C.Indica
Well-Known Member
Hello Rollitup
I wrote this to help gardeners focus more energy on product, and little to none on waste.
The boring intro that most of you will skip;
This will increase branch strength, lower bud count, and if applied correctly,
dramatically increase quality (Not potency) & quantity of yield.
First and foremost, I would like to thank SimonD@Rollitup/Simon@ICMag endlessly for his inspiration.
He has donated to the community several rediculously helpful threads, including one on the perfect cure.
What inspired this technique was his LST+Prune for no Popcorn! method.
He combines a simple LST, with some pruning & removal of branches, and turns out fat colas with no popcorn.
I found his method to be a bit brutal and untimed, but relentlessly beneficial.
So I set out to perfect this method, and I would still only consider myself a third of the way there.
Perfection is a human concept.
This can be done from seed or clone, and can be applied to most plant species, especially vegetable gardening & bonsai.
At an internode, a few things happen. First a leaf & two stipules emerge, followed by a branch, and then a couple flowers.
In most topping/pruning techniques, branches are removed at a certain point, wasting so much energy on development.
If you understand the basic way that cannabis grows, then you can have much precision on your pruning, and shape a plant dramatically in it's early stages.
Using a razor blade, I cut out undesired branches the second they appear.
You will see a couple baby leaves emerging as a branch, I just tuck my blade behind them and cut very safely and slowly downward,
towards the petiole. This way I only remove the leaf when I mess up, instead of an accidental topping.
You should 'pop' the branch right out when done right, and two little baby leaves will fall down.
Be very precise, and do not miss the growth tip! Otherwise the branch will continue to drain energy as it grows very stressed.
I usually cut out the third generation of branches. The branches, that come out of the branches, that come out of the main stalk/tree trunk.
But of course depending on goal/environment you may alter this in whatever way.
Using this, you could grow a 5' plant with only one budsite, that would probably spit out a 15" football of bud.
But there are drawbacks..
Having too few nugs, will result in rediculously large colas, but without the high penetration of HID lighting, the insides won't ripen fully
when compared to the outsides.
I strongly encourage you to run a particular strain through this method, with varying #'s of budsites/branches, until you find what they like best.
For example, my recent grow had 5 colas, but some insides were lime green/unripe.
Next time I run this strain that large, I'll do 20 colas.
Next time I run this method, I'll probably avoid LST completely.
I found that colas that grew horizontal, spat out all leaves on one side,
while the other side took longer to fully ripen due to less light.
It's very easy to precisely control the number and strength of branches with this method.
Here's my Lemon Skunk grow, this is a great example of SimonD's method.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/444684-cfl-lemon-skunk-clone.html
I currently have a freshly rooted clone of Lemon Skunk.
Since it's such perfect timing, I'll donate her to the thread.
Her name is Alpha.
I'm already maintaining a strict record of information on her,
she will be grown for one trophy cola, in a 24oz
Dr. Pepper bottle cut down to about 22.
Alpha was cut on 10/01, roots appeared 10/17 (Slow..)
She was transplanted into her Dr.Pepper bottle on 10/23, and switched to 15/9 under 60w CFL.
On 10/27 she was switched to 12/12, and today is day 3 Flower.
I notice the budsite just starting to swell, still no hairs yet.
Due to a rediculous experience with Homedepot's "EcoSmart" bulbs burning out
one by one, and losing the receipt, I will be running low CFL wattage.
I have a 40w 5000k, and 3x 20w 2700k's.
Total 100w CFL, 20oz of dirt, Single Cola, Lemon Skunk, X Nutrients(Hydroponix)
Dirt is bulk cheap shitty dirt, mixed with some dolomite lime.
I just grew this strain out with a two month veg, and chopped it @ 56 days flowering.
I feel it was a few days early, but she starting shooting out bananas @ day 49.
We'll see how it goes.
I wrote this to help gardeners focus more energy on product, and little to none on waste.
The boring intro that most of you will skip;
This will increase branch strength, lower bud count, and if applied correctly,
dramatically increase quality (Not potency) & quantity of yield.
First and foremost, I would like to thank SimonD@Rollitup/Simon@ICMag endlessly for his inspiration.
He has donated to the community several rediculously helpful threads, including one on the perfect cure.
What inspired this technique was his LST+Prune for no Popcorn! method.
He combines a simple LST, with some pruning & removal of branches, and turns out fat colas with no popcorn.
I found his method to be a bit brutal and untimed, but relentlessly beneficial.
So I set out to perfect this method, and I would still only consider myself a third of the way there.
Perfection is a human concept.
This can be done from seed or clone, and can be applied to most plant species, especially vegetable gardening & bonsai.
At an internode, a few things happen. First a leaf & two stipules emerge, followed by a branch, and then a couple flowers.
In most topping/pruning techniques, branches are removed at a certain point, wasting so much energy on development.
If you understand the basic way that cannabis grows, then you can have much precision on your pruning, and shape a plant dramatically in it's early stages.
Using a razor blade, I cut out undesired branches the second they appear.
You will see a couple baby leaves emerging as a branch, I just tuck my blade behind them and cut very safely and slowly downward,
towards the petiole. This way I only remove the leaf when I mess up, instead of an accidental topping.
You should 'pop' the branch right out when done right, and two little baby leaves will fall down.
Be very precise, and do not miss the growth tip! Otherwise the branch will continue to drain energy as it grows very stressed.
I usually cut out the third generation of branches. The branches, that come out of the branches, that come out of the main stalk/tree trunk.
But of course depending on goal/environment you may alter this in whatever way.
Using this, you could grow a 5' plant with only one budsite, that would probably spit out a 15" football of bud.
But there are drawbacks..
Having too few nugs, will result in rediculously large colas, but without the high penetration of HID lighting, the insides won't ripen fully
when compared to the outsides.
I strongly encourage you to run a particular strain through this method, with varying #'s of budsites/branches, until you find what they like best.
For example, my recent grow had 5 colas, but some insides were lime green/unripe.
Next time I run this strain that large, I'll do 20 colas.
Next time I run this method, I'll probably avoid LST completely.
I found that colas that grew horizontal, spat out all leaves on one side,
while the other side took longer to fully ripen due to less light.
It's very easy to precisely control the number and strength of branches with this method.
Here's my Lemon Skunk grow, this is a great example of SimonD's method.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/444684-cfl-lemon-skunk-clone.html
I currently have a freshly rooted clone of Lemon Skunk.
Since it's such perfect timing, I'll donate her to the thread.
Her name is Alpha.
I'm already maintaining a strict record of information on her,
she will be grown for one trophy cola, in a 24oz
Dr. Pepper bottle cut down to about 22.
Alpha was cut on 10/01, roots appeared 10/17 (Slow..)
She was transplanted into her Dr.Pepper bottle on 10/23, and switched to 15/9 under 60w CFL.
On 10/27 she was switched to 12/12, and today is day 3 Flower.
I notice the budsite just starting to swell, still no hairs yet.
Due to a rediculous experience with Homedepot's "EcoSmart" bulbs burning out
one by one, and losing the receipt, I will be running low CFL wattage.
I have a 40w 5000k, and 3x 20w 2700k's.
Total 100w CFL, 20oz of dirt, Single Cola, Lemon Skunk, X Nutrients(Hydroponix)
Dirt is bulk cheap shitty dirt, mixed with some dolomite lime.
I just grew this strain out with a two month veg, and chopped it @ 56 days flowering.
I feel it was a few days early, but she starting shooting out bananas @ day 49.
We'll see how it goes.
