JUST WONDERING IF I SUPER CROPPED HER RIGHT

veggiegardener

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Consider tying the ends farther down, but gently. The main stem may split at some point, but this usually is harmless. Topped plants often do this as the plant gets heavy. The benefits of further bending(LST) are more nodes get full sun, and sun leaves cover more area. More square feet, more tonnage. Sunlight produces food produces bud.
 

Wilksey

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As I understand it, the goal of supercropping is to initially channel hormone into the areas of growth BELOW the "crimped" area. So if you want to increase the flow of hormone into side branches, or slow the rate of growth of any given branch, you crimp towards the END / TOP of the branch that is too tall, or has the side branching you want to beef up, which would in turn increase the flow of hormone into those side branches, and slow the growth of the "long" branch.
 

Nebulizer420

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I checked on her today and see this , does this mean I need more soil on top of the roots showing or does this happen after a while ? image.jpg
 

veggiegardener

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My plants have far outstripped my expectations both inside my greenhouses and out. I've supercropped about 200 branches so far to keep them from rubbing the ceilings in the greenhouses. Left alone they will form a huge knot of buds that are nearly impossible to trim. These knots can harbor mold as well.

The first year I had this happen, we had a huge number of ants in the yard. I found four nests in the knots. Apparently they were farming aphids, but that did little damage. The ants took everything and left when I hung those branches to dry. The buds were actually very clean, but extremely distorted.
 

gR33nDav3l0l

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Yeah, you gotta check the knot even if healed nicely. I've had ants going in too, farming aphids. They bring their game everywhere they go :eyesmoke:
 
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