So, in other words they have started flowering at 15/9 or 14/10 (light/dark), if you wait till 12/12 (September 21st), outdoor plants would never finish.
    I suppose this is due to the Indica %, as tropical Sativas are on 12/12 year round.

    Just a few random thoughts.

    All good things
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    I did suggest a couple of years back that you start at 12/12 then when everything is flowering nicely up the hours to 14/10 I have never been in a postion to try it since but its on my todo list.
    Once a plant is flowering then she really does want to flower so thats why it takes so long to re-veg even when setting it back to 18/6

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Swilly View Post
    Attention all qvc viewers...lol. I like tomorite, but this is much better......

    Richard jacksons flower power is a great feed to feed your plants. It is not organic, but I have used it and can thoroughly recommend it. Come in granules which dissolve easy in cold water. Just throw a pinch or two per 5 litres and jobs a goodun. I have had better results with this than other canna feed, biobizz, hesi etc. 18 quid for 750g is not bad and would prob last a few years for someone with a 600hps.

    http://www.richardjacksonsgarden.co....um-plant-food/

    Here's a soil grow using it under a 600. I found it dead easy, no problems really and lots of budsites and foliage as you can see. Some canopy pics and some individual plant pics.. All fed on this stuff, and some piss for extra n.





    Those are some lurvely ladies you have there my good sir

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    Here's another one to consider...

    2 days in 24hrs. Lightcycles/photoperiods/Flowering experiment
    Run a 9/3 Veg and 6/6 Flower cycle thereby ageing the plant twice as fast.....and finishing it twice as fast....it may half the yield and might not work at all but I have a suspison that it is a combination of age and day/night-length ratios that effect the flowering responses as opposed to age and minimum required dark period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goodbuddy View Post
    Here's another one to consider...

    2 days in 24hrs. Lightcycles/photoperiods/Flowering experiment
    Run a 9/3 Veg and 6/6 Flower cycle thereby ageing the plant twice as fast.....and finishing it twice as fast....it may half the yield and might not work at all but I have a suspison that it is a combination of age and day/night-length ratios that effect the flowering responses as opposed to age and minimum required dark period.
    interesting squire. i did a good bit of reading up and experimenting on light schedules in 2008-9. but was never convinced of flowerng with less than 11 hrs dark. but veg wise i tried it and v interesting.
    however, there were a few die hrds that were convinced you could flowe as long as the dark/light were equal and they claimed they had completed it successfully.. (although i remain unconvinced)

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