When would you flip these?

deejay123

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Yo guys,

So as you can see I supercropped the other day, they have responded really well to it.

With the new growth, do you always take the fans off which are covering new bud sites?

Never really defoliated new growth like that before just older growth from the bottom which aren’t gonna get much light.

Thanks!
 

Grow Monster

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U did not super crop u lollipop'd as stated earlier. U gotta learn the difference bro. U took alot of leaves off already so I would start spreading out branches to let light get thru the middle and distribute evenly. Tuck leaves that block light and only cut ones that u absolutely must. Some guys defoliate more aggressively then I do so they might weigh in a lil different but there's alot of ways to skin a cat.
 

Grow Monster

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If u wanna know what I mean by spreading them out check out my grow journal. Basically just tie down the branches with string, wire, ties, etc. Pull the plant open to a nice spread. I use string and paper binders with the fabric pots. String from trelis kinda sucks with lint so I switch to rubber ties in bloom if I need to do any training. But string works gd when small. Purpose is to give light to the potentialbud sites.
 

medidedicated

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You did not super crop. The breeder info posted is not garbage, to me it is a sign of quality EXCEPT the harvest time, that is a ploy. It makes people miss out on buying based on better qualities. Made me come across a gem though with rich history.

Breeder height tends to be about 1-2 feet of said heights but usually assumed you aren’t pulling a newbie xmas tree we all did once before. Assuming you are good to your plants, expect to have larger.

I did an auto that are 5 times the size of that at day 47. Crazy to think it is half sativa. I would caution that in small height space and bend away. The first node could of been the biggest on the whole plant, it shifts to how you expose it to light.

Super cropping is pinching it till it pops like those menthol cigs to release the menthol hehe girl cigs. It will slow growth and expose more light to more buds that will stack and hold stronger. A second net would help keep it 90 degrees. It also makes it stronger in early veg if you already knew how to make 1 ibs plants but that is going to take extra time and need powerful lighting for pounds of yield which do not need early veg super crop.

If it splits the stem open, I seen it go untreated for a couple days gaped open and then tied shut and it siamezed itself back together. Might be relevant as a pinch of sativa genes prompts lst and super cropping. It is hearty, I couldn’t get some random weed in my back yard to even do that haha.

It is tough working with 90% indicas, I was asking all the same things. Stiff branches, short nodes, bottom branches did not seem like they would catch up. With sativa genes, I leave it be and only prune suckers at end of stretch. U’d be suprised what can make it to the canopy. I bend main stock 90 degrees.

I wait til week 2.5 minimally to bend main stock or you are stressing more than LST. Might even slice it inhalf. A week later the mini growth reaches for light and becomes a promising node. Bend it and it makes 4 more. Legos. Any pruning or defoliating before flower just sets it back. It is a bush, IMO it will just redirect energy to replace itself.

I let it have some choice of what it wants to do for good behavior. Leaves are solar panels. Short indicas are tough for timid growers despite marketed otherwise. Here are my 100 cents as you seem anxious like I did for not just starting out working with 1 plant at a time, get top tier and multiply. This took a chunk of RIU search bar work and some faith. Enjoy.
 
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