Hola Mano,
OK, you asked about @bu2b’s Pound Per Plant training technique, and I told you that I knew a little bit about that. So, let’s discuss the PPP.
Happily, your plants are approaching the exact time when you need to make the crucial first topping.
So, today your plants look like this:
And in two or three weeks you want to have created this:
And here’s how @BU2B does it, reduced to the essentials, and adapted for Autoflower plants :
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK - part three
There are really only two exceptions to my standard method.
• Plants are grown out as quads
• Plants are only topped once
I top between nodes 3 and 4.
** cotyledon*
** single fingered leaf and growth - removed .node 1*
** tri - fingered leaf .node 2 set*
** three-5 fingered leaf .node 3 set*
** allow to grow out as needed then remove .node 4 upward*
As soon as your plant has 4 nodes; not including cotyledon get prepared for your first and ONLY topping. Once your plant grows out enough and the sooner the better - top your plant between nodes 3 and 4.
Nodes 2 and 3 will become your 4 main branches
Plant structure to start should look like a + when viewed from the top.
24 flowering growth tips in 28 days using my PPP Method adopted for Autos. By the time the girls end Week 5 they should have about 48 flowering growth tips and be about 12 inches in diameter - with only 1 topping.
With permission from @bu2b, here’s a link to the PPP method PDF file. Please respect his download conditions:
> ••BEFORE•• you click the link to download the file you should be aware of the following:
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> * The PDF was compiled from my postings on another grow site -
> * IF that is an issue or a problem DO NOT download the file
> * The PDF DOES contain links to another grow site
> * AGAIN - IF this is an issue or problem DO NOT download the file
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> With that out of the way; the info is released into the Public Domain and ALL requirements for distribution are contained within the document itself.
Here’s the link:
HiDrive
Your plants are prolly showing the third node by now, you need to crop as node four emerges. Are you ready?
-Grouchy GrandPa