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Originally Posted by hudson88
...........But i've just been reading that if you top a plant you should give it 2 weeks to recover before you start flowering as flowering sooner can affect yeild. Now I'm not sure what to do.
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So you've done some research on the matter, and read that a short recovery time is advisable, but you just don't know how advisable? Is this the question...?
Here's are two takes on the situation. I use method one.
1) Your lady is about ready for flowering. She's been on veg nutes since birth. You perform surgery on her. (you take clones) You leave her in her comfort zone for a couple of weeks, until her wounds are healed, and new growth is vigorous. Once healed, you put her into flower, changing her nutes, light spectrum and light schedule, forcing her to start the final stretch twords the finish line, without stressing the hormone changes (PMS) going on during this phase.
2) Your lady is about ready for flowering. She's been on veg nutes since birth. You perform surgery on her. (you take clones) You put her into flower with fresh wounds, changing her nutes, light spectrum and light schedule, forcing her to start the final stretch and bud formation, while simultaneously trying to heal herself and adjust her hormone balance. (to start the flowering phase)
To be honest, I don't really know if it is the hormones that change, (semi-educated guess) but putting her into flower starts a form of, what I like to call PMS. (pre motherhood stretch)
PMS is triggered within the plant, which starts the stretch and increases it's density. I'd rather not risk the 'extra' stress, which can affect health
and yeild, not to mention the possible nanners as a result of impatience. Have you ever pissed-off your wife while she suffers from PMS...? Mine grows the biggest cajones' you've ever seen, when in a PMS delerium, lol)
Hopefully someone with more experience in plant biology could help with the biologicals involved in the transformation between veg and flower...
Nice try Bozo, but perhaps you should re-read the original post.