Super cropping questions
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mr sunshine
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Super cropping, or any stress to the upper nodes affects production and distribution of IAA(Indole 3 acetic acid). A good source of IAA comes from the tops and is fed through the phloem down through the plant.
The increase in yield, when supper cropping, comes from the increased size of the phloem and the increased production and distribution of IAA.
[Here's how:]
The plant will repair the damage to the phloem and add redundancies for any future damage it thinks it may endure.
This adds a larger highway for not only the IAA to travel downwards, affecting every bud site from top to the bottom of the stalk, but also gives larger uptake channels for it's budding and ripening process.
The 2nd delightful affect of super cropping, is the initial location of the node after bending it. Ideally, you want the node to be equal to, or lower than the 2nd. This triggers the additional IAA production in the 2nd set of nodes. When the apical node returns to her new location, her IAA production is still intact, thus effectively doubling, if not more (because it's additive in nature), the production and distribution of the yield increasing IAA down through that stalk.
The increase in yield, when supper cropping, comes from the increased size of the phloem and the increased production and distribution of IAA.
[Here's how:]
The plant will repair the damage to the phloem and add redundancies for any future damage it thinks it may endure.
This adds a larger highway for not only the IAA to travel downwards, affecting every bud site from top to the bottom of the stalk, but also gives larger uptake channels for it's budding and ripening process.
The 2nd delightful affect of super cropping, is the initial location of the node after bending it. Ideally, you want the node to be equal to, or lower than the 2nd. This triggers the additional IAA production in the 2nd set of nodes. When the apical node returns to her new location, her IAA production is still intact, thus effectively doubling, if not more (because it's additive in nature), the production and distribution of the yield increasing IAA down through that stalk.
Budley Doright
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Just to clarify your saying production/yield will be double that of a non supercropped plant?
Alec420
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A happy plant = GREAT YEILDS
You'd be shocking the plant going into 12/12 in my opinion. i'd wait a couple days aleast before putting the plant in 12/12, if not a week haha I would be pissed if my plant had stunted growth all because i was impatient. Hard work for crumbss? fuck that...
You'd be shocking the plant going into 12/12 in my opinion. i'd wait a couple days aleast before putting the plant in 12/12, if not a week haha I would be pissed if my plant had stunted growth all because i was impatient. Hard work for crumbss? fuck that...
mr sunshine
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Go ahead , it's not a big deal.
Budley Doright
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Or wait a few days, not a big deal either lol.
GuyLeDuche
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Well he wasn't saying the yield of finished product doubles, rather "thus effectively doubling, if not more (because it's additive in nature), the production and distribution of the yield increasing IAA"
So to me that reads as a multiplying of the nodes, or at least the stuff that makes them happy
714steadyeddie
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Alec420
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Instead of insulting me, maybe you'd be more of a productive member by explaining why I'm a moron. That's not helpful at all, no reason to be condescending.
Michael Huntherz
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Exposing nodes to light and keeping the canopy level allows the plant to develop many cola sites. Contemplate the following picture in meditation and do not anthropomorphize plants, they are not like us.Instead of insulting me, maybe you'd be more of a productive member by explaining why I'm a moron. That's not helpful at all, no reason to be condescending.
The crowns that reach the top of the plant become colas, and the more tops you get the better yield you will end up with, generally speaking. Forilla my nilla (wafer) Keeping all the tops level throughout veg and with some topping and stem bending you can end up with a shit-ton of good bud sites. I'm new at it, but there's no doubt it works.
Alec420
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So super cropping, then switching to 12/12 the next day will not stress the plant at all?
Michael Huntherz
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It will stress the plant, but it won't matter. If you break something, just tape it up ASAP and don't mess with it, it will heal 95% of the time.
I start topping and training when there are three nodes, and I bend the plants every other day or so throughout veg, and the first couple weeks of 12/12.