Can someone explain how to top a plant into a bush

[reddevil6]

As the title says

[Chronmasta]

Title does`nt say please ......

however

If it was me i would just wait till the plant has 6 to 8 nodes then take the tip out....then when the side branches power up and out, tip them too......can be done right up until bloom(stop a couple weeks b4 the change)

 

 

Hope that helps,

 

 

 

Me

[MUD]

reddevil6,

I'd do it pretty much the same as Chronmasta said... except maybe adding in to tie the side branches down once the get around the same height as where you tipped it originally, then when they get back near that if you want or have to, then tip those side branches.

 

MUD.

Edited October 28, 2009 by MUD

[BaronS]

Yep, 'aggressive tipping' works. A light stopped this one from flowering properly.

 

I _possibly_ could have tied it as well, but if I had done so I don't think it would have been much wider.

 

But then mine was a 'shrubbery' rather than a 'bush' ;-)

[chucko]

do ya reckon u end up with more weight in bud by doing this or just alot more smaller buds?

[reddevil6]

Tyx for the replys so far.

I dont rely want to be topping all season can i just top it something lke 4 times so i will end up with 16 main colas could that be enough to turn it to a bush?

[MUD]

reddevil6,

I only top it once (usually giving me 4 main branches), then I pump the water & after about a month I add the cow shit formula I make into the ground for it so that the branches can get up to about 6 foot & are still green (very flexible & not wooding up). Then I tie them out in a cross so that the plant is about 8 to 10 foot across, and I keep on pumping the cow shit into it & I double the water until about a month before picking. It'll usually get between 6 & 10 foot tall & full of nice sized buds. That gets me about 4 or 5 pound per plant. But I'm lucky enough to have a good natural water supply in the bush.

 

MUD.

Edited October 28, 2009 by MUD

[reddevil6]

Yes as much as i would love a 6-10ft plant i cant cos im growing in my backyeard i was hopeing to keep it bout 5-5.5ft tall and bushy i will be tieing all the branches down via twine tied to screws on the side of my pot.

 

BTW ive toped it once so far and it seems to have givin me 4 main branches the 2 on the node below where i topped it (not the very top one the next one down) are just as tall as the 2 main ones

[pisspotgrower]

dont rely want to be topping all season can i just top it something lke 4 times so i will end up with 16 main colas could that be enough to turn it to a bush?

 

Dont have to top at all, just keep bending her over will get u there

[MUD]

reddevil6,

In a pot hey? That'll limit your size. You could keep tieing down the branches while they're still green & that'll push them outwards a bit, other than that you could get away with it. You'll just have to top them when the get about 5 foot if you have to... that's another advantage of growing in the bush!! But you should get a nice yield off it anyway. Hope you do well.

 

MUD.