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EnglishSpringerSpaniel
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I've always used the topping method to prevent inevitable upward growth and to help the side shoots bulk up, but I read somewhere recently that topping should be avoided if at all possible...something to do with stress and hormones, but I can't recall exactly. Is it practical to perpetually train a mother plant to keep the main stalk from growing too close to a light fixture? Or maybe only possible with certain genetics? I'm trying this right now with an abnormally quick-finishing sativa, but I have to tie down new growth every few days, and I imagine it will be more frequent once the root system fully develops.