a good example of this. If you grow blueberry
without topping you will not achieve maximum
bud production from that plant, but if you do
top the blueberry you will. Other strains are
not so flexible and by topping you will not
increase bud production. The two top colas will
simply be sharing the same volume of bud that a
single cola would have produced on the same
strain. So pruning for production is strain
related and grow related. You need to find a
strain that responds well to topping.
It is advised that you experiment with this
pruning method. Do this with 2 out of 10
females with every grow you do. You will find
in time that during this vegetative prune you
will be able to shape your plant. Plants are
generally pruned 3 - 4 weeks into their
vegetative cycle but can be pruned sooner or
later or more than once. Pruning during
flowering will cause problems with bud
production because the plant will divert its
energy from bud production into branch and leaf
production. The results will be a slower rate
of Bud growth.
Remember how we spoke about Indica plants
being small and Sativa plants being tall. Well
