super crop

nick8

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Hi guys i am at the 4th week of flowering. Last week i super cropped my plants and today i found out that (maybe because of not enough water or wrong way super cropped or because of bud weight ) the stem didnt came back to its original place and that the buds could get much more sunlight in order to grow. What do you think?
 

gioua

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so you bent the stem.. waited a week and wanted it to 100 % return to the same position?

I think wait longer then a week to see results and I have been taught to super crop before flowering begins as well.
 

smoke and coke

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sometimes after a couple weeks of flower you can get some tops that stretch a little excessive and they need to be supercropped to keep a more even canopy. i will determine where i will make my bend and get a rough length from a branch below. i will take a piece of #12awg solid wire and make some bends on each end so that it will rest on the branch below and support the branch to be bent. make the wire before you supercrop so it is ready to put in place. over the next few days with minor adustments if needed, you can make the branch grow and stay whichever way you want. i usually prefer horizontal. after a week to 10 days you should be able to remove the support.
 

Laney

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Yeah, it's definitely on the late side to supercrop. That's why you are not seeing the recovery you can generally expect. Don't worry about it. Just leave the plant to finish.
 

nick8

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i super cropped them in order to make the fert focus on the buds so that the can grow faster? What is the negative aspect in super cropping them now?
 

Laney

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They need to recover from the supercropping to benefit from the process. This can take a few days or longer in which energies will be diverted from flower production to wound healing. It's best to get all of this out of the way by the second week of flower in order to give your ladies an unfettered period to bloom.
 
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