supercropping stretched plants

drolove

drolove

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what do you guys think? i have 1 plant i let stretch a little too much so today i supercropped a few top branches in the middle of the stretches in hope that it would kind of make up for the stretching and now give me the chance to make up for the stretching from here. :-o
 
alonefarmer420

alonefarmer420

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I supercropped anytime anywhere on the branch to make it fit for me because of streching towards the lights.
Sometimes the branch would be back up after a couple days and id do it again. just dont tear the stem to much.

Heres a picture when i cropped them after a couple days
 
drolove

drolove

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alonefarmer420 said:
I supercropped anytime anywhere on the branch to make it fit for me because of streching towards the lights.
Sometimes the branch would be back up after a couple days and id do it again. just dont tear the stem to much.

Heres a picture when i cropped them after a couple days
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cool looks good. and interesting. i see you use the technique a lot. this was my first attempt. went pretty well, looks just like yours.
 
jonnyquest

jonnyquest

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I can't see how it is more effective than a more low stress approach to hight controll, just bend them without snapping them surely?
 
drolove

drolove

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jonnyquest said:
I can't see how it is more effective than a more low stress approach to hight controll, just bend them without snapping them surely?
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well if you bend them without snapping them you would have to tie them down somehow or they would just grow right back to where they were
 
jonnyquest

jonnyquest

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drolove said:
well if you bend them without snapping them you would have to tie them down somehow or they would just grow right back to where they were
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This is true but you could just hook the branches back to the main stem? Do you snap the main stem when you supercrop?
 
drolove

drolove

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jonnyquest said:
This is true but you could just hook the branches back to the main stem? Do you snap the main stem when you supercrop?
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well pulling the branch all the way back to the main stem at one time would probably crack the stem as well. some parts might be pliable enough to do so but you would have to bend it a little bit a day or so till you got there, tying it between those times. Ive never done it on the main stem but i dont see why you coudlnt. shouldnt hurt it. it will slow your growth while it rapairs itself but can produce good results if done right from what ive read. your not really breaking the whole stem in half but more like the internals of the stem are compromised. sometimes you crack the outside but it should heal unless broke completely in half.
 
drolove

drolove

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this is the first time ive done this but ive read about it a few times. i figured since i had a plant that was stretched i could use the "stretch" to my advantage by cracking the stem half way down or right above a node and use the stretched area to get the newer nodes out away from the main stem and into some light. giving it more area of branch exposed to light
 
jonnyquest

jonnyquest

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drolove said:
well pulling the branch all the way back to the main stem at one time would probably crack the stem as well. some parts might be pliable enough to do so but you would have to bend it a little bit a day or so till you got there, tying it between those times. Ive never done it on the main stem but i dont see why you coudlnt. shouldnt hurt it. it will slow your growth while it rapairs itself but can produce good results if done right from what ive read. your not really breaking the whole stem in half but more like the internals of the stem are compromised. sometimes you crack the outside but it should heal unless broke completely in half.
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I still don't see the need, I have grown tall plants, scrog, many small plants and I currently lst the shit out of my plants from day 1, my plants are full of garden wire pulling it this way and that I make long hooks of garden wire and use it to hold the plant in its space, as it would seem you can squire the same results supercropping but I suppose my real question is why would you want to it is definatly more stressful that low stress training your plants
 
Rob the bruce

Rob the bruce

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[QUOTElooks good, a little like the scrog principal giving your tops even hight for good light distribution. I grew a critical mass auto last grow that had to be snapped half way so I could get my light down to the other plants.
 
drolove

drolove

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jonnyquest said:
I still don't see the need, I have grown tall plants, scrog, many small plants and I currently lst the shit out of my plants from day 1, my plants are full of garden wire pulling it this way and that I make long hooks of garden wire and use it to hold the plant in its space, as it would seem you can squire the same results supercropping but I suppose my real question is why would you want to it is definatly more stressful that low stress training your plants
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well im sitting here with "the cannabis growers bible" reading about it. it says "the end result is a very bushy plant with multiple node regions that should all produce bud. by crushing it, it should develop multiple areas above the crushed region".

personally i did it cause i have multiple plants at different heights in the same room and this one is taking off a lot faster than the rest and also stretched because it wasnt close enough to the light. now that i have it up close to the light i supercropped the top nodes that stretched out and now they are down even with the rest of the vegitation
 
cheddar1985

cheddar1985

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jonnyquest said:
I still don't see the need, I have grown tall plants, scrog, many small plants and I currently lst the shit out of my plants from day 1, my plants are full of garden wire pulling it this way and that I make long hooks of garden wire and use it to hold the plant in its space, as it would seem you can squire the same results supercropping but I suppose my real question is why would you want to it is definatly more stressful that low stress training your plants
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Lsting is messy but does give u good results supercroppin is not messy and is as simple as lsting hence the reason why i supercrop as ive to many plants to tie back and keep under control !!
 
drolove

drolove

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seems if you do it right theres little to no stress. after about 20 hours the nodes i supercropped are aiming up at the light and growing. makes the plant look funny though. ill probably use this more often to shape my plants in my small grow area. BTW i ALSO use the LST method but only on things that need to be moved a tiny bit like pulling the branches in towards the main stem so its not bushing out so much.
 
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