Dannydavito
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What happens if you supercrop every available spot on the plant. Like literally hundreds of crushes. Will it heal back as a monster with woody thick branches?
What happens if you supercrop the whole plant
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Dannydavito
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Also how many crushes can you do at a time? Can you do all the crushes at once or should they be Spaced out?
MICHI-CAN
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Mak'er Grow
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You need a very healthy plant if your going to do lots of torture to it.
I seen a video awhile back where the guy twists each branch, left twist then right twist until it snaps/pops, from the bottom all the way to the top every few inches...he said it helps him grow monster plants...lol
I seen a video awhile back where the guy twists each branch, left twist then right twist until it snaps/pops, from the bottom all the way to the top every few inches...he said it helps him grow monster plants...lol
Dannydavito
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I think she's ready
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MICHI-CAN
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Most plants over 2 foot can handle loss of half the foliage with very little recovery time. Make sure they are healthy and watered before hand. No high temps either. Seal anything larger than a pencil with cinnamon on a Q-tip. They grow back twice as strong and thick. It's called defensive growth. Have to survive animals foraging in the wild.
Skewbong
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It depends on how aggressive you are on each stem. Ive fucked up a few. I usually take a pair of pliers with me, but I'm gentle if I'm doing lots...my hands are soft. Lol. No its just a bit hard on the fingers after a while. Just a gentle press, turn 90 degrees and press light again...manipulate...reapeat. The pliers are for the firmer branches further down ( sometimes I'll bust them a bit, but less aggressively...kyle kushman chiropractic!), but most top branches are easily crushed with the press of your fingers. I find they are way softer doing hydro than in pots. Just an observation.
Dannydavito
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Awesome I'll update tomorrow with pics of the finished product!
Skewbong
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How long do you do the topping for? I've never grown outdoors...is your window closing and when do they start to flower. I mean I can see she is still vegging...very well...preflower yet? Thats going to be a beauty...nice mainlining with lollipop!!
MICHI-CAN
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I top until I get down to 13.5 hrs of light a day. I defoliate another 3-4 weeks beyond that. Indoors I stop topping a week before I flip. And I strip stems bare to the 5th node from the top by week 3 of flower. Only a few leaves are removed or any shoots on lower stems after that.
Skewbong
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Thanks so much for the info. Those are beauty looking buds! Nice colour!
MICHI-CAN
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Apologies Danny. Hope it was informative to you. One more post and I'll let you get back on track. Thank you.
It was high potency. Not so good taste. Getting better now that it has cured for a few months. Color wasn't great. But tempting none the less. Happy growing and good health to all and their girls.
Skewbong
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@Dannydavito sorry bro, get excited sometimes
I wasn't sarcastic about colour. I like the variation, it looks a bit leafy, but looks very, very good dry. Nice job.
High potency, shit flavour, i hate that. Big bud is my same feel for that.
Dannydavito
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Don't worry about it guys haha. I don't mind getting off track, i'm always learning from whatever I can!
radiant Rudy
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I did moderate defol and intense super cropping to control this IHG plant. It hardly missed a beat. Chopped at 64 days, 5 gal pot, wet trimmed weight 1200g. I attribute the robustness to genetics.
Dannydavito
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I realized there's not much to update, since you can't really tell much is different by looking. I crushed a whole bunch of spots on the branches, twisted back and forth and then left them to heal. So far so good!
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Lockedin
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I super cropped a few "runners", thinking they would slow down --- actually seems the opposite happened and most of them are still tall.
Now they have "S" turns where they redirected for a cycle or so and then went right back to vertical. Probably needed to LST after healing.
I'll play with it more on the next run!
norcalreppin77
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I super crop like 5 tops at a time. Then 2 or 3 days later I'll do another 5