Low Stress Training and Supercrop

Jeffdt1966

Jeffdt1966

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topping and plant training are done to increase harvest by making more budsites and sometimes to keep plants short for smaller grow places . The screen of green involves both topping and training and can greatly increase yields . read up on these they are worth the trouble
 
RIXUK

RIXUK

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As above says,I use to top quite a bit from cuttings but since ive done seed ive been scared to as they look so weak compared to cuttings. I have done supercropping/LST on main coa arms,I aint got a picture to hand but my 1st 2 node cola arms are the same thickness and height as the main cola except they are further out from the plant like a xmas tree,I can see a good 6 main colas off the skunk#1 I have and a good 4 off the blue cheese which people say doesnt yield alot,I can see easy 8oz off each I will update my journal,will need to check my profile as its not in public forum. They are worth doing,I will only top if they get to tall from now on as the supercropping and LST have done what topping would do. If you have no room id say do it on SOG. Trust me its worth doing,if your going to top make sure there well built before you do so as I recon on seedling it would stress the fuck out of em. take care
 
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lwells2000

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This picture is of two plants that have been trained with the help of a "screen" with horizontal strings every 2". The LST is aided by the strings. When the plant gets above the string a couple inches I bend it down underneath it. This is easier than tying it down for typical LST training and helps support the branches when they get heavy with bud. You continue to train this way until you have a full screen or as many tops as you want. This is a scrog (SCReen Of Green) unlike a sog (Sea Of Green) mentioned above that is numerous plants side by side that are typically put into flower early to produce one main cola on each plant quickly with little branching. Both methods are commonly used to produce higher yields. With typical LST you just tie a string to your pot or a stake or whatever and tie the other end with a loose knot or hook it to the branch you want to pull down and tighten down so its parallel to the medium, so it has the same results as the scrog method, but takes more effort. This closet is approx. 1.5' x 3'. I get from 3-5oz per plant this way. What LST does is opens up the top canopy for light to reach lower branches (and I've been told it triggers a response in the plant that its main cola is in trouble, thus causing it to shoot up a different branch to take the main cola's place).


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jokacross

jokacross

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lwells2000 said:
This picture is of two plants that have been trained with the help of a "screen" with horizontal strings every 2". The LST is aided by the strings. When the plant gets above the string a couple inches I bend it down underneath it. This is easier than tying it down for typical LST training and helps support the branches when they get heavy with bud. You continue to train this way until you have a full screen or as many tops as you want. This is a scrog (SCReen Of Green) unlike a sog (Sea Of Green) mentioned above that is numerous plants side by side that are typically put into flower early to produce one main cola on each plant quickly with little branching. Both methods are commonly used to produce higher yields. With typical LST you just tie a string to your pot or a stake or whatever and tie the other end with a loose knot or hook it to the branch you want to pull down and tighten down so its parallel to the medium, so it has the same results as the scrog method, but takes more effort. This closet is approx. 1.5' x 3'. I get from 3-5oz per plant this way. What LST does is opens up the top canopy for light to reach lower branches (and I've been told it triggers a response in the plant that its main cola is in trouble, thus causing it to shoot up a different branch to take the main cola's place).


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thanks a lot!!! Very informative! Now im getting there!
 
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