Horselover fat
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I don't really mean super cropping. See how this plant was not topped and no strings either. I just kept breaking and bending.
LST training stakes? What are you using?
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twentyeight.threefive
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^^^ that is supercropping
GarageGardener69
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yeah I’ve done that before too. But on accident. Causing a fat knuckle at the pinch point.
Horselover fat
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I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called
not low stress, but resulting structure is the same as with tying branches down so I mentioned it.
speedwell68
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Some might say it is Kyle Kushman Chiropractic Training. Kyle Kushman mostly.I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called
Horselover fat
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I didn't know him, but google found this https://homegrowncannabisco.com/grow-your-own-with-kyle-kushman/how-to-grow-marijuana/supercropping-your-plants/ very similar technique to what i did.Some might say it is Kyle Kushman Chiropractic Training. Kyle Kushman mostly.
Thodoph
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I bend coat hangers 7 inches long with a half inch hook one inch long.
Works great for LST &HST .
twentyeight.threefive
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I cut small slits or holes right at the top of the fabric pots. I've never had an issue with the tops edges flopping over.
If the plant is being pulled down then the fabric pot has to be pulling up, it can't flop over.
xtsho
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Supercropping can be done in flower but I never heard that's what most people mean. I've been super cropping in veg for years. This is the first I've heard about the term meaning just bending a flower over. It's usually done in veg by most. You can call it whatever you want but it's commonly known as super cropping and has been for years.I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called
There are posts going back 10 years of people supercropping in veg as that's been the typical time to use it for training your plants.
when to stop supercropping?
How long should I let my plants heal, from supercropping, before sending them into bloom? I keep thinking: "this will be the last time I super crop... let them heal." However, while letting them heal, one branch will eventually outstretch the others and I can't resist pinching it (by pinching...
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I've done my first supercropping with my current crop. I believe I am doing it correctly. I'm into my third week of flowering so I probably shouldn't still be doing it but I'm starting to run out height space. Anyway when I supercrop them I bend them 90 degrees. However they don't bend back up...
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Bishop12
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In early LST, the main stem sometimes has the tendency to "move". I've found it easier to attach a horizontal anchor using this method rather than attaching to the edge of the container. I also like to tie small adjustable knots, which makes it very easy to do quick adjustments.
Hiphophippo
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I have little holes in the tops of my pots I usually tie garden string around the staulk I want to move and tie it to the side of my pot that way I don’t intrude on the soil and that way I can always pull a little tighter or loosen up depending on what the plants telling me
Horselover fat
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Cool, for some reason I always thought it referred to just that. Learn something old everyday.
Bishop12
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I saw this method used by bonsai growers, where they secure anchors through the bottom of the container before filling with medium (like in the photo below). I think I may try this next go around-- it seems it could useful early in the LST process when the stems don't yet reach the sides of the container.
xtsho
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As with many things cannabis the terminology for things can sometimes be vague or mean different things. When I first heard of supercropping years ago it was normally used as a training method in veg. Over time people have found that it can be used well into flower to control the height of plants without causing any negative effects.
lusidghost
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That might be because monster cropping is done in flower. You probably just lumped them together.
