IdahoGrower
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I had tried supercropping with much success some time ago (though I have had even better success in aggressive backing in early flowering stages in the last few grows giving me from 5 to 10 nice, fat colas). Anyway, I had started trimming a few fan leaves here and there to allow light to get to lower flowers but understood the dangers of overtrimming fan leaves (photosynthesis depletion, change in metabolism, lack of nutrient mobility, etc.) but found that some trimming was fine. But I still wanted to get more light to the lower growth. So... I decided to try the supercropping method on the leaves. Leaf stalks are tender and can easily break, so bending them is tricky. But it allowed me to keep the leaves while getting them out of the way of precious light to lower growth. I thought that I might kill the leaves or that they'd just pop back up but they are actually doing well. At any rate, so far so good. By the way, I am only bending leaves that are directly in the way light reaching lower buds. So... has anyone tried this? I've already noticed a profound difference in lower growth. Note: These plants are very bushy and short (2 1/2 feet tall, almost 2 feet wide with 4 weeks left) due to aggressive pinchbacks and supercropping in earlier stages which drove me to this experiment. Also, I rotate every day 1/4 turn (just as lights come up on the new 12) to ensure light is getting everywhere. AND, fan is kept on a low setting so as not to cause the newly bent leaves to break or pop back up.
