I am still a newbie and this year I am experimenting with topping. You can see I have a single, double and quartal. The very first photo, the plant collapsed under heavy rains so I duct taped the break and tied it to a pole. It seems to be doing okay. I thought about topping it at the break but IDK. I now have to research support systems because I can already tell these are weaker and won’t survive the rain once they start budding. The tomato cages worked fine last year but won’t for these.
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Could add silica to your feeds to strengthen branches. Could loosen connection to the pole so you get some play there for the winds/rain to keep the branch moving around more. Movement of the branch causes it to naturally strengthen the branch.
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These are my two Hash Burger after their second topping. I use the taller tomato cages and let them grow through them.
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Got that ILGM swag going!!
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