should i lolly pop?

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

hey RIU
im a couple of weeks into 12/12, im doing dwc and was wondering when to lolli pop them and if to do it at all?
i stupidly let one of my girls veg a little to long and now its hitting 6' and little light is penetrating to the bottom of the plants. any help would be great guys. ill upload some pics later on

thanks for looking

 

[Hydroburn]

you can supercrop during 12/12 stretch to keep the canopy level and I usually defoliate the lower stuff after stretch.

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

cheers for the reply,
never done that to be honest, how would i go about that and will it damage the yield?

 

[Squidbilly]

I LST and lollipop sorta. I remove alot of the lower growth, but I'm yielding pretty good in a 4x4 tent with a 600w hps. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but it's what I do.

 

[Squidbilly]

And the stuff on the bottom of that is kinda larfy, I wouldn't want anything lower. I never ran the strain before, I wished I flipped them earlier, but I would of done the same thing-I almost ran out of vertical height this round.

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

cheers pal, iv ran out of height now and im growing in a bedroom lol ive got a 6' girl coz i veg'd for too long waiting for my other plant to catch up alittle im stressing out now
iv just striped the lower shite off but am i too late to supercrop as im already 3wk in flower and changed onto flores today

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

heres some pics of them,
and before everyone jumps on me telling me iv let it get way too big I KNOW haha

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

I LST and lollipop sorta. I remove alot of the lower growth, but I'm yielding pretty good in a 4x4 tent with a 600w hps. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but it's what I do.
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looking good there pal

 

[Squidbilly]

heres some pics of them,
8 0 Dude, your gonna have to do something about that tall one, lol. Either bend it over and make it the same height as the other one, or even consider just cutting her down to the same height as the other plant.

 

[Squidbilly]

Not sure what happened with that last post i made^ but yes you can bend/supercrop 3 weeks into flower.

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

i'v supercropped it about 12" from the top to take abit of height off but should i do it again lower down on the stem? just worried that it'l break it bad and ill loose the bud that im hoping will form on that cola

 

[Hydroburn]

yea the stalk will snap off if you aren't careful... that's not something you want to fuck with in flower so be careful. on the thicker ones, sometimes it helps to roll the stalk between your fingers crushing up the fibers a little. for the branches that are too big, you can try to tie down the tops as low as you can, and gradually tie them lower over a couple days.

 

[Scrogmonkey]

heres some pics of them,
and before everyone jumps on me telling me iv let it get way too big I KNOW haha

You have let it grow too big.......j/k.personally,I would loolipop all the lower branches on the bottom of the tall plants,that are late growing pistils(the ones that are noticeably weaker than the top half,if you know what I mean)
I think you are going to struggle LST'ing them when they are that tall,so if you cant knock much height out of them that way,then just make sure you bring the smaller plant upto the larger ones level (sit on a box or something)theres no point losing out on lumen's for the smaller ones,just because the others are being lanky

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

well guys ive lolli popped them both and supercropped the biggest one, i have taken great care not to snap the stalks and i guess ill just have to wait and see what happens

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

as ,you can see i had to splint one of them, it never broke just dropped alittle low so held it up with duct tape

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

what do you all think?

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

You have let it grow too big.......j/k

there's always one haha

 

[Scrogmonkey]

what do you all think?

Looks good,my only concerns would be..
a) will that top LST creat too much of a canopy over the rest of the plant?
b)how your going to support that canopy of buds,when they add weight?
You would probably have to string it up for support,because without it,I can see things flopping and splitting

 

[HOMEGROWN4DE]

yea im thinking the same pal,

1st:: im going to attempt to spread out the canopy as it heals up
2nd: il just tie it up as it puts weight on

 

[joespit]

looking good. could always make a mini scrog setup. But yeah I like to LST early on (when they're about 6-7 inches tall) and then supercrop week of or before flowering (or when a node just looks like it should be) and you can have a lil dope'shrub. Like a bonsai tree but way better