No, this is not a Cordettes fan post.

I have been looking all over the interwebs for a guide or even a good explanation of how to lollipop your plants into flowering. I have seen little bits of info here and there but no single method. Have any of you ever heard of a guide or something?

If you feel the need tell me why you think lollipopping sucks, cool, but you better be able to tell me what and who's instructions you followed or the rules you played by otherwise you are just wasting everyone's time.

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very interested myself............

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Could somone please explain lollipopping?

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Smoked Myself Retarded

Lollipopping in theory is removing as much foliage as possible to focus growing energy on just the buds. Ideally you would get one giant fat cola.

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I have understood it as trimming all the side branches that would otherwise be producing bud...

The idee' is to force the plant into focusing solely on the main top cola, as it is the only one left~

(There is no need to trim shade leaves, as these will drop on thier own when the plant no longer needs them)

This procedure is typically associated with cuttings that don't even have time to really veg out any significant side branches,
although it will try to do so,

and eliminating them allows you to plant in high densities, and if there is enough you can even call it SOG!

I do not know personally if this means a higher yield yet, however, as a personal grower I see no reason to produce the less desirable side buds, and would want the plant to be focusing on the cola that is receiving the most light anyways...

As artificial lighting does not penetrate well enough to significantly fatten the lower buds.

I think the logic is that the side buds steal the hard work of the top bud.

I don't want that.

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It's a War on War

Lollipopping is the simple idea of reducing the plant to what is going to bud for any production.

Basically if it's not essential for the grow, you get rid of it.

What exactly isn't essential for the grow you ask?

Well that's simple. You know those whispy buds that are good for rolling joints but your not doing anything else, yeah, well thats just a waste, get rid of those.

You are also going to remove those fan leaves as well. Fan leaves only generate growth for the bud they are supporting, so if your not growing bud there, don't grow a leaf either.

The basic principal is to remove excess material to allow maximum airflow, and light penetration.

So if your light isn't really hitting the bud, your just wasting energy, all that energy, can go into your top buds.

You can do it with just 1-4 main colas, or you can do it with an LST, SCROG, whatever it works great.

For more answers on lollipopping and another technique known as "flagging", see www.urbangrower.com, volume 35.

Happy Growing!

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Loose lips sink ships.

^^hows your moonlight project going?

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" The stone that the builder refuse, shall always be the head cornerstone..." ~Bob Marley http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...-hawaiian.html

Actually that won't be getting going until next month, in the process of moving so I had to scale back on experiments and focus more on supply. But I'll definitely keep everyone posted. Look for that bump....



...wait a minute....

..HEY!

...you little bastards smoking weed?!?!

..get over here.....


..let me hit that.


Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

^^^
Fucking lunatic.

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Loose lips sink ships.

Really?

I believe you on the fan leaf thing...

The metaphor I was accustomed to was the use as fan leaves as store houses for ready available nutrients, most famously nitrogen.

If a fan leave gets no light, will it always start to die?

Why not let the plant pull everything from it first?

I'm sure its not that much in actuality though...

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I lollipop every time.
Here's an example of a girl that harvested near 1/2 lb

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