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Grower, In today's issue... - Can you "top" an auto-flowering cannabis plant? There's a lot
of controversy about this so get the facts!
- I made cannabutter this week which was out of this world! I put together the recipe for you, with pictures!
- This week's trophy pics feature the progress of one grower's plants as they grow under
T5 grow lights!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."
~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Should You "Top" an Auto? by Nebula Haze |
Some growers say you should never top an auto-flowering plant, while others claim they can top their autos without a problem. How can there be such a big difference in results between different growers? Well, here's the thing about topping autos....
Topping auto-flowering cannabis strains isn't recommended because they're on a tight schedule and may
not recover in time!
Auto-flowering cannabis plants are on a tight schedule! They start flowering at 3 weeks, and have pretty much stop growing vegetatively by the time they're 6 weeks old. There's no way to change that. It still takes a few
more weeks until buds are ready for harvest, but in that time an auto-flowering plant won't be growing new leaves and stems.
An auto-flowering plant is "full size" at just 6 weeks from seed! For example, these autos are 6 weeks old, which means they won't get any bigger even though buds are still fattening and harvest is several weeks away! |
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So if you top your auto-flowering cannabis plant when it's young and it gets shocked for 2 weeks, that means your plant only has 4 weeks in total to grow if you think about it. A small cannabis
plant is going to yield a lot less, and a 4-week plant is a lot smaller than a 6-week plant. This reasoning is why many growers say to never to top your autos. You want a big plant instead of a small plant with a few extra tops. You need long colas to get the best yields from cannabis plants.
For a first-time grower of autos, it can be easy to stress the plant and stunt its growth for all
kinds of regular reasons. Topping just throws another factor into the equation!
A stunted autoflower won't produce much bud because it never gets big!
If an auto-flowering cannabis plant grows slowly when they're young, they stay tiny their whole life! Even though the above grower took really great care of this plant from here on, and got pretty good
yields for such a small plant, he would have gotten way better yields if the plant had grown fast enough to get bigger!
An auto that grows big can yield a lot, even if it's untrained like this one!
You couldn't yield all that bud on a small plant no matter how it was trained!
And on top of all that, you don't
need to top your plants to get multiple tops. These autos were grown with just LST/bending and they all have multiple tops.
Topping isn't necessary to get multiple colas with autos! All that being said, sometimes topping an auto does go well. If you have a really healthy, fast-growing plant, topping it may not
stunt it at all. In some situations topping may produce a better structure and increase yields! So it's not a matter of whether you should or shouldn't top autos, as much as a matter of evaluating your situation and deciding if the reward is worth the risk for you!
When to Never Top Auto-Flowering
Plants - it's your first grow
- plant has deficiencies
- plant is drooping
- plant is growing slowly
- plant is more than 3 weeks old
- plant has not grown at least 4 nodes (sets of serrated leaves) by the end of week 2
When It's Okay to Top Auto-Flowering Plants
- plant is green and healthy
- plant is growing quickly (you're seeing brand new leaves every single
day)
- plant has grown at least 4-5 nodes (pairs of "real" leaves) by the end of week 2 - this demonstrates that your plant is growing fast enough to handle being topped without stunting your plant.
- To actually top the auto, pinch off the 4th or 5th node - it's important to remove as little plant as possible so as not to stunt its growth!
Only cut
off the tip when topping an auto!
Don't cut off more than this! Conclusion: Topping an auto-flowering strain can be good or bad, depending on how it's done
There are times when topping an auto-flowering marijuana plant makes sense, and times when it doesn't. For a lot of growers, topping their auto is only going to reduce their yields overall, but for experienced growers in certain setups, topping is a suitable training tactic! Use the guidelines in this article to decide what's right for you, and when in doubt use LST/bending instead because it can accomplish the same thing without as much a chance of stunting your plant! I hope this information helps guide you to make the right decision for your own auto-flowering marijuana garden!
Want to Make the Best Edibles?
by Nebula Haze
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When it comes to edibles, I'm the type of person who wants to get the exact dosage without worrying about taste. That's why most of the time, when I want an edible form of cannabis, I make canna caps, which lets you make convenient, tasteless capsules with the exact dose of cannabis you're looking for.
But last week I decided I wanted to splurge and spend some money on a professional edible from the dispensary. I spent $50 (how crazy is that?!?!) for a brownie that
claimed to have 1,000mg THC, which the guy who sold it said was about 8 "doses." I have actually purchased an edible from this company before and it was okay.
But this time, when I got home, not only did it taste terrible (seriously, almost inedible because of the strong cannabis taste), it barely worked at all! Even after eating half I didn't really feel
anything. Actually I did feel something; I felt incredibly ripped-off! |
I started asking my friends which professional company actually consistently makes good edibles for a decent price. I didn't want to buy any more edibles that might not
work! The answer was unamimous, "Make Your Own Edibles!"
So that's why this week I decided I to make my own brownies! But in order to make the best brownies, you have to
start with the best cannabutter!
I researched the various ways to make cannabutter, and spoke to growers who make edibles all the time. I learned that one cannabutter method consistently gets better results than the others! It's the butter/water method!
This is what 1 pound of homemade cannabutter looks like!
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After getting clones from a friend
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Kush. Send you all a half way mark pic and a final.
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