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Hey, I was wondering if it’s good to top an auto flower? So it’s doesn’t grow as tall and possibly more buds from doing so? I’v recently moved my grow room to a smaller more concealed space so I’m def going to be doin LST on them but unsure on topping them. The strain is northern lights auto
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Congrats on the NL its my favorite strain. With autos i only top once around 4th node as autos dont have as much recovery time.
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camkush wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:11 pm
 Congrats on the NL its my favorite strain. With autos i only top once around 4th node as autos dont have as much recovery time.
That’s good to hear Cos everywhere Iv read they say don’t top an auto flower. 4 nodes high I take it no pistils or anything have developed yet?
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camkush wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:11 pm
 Congrats on the NL its my favorite strain. With autos i only top once around 4th node as autos dont have as much recovery time.
Yes althiough ive not grown autos im a fan of topping or just nipping out top when they are really young plants these days, plants ive grown it certainly doesnt slow them down from growing too long, were talking hardly at all. Then again topping them when a wee bit older it hardly slows them down. Theirs good and bad stressing of plants and topping it`s what i call good stress on plant lol 8-)
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YH I now top all my autos at the 3rd or 4th node had no problems of slowing down growth
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I have grown autos before to a usually shitty standard. I just can't get on with them. However some advice I got a while ago from an amazing auto grower was 'treat them like any other plant during the veg phase' including topping etc. .so there's my input 👍
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I just ran 3 autos,topped 1 and lst,worked great,just as nice buds on all 3,just more colas when toppeded
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I top at 4th not usually about week 4 or 5
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I've topped many autos, only a handful didnt like it the others seemed fine with it.

A single topping and LST is my preferred method for autos
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I top as soon as the 5th node shows so really on so it can recover before flowering starts :rock:
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