step by step how to super crop

that is not supper croping. that is just pinching or bending. supper croping is when you take clone from plants that are 10 to 14 day in to flowering. it is a method used when you want to scrog grow.

Thank you for bumping this, I need to review it. My veg room is starting to get out of control. I got 10 clones at once and am trying to start a perpetual flowering room by moving one from veg to flower every 10 days.

dont mean to sound like a broken record but great thread very insightful.
Am scrogging so will def be super cropping and fimming on my next round.

I have just signed up to this site because of you. You have taken so many questions I have had and answered all of them. I have read your bible (i call it) and thank you.

I was curious if the first time you super crop, is it just below third set of leaves and just the main stem? I am at two weeks of growth, plants about 8 inches tall and looking good. Time for super cropping but want to do it right.

Do the plants straighten themselves out after super cropping or do you hav to tie them up straight against a stick or suttin?

They will begin to turn upwards after about 24 hours. It is pretty cool to see them head towards the lights even though you just bent them over

excellent! ill be concluding my second grow in a week here..from the first to now ive gained SO much experience and skills here at RIU!reading this post has enlightened me once again!ill def be incorporating this technique into my next grow!THANKS! i think just knowing "when to say when", with crushing the stems, is the only spot ill be sketchy about..i completely understand the biology behind it. so expect a possible PM here in a few weeks, when im nervously staring at my new crop...lol

how well does this work with CFLs?

wow great info im definantly going to try it with my babies. also can you super crop during flowering or will it stress the plant out too much?

You might be able to get away with it in the first week or two But its recommended to be done during Veg. This reason is so because you want to start flowering with an even canopy so everyone can grow at the same rate.

thank you much for the awesome post man, the step by step shit is awesome. you did a great job, soo much so that i went downstairs and did it on one of my auroras!
I have a question about one that is not topped. do you just start with the main stem towards the top cola and bend it over, if the plant is not topped?

kindbud27 said:

thank you much for the awesome post man, the step by step shit is awesome. you did a great job, soo much so that i went downstairs and did it on one of my auroras!
I have a question about one that is not topped. do you just start with the main stem towards the top cola and bend it over, if the plant is not topped?

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That's what I do and the branches below to spot you supercrop will grow a lot bigger.

ok thx much im gonna try it on my babies then and let the other keep flowering. much props on the post its the most helpful thred ive read here so far!

*ahem* just a bump.

always for good techniques

Sweet thread man! Great info on here really helped me understand alot! +rep

Just read this for the 100th time... Finally gonna try it...
Bump on the awesomeness...

Just seen this, awesome guide, +rep

Just another bump, great read.

simpsonsampson420 said:

with super cropping you get more tops that would be available to FIM.. if that makes sense.. FIMing is a way to get multiple flowers at any given site... super cropping is a means to get more available sites towards the top of the plant that would be able to get FIM'd...

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Super cropping makes the stem stronger so it can support more bud sites that you will be creating . It also widens the "pipeline" of nutrients the stem carries making it stronger and more efficient.

Another thing, NEVER SUPERCROP A SICK PLANT, will just make things worse and the long recovery time will defeat the purpose of getting more buds.

Hi
Great thread and pics, the best I have found! Thank you!!
one question, you bend the top part of stems between 1st n 3rd nodes, let plant recover, then if you want to do iy again where would you bend? above the original??

thanks for the info. so basically you should only super crop the very top one? super cropping the side plants wouldnt make sense. also, if super crop tricks the plant into thinking that there is no top, then wouldnt topping be unnecessary?