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Hello. I’m growing an affie auto I’m about three weeks in and I just topped my girl five days ago. Was it to soon
Im not saying your wrong…but ive always been told not to top autos because they don’t have the time to recover from it. If your 3 weeks in , you only have about 1-2 weeks before flower starts.
Since you did the topping pretty early I think the plant has enough time to recover. I also topped my autos although I was told not to do it. I topped latest after the fourth node…
When working with a photoperiod strain, it is possible to top your Cannabis plants as many times as you wish during the vegetative stage. Due to autoflowering strains not being photoperiod dependent, there is a short window to work with in regards to training autoflowers. Below we break down if topping is beneficial, the recommended training techniques, the window to work in, and our best strains for those of you who enjoy some good-old plant training.
There are some advantages and disadvantages when it comes to topping autos. Depending on the strains you are growing, you will definitely notice the difference between for example a stunted, short plant with minimal production, or on the contrary, a big, bushy girl that meets all your practical requirements height-wise.
There will be a 21-day window in which autos can be manipulated and trained before their natural desire to flower takes over. It is during this time that topping your auto-flowering plants is advised. Anytime after the first 3 weeks may be counterproductive and cause the plants more harm than good, during the pinnacle growing stages. The same rule applies when flowering a photoperiod Cannabis seed under 12/12 with no vegetative time, as there will be a 21-day window where the plants will focus on growing roots and as much foliage and branches as possible.
The best auto flowering cultivars to work with are hybrids or Sativa-dominant, as these will normally finish around 120-150cm if left untrained.
Rather than take the risk with topping autoflowering Cannabis, especially if you are not completely familiar with how a strain grows from start to finish, it is better to use other techniques such as L.S.T.
Low-stress training is a very gentle and easy way to open up the size of your canopy, allowing all of the lower growth to be exposed to direct light. The result is a lush, lollipopped style appearance that causes the plants very little stress.
It’s entirely up to you, but as a general rule of thumb when it comes to autos - no, probably not. Topping is just so stressful that the negatives usually outweigh the positives. We top a plant to increase its yield, and this is almost always the outcome when topping photoperiodic strains (as they can be forced to stay in veg growth as long as you like). Autos will automatically switch to flower production after around 4 weeks, which means they usually do not have time to bounce back
