Hey guys first time growing indoors and I’m growing critical mass. She’s about five weeks from seed and I topped her about 9 days ago. She’s only about 6 -7 inches tall with a shit load of side branches. My question is do you think it’s ok to top all leading branches at the same time? I might wait till she gets a little taller but still want to know if it’s ok to top a bunch of leading branches at the same time or is it to much stress. Thanks in advance!!
Any one think I should defoliate?
I would let her grow abit and do some lst training
~10 to 15 days after topping for the 1st time (or once the 2 new growth sites are 3”-4” long). At this point, your new growth sites should have 3 to 5 nodes each, which means it is time to top each branch again.
The thing is, you don’t necessarily have to top above the 3rd node this time - you can instead top above the 1st node
I would (and currently am doing it with one of mine ) raise your light or lower the intensity to encourage her to stretch a bit before topping again or pruning.
Hmm… I would let that little bush grow. Let her grow for a few weeks and do her thing. Maybe do some bif leafing and some LST in the future. Make sure not to stress her out to much.
Plants are amazing. She will turn into something quite beautifule without alot of topping.
Happy growing…
