Backbuilding side by side test

wompaa · Oct 24, 2018

Backbuilding side by side test
So i have my grow journal here and i'm doing some backbuilding on some to test. last time i backbuilt i got 7 1/2 oz off a plant, it stalls growth a little like topping but if you do it a bit at a time and not aggressive it'll cut the healing time down greatly.

Bullshit myths need busting to end all arguments, so i'v never seen this side by side test before, i've seen one of supercropping which is bullshit and doesn't work, it's used in the guerrilla fields to put a knuckle on the long sativa stems to strengthen in the wind ... chinese whispers or noobie troll prank, a side by side test will tell all.

my grow blog here - last 2 weeks of flower
https://www.rollitup.org/t/last-few-weeks-of-flower-ammi-haze-critical-afghan-kush.978112/

I will let them heal then pinch the tops again, i'm doing all the buds down 6" of the cola, the theory is it stops up growth momentum like topping then fattens/bushes them up ... we will see.

Viking420 · Oct 24, 2018

I've read a tiny bit about this. Didn't know what to think of it. I'll be watching the thread out of curosity

Lordhooha · Oct 24, 2018

wompaa said:
Backbuilding side by side test
So i have my grow journal here and i'm doing some backbuilding on some to test. last time i backbuilt i got 7 1/2 oz off a plant, it stalls growth a little like topping but if you do it a bit at a time and not aggressive it'll cut the healing time down greatly.

Bullshit myths need busting to end all arguments, so i'v never seen this side by side test before, i've seen one of supercropping which is bullshit and doesn't work, it's used in the guerrilla fields to put a knuckle on the long sativa stems to strengthen in the wind ... chinese whispers or noobie troll prank, a side by side test will tell all.

my grow blog here - last 2 weeks of flower
https://www.rollitup.org/t/last-few-weeks-of-flower-ammi-haze-critical-afghan-kush.978112/

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I will let them heal then pinch the tops again, i'm doing all the buds down 6" of the cola, the theory is it stops up growth momentum like topping then fattens/bushes them up ... we will see.

I’ve seen it done it seems to work. I simply pass based on I top an have more than enough plants.

LinguaPeel · Oct 25, 2018

Wtf is back building, not everyone is hip to e-grower lingo

wompaa · Oct 25, 2018

LinguaPeel said:
Wtf is back building, not everyone is hip to e-grower lingo

pigeon420 gonna tell ya

you see him cut the tops about halfway through

Lordhooha · Oct 25, 2018

LinguaPeel said:
Wtf is back building, not everyone is hip to e-grower lingo

Back building has been around since you were young. It’s just not a common practice.

hotrodharley · Oct 27, 2018

Lordhooha said:
Back building has been around since you were young. It’s just not a common practice.

Probably for good reason. I've grown a while and never heard of it.

wompaa · Oct 27, 2018

hotrodharley said:
Probably for good reason. I've grown a while and never heard of it.

Past 4 months i've just heard of it, it does seem to work and you can see the bud stop growing up and start fattening out.

It might be a visual illusion tho if this makes sense, all the bud that would grow up now sits on the sides.

i'll do a weight test when they dried in about 2 weeks

Lordhooha · Oct 27, 2018

hotrodharley said:
Probably for good reason. I've grown a while and never heard of it.

To me it always seemed like a bad idea.

Lordhooha · Oct 27, 2018

wompaa said:
Past 4 months i've just heard of it, it does seem to work and you can see the bud stop growing up and start fattening out.

It might be a visual illusion tho if this makes sense, all the bud that would grow up now sits on the sides.

i'll do a weight test when they dried in about 2 weeks

It would be interesting to see. But it would have to be done with clones to get a true answer. That way the plants are identical and not a variant of the plant.

hotrodharley · Oct 27, 2018

Lordhooha said:
To me it always seemed like a bad idea.

I just topped the top cola. Midway through flower. First plant I have not topped in years. It took restraint to not top it. I just wanted to grow a cannabis plant and see what the yield is. My main method before flowering clones was to top 3 times and then supercrop .

wompaa · Oct 27, 2018

Lordhooha said:
It would be interesting to see. But it would have to be done with clones to get a true answer. That way the plants are identical and not a variant of the plant.

im doing it on the same plant, the colas are next to each other

wompaa · Nov 1, 2018

Not much difference as yet, but the ones backbuilt seem a lot more dense, but i'm not squashing them too much just yet .. time will tell, it'll also run out but that's another topic.

not backbuilt

backbuilt

wompaa · Nov 5, 2018

Ok so pretty interesting, the top pictures not been backbuilt, it's buds taller as the tops still there but the density is the difference between butter and cold half frozen butter, as you can see the bottom pic (which had been backbuilt) looks fatter, less tall and is much denser to squash ... is it an illusion ? because the tops not there, is the top weight just getting added to the bottom giving it a fatter denser feel and look ?

either way at the moment hopefully i'm not going to lose weight but gain density ... which is good.

Cvntcrusher · Oct 28, 2020

This needs revived. I am finding this really interesting. I really want to know if its worth it. Ive got some SKINNY tops. And foxtail genetics

Backbuilding side by side test

Will it work ?

No

Yes

I don't judge anything, not even this, so lets see ... maybe

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