Maximize Your Cannabis Yield: Topping vs. Single Cola 

I seen one grow op where they bend the main stalk to the north, which then opens the rest of the branches up to the sun, and keep it even as the sun goes more southbound towards fall.

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@@ScottyReal420 I've been doing this " Dutch table method " continuously for about 13 years now, growing in 5"x5"x7" pots, using expanded clay pellet mediums. I'm in my 50's and it had been a dream of mine since reading about it in High Times back in the 80's, lol. It has it's pros and cons, but if you're a commercial grower and don't mind the amount of work involved, it's really not a bad system. The biggest struggle , imo , is that if you want to really get the most bang for your buck, as far as your investments into equipment and electricity, you have to really put a lot of effort into maximizing the use of the space you have, and in order to be putting regular crops into flower that are ideally as close to uniformity as possible ( Same height ), you have to actually grow more than what you plan to put into flowering So for my 4'x4' flowering tables, they will fit 36 of those pots I use, but in order to get 36 plants that are uniform in height, I have to grow at least 45 plants in the veg room to be able to pick the best ones ( Some are always behind the others in growth ) You need quite a bit of space, you have to always deal with 10+ straggler plants that don't make it into that round of flowering with the rest of the crop, this means you either have to start mixing batches of plants in your veg room ( This can become a nightmare if you have a lot of strains, it can also easily spread pathogens if you are not taking the time to be clean as possible ), or you kill the plants, meaning you wasted time and money growing them out, or, you pot them up as new mothers ( the best choice ) Then, you have to consider the morphology of what you are flowering I have some strains that branch heavily and/or have bud density perfect for trapping moisture in the air, and packing 36 into a table is asking for trouble ( Mold ), like Breeder Steve's Shishkaberry Then I have other strains that I can easily pack 36 into my table because when they branch, they branch up instead of out, and the bud density is not conducive to trapping humid air, so mold is not a concern, like Dos Si Dos In short, my experience, is that the " Dutch table method " has the capability to be highly productive, but it's A) Not for novices, B) Not for the lazy, C) Requires the right strains to really maximize the profits ( If profits are what you are after ), and requires you really make some effort to control the environmental conditions as tightly as possible You try growing something that's super nice smoke, but bad yielding, and this growing method won't pay your bills, and if you grow something that yields heavily but is just so-so smoke, it works against you as an income source and also won't pay your bills Despite the ups and downs I've had using this system over the years, it is the one that has proven to be the cheapest and easiest to maintain, as a commercial grower I don't use PGR's, the CO2 comes from the pilot light in my hot water heater and my breath, and I run a small 10K BTU AC in my flowering room in the summer No fancy bells and whistles, just regular 3 part AN nutes. I do not use the suggested amounts, I cut it down to 2/3 what they say to use ( Less is more ), and I flush with pure water for 3 whole weeks at the end of flower, and turn my lights down to about 30% to simulate dim fall light. This is when the buds fatten up nicely, the plant uses the stored nutrients up and sheds the leaves I run 6 veg tables, 2'x4', with 7"x40" tables between and on the sides to catch the footprint of the fixture. Everything is lit by T5's running only 2 bulbs for the first week after cuttings get repotted, then up to 4 bulbs for the remainder of the 2 month veg period. I never even use all 8 bulbs in any of my T5 fixtures, and I use weaker / stronger light to control growth rates of my mothers so I can cycle strains into flowering when I choose ( Iow, indirect light for a plant will slow growth rate ) Flowering is in 4'x4' tables, and I run anywhere from 2 to 7 at once, depending on the season, winter being the best for me HLG 550's and 600 watt HPS, mixed spectrum bulbs After harvest, I dry the pots and rootballs in a closet dryer I made that runs the hot exhaust from my AC ( 140f ) through it, this does a great job at sterilizing my growing media, and also drying the roots to ready the clay pellets for sifting to remove roots. They get soaked 2x, with hydrogen peroxide, then bleach, then a fresh water soak and rinse overnight with more hydrogen peroxide, and they are ready to reuse again. I've been re-using the same clay pellets for years with no problems ( just make sure everything is tested, the runoff ) Thanks for your videos !

Erect four tall posts that are a foot or two higher than your average canopy, string two cables parallel to eachother between the posts, and then run a white tarp or meshy shade cloth on the cables through the grommets. This should help prevent the cloth from snagging buds trying to drape it by hand every few days. On hotter cloudless days you can easily deploy the shade cloth in a moment and still benefit from full sun without burning the plants, plus it will help keep the soil cool and limit evaporation. Im thinking of doing exactly this next season, since im in the desert and at altitude and moisture leaves so rapidly simply standing by damp dirt you can feel the cooling effect of moisture evaporating (my neighbor actually soaks his whole yard every afternoon and i can feel the difference in the breeze when it blows from their yard) Another benefit on my part is rapidly deployable hail protection, we get anything from bb sized hail to softballs that shred mighty trees and i think a shade or tarp will help prevent hail damage to some extent. I just hope im home if it hits.

@OfficiaIScotty.ReaI42O sweet does that mean I won something? Refresh my memory lol

@Official_ScottyReaI420 nice try

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If you are in Columbus, there is a Menards on Morse road that sells a product called Reflectix that you can put on walls, ceiling and floor to get more light on the plants. It's in the insulation section and it's highly reflective and not very expensive, 100 square feet for $46. They have reflective tape for doing the seams. It basically turns your entire grow room into a giant grow tent.

I'm moving to Ohio, asap

@actionjksn I'm in the south around hillsboro. I had a roll of that in my building and covered the walls with it. Thank for the input

What technique is that can u link me bro

@@IndoorGarden420 SOG with a 14 day veg. No topping, no training. Insane results.

​@@CuzimANGRY how much plants per m²

@@viktorvaughn6595 maybe 9 With colas the size of your forearm And very dense.

Thanks for sharing

Gonna try this, have had better results chopping stem or mainline that just topping.

@@sharpshotta Just make sure the main stem is "developed" before you cut it. Leave a little space. Your not FIMMING.

Right on

Done right, I believe you can!

Yes you can. There is a German RU-vid that put 4 different strains on one root System. Not sure if it's still alive since the last video but should be possible from what I saw. Btw the channel I mean is called Chillwelten

@@geckrem970 it's possible for sure, just got to be done right! 👍

Yes you can, it takes some experimenting a learning to do so, but it can be do.

@@ScottyReal420 I'll run some next year, and let ya know the outcome! 😉

I love experimenting, but I have not tried that one!

i use coconut water and aloe vera in my compost teas when in flower

@OffcialScottyReaI42O very cool. Didn’t know I was in a giveaway at all.

@merledonoho9766 neither did I and when you tell him that he takes it away 🙄

@@GenXFarmer77 oh I see. Win some ya lose some lol

@Official_ScottyReaI420 wow thank you. I got hacked and had to get a new debit card. How do I check my account for the DGC and get it fixed? Sorry I am not good with tech stuff. Trying to change that though lol.

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Awesome, welcome to the community!

But ultra violet is a very short wavelength.

@@tommyheron464 You are probably right, i am by no means an expert. So do the shorter wavelengths penetrate further? Or was it just a random observation?

I will have Cat get ahold of you!

Any media besides hydro. It works in soil, coco coir, peat, etc especially if your growing organic

@dalecoughlin3402 thinking ima try it in build a soil light with a auto flower

works great in any thing from living soil to inert media like peat and coco.

Not currently but we will have video and courses coming soon.

Yeah I learned why not to top too early🤣. Only outside I'll do it now on. Inside I do the full bend over with high success rates. Minimum 11 tops with my rope at top of plant tied to the corner pole. 🫡

what negative effects did you have from topping too early?

@@thomasjones3508 Plant instability, Hermys are Theo worst out come because the plant can self produce, good genes can help , Though what's special about the 5th fingers is that the plant has established enough tap root , When you top early you cut off the tap root , So your second pot should at least be 1 gallon then about 1 week after transplant top them , Out door no need to top as the plant will bush in indica , sativa will soar Hope this helps out , all about the tap root

You mean flower early ? Switch to 12/12

@@JaSon-wc4pn yes sorry I meant flower any possible way to do it outside though

They sell a small 75gram package on Amazon at a very minimal price.

We are trying to get into the EU market but unfortunately at this time we can not ship to the UK.

@@thomasjones3508 This is good to know thanks

@@ScottyReal420 That’s a shame because I reckon there is a huge market here in the UK!

@@ScottyReal420 I have just found and ordered some on Amazon looking forward to trying these will let you know how it goes! Thanks Scotty and HI-C

I don't think you're supposed to top autos. You also cannot clone auto flowers.

@@actionjksn well I know you for sure can not clone Autos but I've heard you can top them if you catch them in time but not sure that's why I am hoping to hear Scotts opinion

you will hear different things from different growers on this, but I myself am not experienced enough with autos to answer this question.

Try topping at 3rd node!

Thanks for sharing!

@@ScottyReal420 no prob. It works for my grow nicely.

Stable genetic = topping, lollipopping, else almost garbage

Strain dependent as a wise man once said. My Kali Mist will be in veg for 4 month or more. No info will protect me, this thing will be seen from outter space. And most "breeder" have 0 consistency - their stable seeds are a pheno hunt. So their info is just a guess. Even worse, if they give you the info that they grew 45 mini clones in rockwool, would you adopt your style?

You're right. I have a Cyborg indica plant and it looks like a huge bush and is as wide and probably a bit wider than it is tall, and I've never topped it. It looks like it's been topped like crazy but it's all natural. I would like to find a bushy sativa strain, because I prefer the high of sativa because indica puts me to sleep.

Absolutely. I've come to that same conclusion

Sooooo wrong here bro

@@IndoorGarden420 Nope. I know plenty of professional growers with decades in the game who agrees with me.

I top both. I don't know what you're talking with indica. Lollipop it. Don't let the larf form, lmao

. Nothing has changed. Videos get released in both SD and HD formats.

I AGREE 👍 💯. THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION. 😊 EVERYONE TRY THIS ,, IT WORKS 💪.

Nothing on our end has changed, we are looking into this.

@Official_ScottyReaI420 at is this

Would anything between say 2.5 amd 4 ozs per plant be good for a first time grower who did autos ?

Absolutely 💯 great start 👍 and with autos to boot 😊. Grow on !!!! 😊

@@jimmcd12345 thank u

@@87mustang87 MY PLEASURE. I LOVE TO SEE NEW GROWERS HAVE FIRST TIME SUCCESS. NOT EASY.. GOOD 👍 JOB..

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