Monster cropping a non-clone?

I have a little outdoor guy who went through a little stress during a storm. He is really puny because of this and figured I would like him to go back to veg and gain some height, because, I don't know, might as well I suppose. So I was thinking of just bringing him inside under the light to kick off a longer light cycle thus monster cropping the bastard.

Everything on monster cropping I see are on clones. Has it ever been done to an actual whole plant rather than clones? What are the results with this?

Thanks a bunch for any input.
 

Phillip J Fry

Active Member
i think the results would be the same since taking a clone is just that no matter how the mother was produced. All plants came from a seed at some point.
 

jewgrow

Well-Known Member
I think you should learn a little bit about plants
before you go about "super-cropping" your babies.
 

jewgrow

Well-Known Member
...because its simple. Also, its ignorant to use advanced techniques and/or grow systems while the grower doesn't even have a basic knowledge of plants.
 
I'm sorry but I feel like I'm being attacked.

I have been growing for close to 20 years now. I know just about everything in the books when it comes to growing. There are some new and odd techniques I am not very aware of, thus I came here for some advice. Maybe I should elaborate a tad:

Most people I know that monster crop do it with clones. This is because you can treat every plan like a mother. Before you cut down your harvest, about a month and a half before, you simply save a branch to replace it by revegging it.

From what I have seen, tons of nodes pop up at the base, and topped off with some FIMing you get one hell of a monster. The reason I am concerned with using a whole plant that is about 2 feet tall is because EVERYTHING online talks about using clones. My plant has way more nodes than a standard clone. Many things can go differently because I havent heard of this happening before. Will every node explode with more nodes like the standard clone? Will the growth be stunted because it is focusing on so many areas at a time it simply cant keep up? Will this not be the case and explode with a massive appetite and grow at an extraordinarily rate?

I don't know. I can make educated guesses, but I can't be certain. Clearly something is happening that is exploiting the natural genetic emergence and causing this glitch when you monster crop in the first place. I just want to know if any one else knows how this works on a much larger plant. It could go the exact opposite way, and just cripple the plant to the point of not having it worth my time.

I didn't feel as if I needed to wright a lengthy description of my concerns because I am just really looking for some one who has monster cropped a large plant before. I'm pretty positive it will be fun and beneficial, but I am not certain. Which is why I am asking questions. Never be afraid to ask questions.
 

jewgrow

Well-Known Member
I think your question should have been: If I monster crop a plant with more nodes than it says on these online guides will it hurt the plant? I am not positive on what monster cropping is, but I can assume it has to do with FIMing/Topping a plant multiple times. I know that you can top a plant or FIM it just about any time (except seedling or full fledge flowering) and it will not usually affect the plant. Personally I wouldn't FIM/Top more than once or twice, if you need more training than that try LST. Also rereading your post, you said you wanted the plant to gain height....well then don't top/FIM/monstercrop it. Unless you top it during its flowering stretch it won't get taller by gaining smaller but more heads.
 
Monster Cropping is when you take a plant out of flowering and back into veg. Doing this causes some sort glitch in how the hormones develop nodes, begins massive development. It sprouts its own nodes all over the place on its own. It begins to look ridiculous, and often cant even hold its own weight because of this.
 
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