Let me find and send you a pic of another option.
what about something like this? If you like this you can start by topping at the blue line in the above pic. It will save you some room in your tent for the other two and no bending for a bit. How tall is your tent?
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Also how do you plan on growing your other two plants? You want to keep your canopy height in mind so they’re all 3 at the same height so you may want to top at the higher line above.
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It’s 60", probably around 54" usable at max light height with another area being taken up by a 4" filter/fan setup/duct.
I was thinking each plant gets 24" x16" as far as foot print goes. The 3 gallon pots are kind of small so I was going to use some kind of things to anchor ties down into the dirt and also outside of the pot as needed (stakes, cable ties, etc.) and then eventually move to a net once they were all reaching up with buds.
What kind of difference would I expect between manifolding and what’s done in that photo? Is that essentially just multiple tops with aggressive defoliation?
I was going to let the other two catch up and keep everyone in veg, trimming Esther as needed to keep her happy while the younger two grow.
The way I pictured it ending was that, Esther would just get harvested first while the other two finish up.
You may need to keep Esther on the down low side for a bit to give the others some veg time before flipping the lights to flower. The other style is pretty much what you said. It’s another form of mainlining then super cropping at the right time. I’m doing that style with my single plant pot.
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That version honestly seems a little bit easier - am I just giving up the extra vertical height for flower growth? I know it’s probably impossible to tell but do you think there would be a tangible difference at harvest?
I’m not chasing numbers or anything, I originally picked manifolding because it seemed easy with straight forward steps, this also seems straight forward. I guess I just want to know why people go one way or the other.
Thank you for taking all this time with me today, I appreciate it. You and everyone else have helped so much, it def. adds another level to a great hobby.
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I’m going to end up with 14 to 16 buds on the one I’m doing like the above pic. I had a vastly different need and set of circumstances as to why I learned to do mine that way. If you do it like the above pic you will still be tieing stems down along the way which will help keep it lower while the others catch up. Also this way your plants still get plenty of light without crowding each other out as much. I’d top at the lower blue line which will buy you some time for the others.
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Thank you, is that to end up like @kdawg shared above? I’m just getting a start w/those two branches on that node by bringing it up a level?
I’m unsure what you are asking. Either top it or don’t, whats the problem.
Ok, I appreciate you’re unsure what I’m asking but that reply is useless.
I was asking if this to help manifold it, or to end up topped like the photo shared above.
Not sure how she’ll end up, but the deed is done.
I guess I left too much on top? I’m not sure if it’ll hurt anything.
I kept researching and going over the answers, more videos etc and basically just decided to top her where I thought it would be the most flexible for the setup, I think I can actually bend this down with LST or top again on the branches on the side after training them down. I want to give her a day or two to recover and then see. The other girls are going to be moving to their pots today or tomorrow so I’ll revisit after that.
I played around with the stem and feel comfortable bending them, I bent down her existing growth after the top a little after playing with the section that was removed to get a feel for it. They’re fragile for sure but I don’t think I expected anything different.
She smells amazing, kind of like basil but different, the growth that was removed seems really healthy, and growing 9 point leaves? I wonder if I’ll see them again when she comes back.
There’s definitely a weird feeling cutting off something you love watching, if plants pickup vibes I hope she got the good intention.
(No pics) but Athena & Cap6 look ready to move into their bigger homes, fun times :). I think next time I’ll go with way bigger containers, I know it’ll mean more (soil, water, nutes) but I think I’ll like having the extra breathing room for training.
I hope you’re having a good day.
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Looks perfect! You want a stubby, it makes it stronger. When you pull down the two side shoots it can crack if you top with too short a stub.
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Thank you 
This was nerve racking for me. I just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. I know I’ll get used to it. I appreciate all the help from you and everyone else.
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She doesn’t seem to have missed a beat
Given that she seems ok, when I have a minute I’m going to feel out what to do next, the goal seems to be get as many horizontal tops exposed in a way that works best for the space. I think I was looking too much for a one size fits all or I’m just an idiot, or maybe a little of both (that’s probably wishful thinking).
The two girls look ready for their bigger containers
It looks like there was a bit more yellowing but none on the new growth. They really perked up with some water…
I hope you’re having a good day.
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Everything is looking really good! Nice job!
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Thank you! I need to put some time into the new girls today.
For the one I just topped, I’m really thinking about bending her over at the base of her stem for manifolding. I just think it would be such a big height savings but I’m not sure how much real difference it would be?
For next for her, I plan to cut off her bottom growth, but I’m confused, some of her lower leaves are now reaching up at the same level as where she was topped. I’ve done some LST around this last night to try to get them all even. I think i can - would that mean they could all be topped again to grow like that nugg bucket, or is it only for new growth after the top?
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here’s a or some pics. I’m not sure they all went through. We’ll I sent 5 lol. On this one I have 2 plants back to back in the same pot. Both were bent over then repotted back to back. These are around 2 months old. Just look at the right or left side at 1 plant. This is basically what you would end up with if you bend her over. Right now from top of pot to top of plant is averaging about 5". I will end up with it looking something like nugbuckets.
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I’ll be doing more on them today and will try to get you a better pic. Looking from the top down here’s today’s pic of my girls:
it’s totally your call but I wouldn’t take any leaves off just yet. Although that may help slow it down more for the others to catch up. Bending it over will make the main stem grow sideways. New horizontal growth will add new leaf and stems along the way. Those will get tied down and become your main stems that will support a bud on each stem. I know it sounds confusing hopefully more pics from me later will make more sense.
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