Should I Top or Prune?

[bill0ddi3]

Hi all

 

First time grower and this is my one and only baby so don't want to mess her up.

 

I want to top the plant to keep height down and bush it out but not sure whetjer to just top it or take it down a few nodes? The very top is the 7th node on this plant.

 

Cheers

[Serrated edge]

You can get a lower and bushier plant without topping her by just bending the top down - bit by bit if needed- this will force the side branches into action without loosing any bud sites or stressing the plant.

 

Your plant ,your choice on what to do.

 

Also,,I'd be aiming to put her into a larger pot.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Serrated edge

[Ford Fairlane]

Looks healthy.. the choice is yours as to how you train it

[micmac]

Get a trellis, grow it like a vine , maybe top 1 time and start to train to either side that way you still get big plant but it will only go as high as u let it

 

 

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[Indycar]

No shortage of options. Like SE mentioned, might want to repot it or get it into the ground soon-ish.

 

I'm not sure of your intentions, but considering the picture, I probably go with garden bed along a fence line (like in pic), with northern aspect (north north-west if possible). Construct a frame and mesh screen using dog mesh or similar (100mm x 100mm mesh size), about 1 metre wide by 3-5 metre long, and lay it horizontally. Have it standing 500mm-750mm the ground.

 

Dig a hole in the middle of the frame about a metre in diameter, and 500mm deep. Fill that up with a blend of your preferred potting or soil mix, and tip the plant on it 11th node or thereabouts, and train those canes (branches) undernath and through where needed. Depending how vigorous the growth is, you may need to tip them one more time, but I wouldn't tip any later than mid-January.

 

But before bothering with all that. We're going to have to determine the sex of the plant to see if it's worth it.

 

Any idea of the strain?

[greenqueen2]

Hi bill,if you just want to encourage some bottom braching and bush her up so there's more bud sites than yes just carefully pinch out the new growth to produce two main colas instead of one and give her a week or two to recover before doing anything else and i think you'll be pretty happy with the results,cheers mate,,,GQ

 

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[bill0ddi3]

Thanks all for the replys and sorry for the delay in mine.

 

Indy, I'm not sure of strain but have seen it grown before. Potent and typically a lb a plant.

 

I've decided to just tie it down and not mess with it too much. It has responded well. It'll be going in the ground soon.

 

Cheers

[bill0ddi3]

Here's a pic with how it's going

[dark web]

first time grower here! where about did you cut on the original picture? and how long into vegetation did you cut it? looking great!

[bill0ddi3]

Hey dark, I decided not to. This plant is only tied down, not tipped or anything.

 

10 weeks old today.