Super Cropping

Green Leaf 171 said:

Sounds good to me as long as i'm not too high and dont' break the plant totally in half.

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Thats the spirit... I have seen close to that. have fun.

So is it okay to Fim or top and Supercrop as well?

ok u guys i really like this idea but still dnt get how to do it can someone take pics of every step on how to do it because it confuses me in words lol..... does this increase yield at all

Budda_Luva said:

ok u guys i really like this idea but still dnt get how to do it can someone take pics of every step on how to do it because it confuses me in words lol..... does this increase yield at all

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Check it out man.. Imagine like on your avatar pic... Imagine that before flowering about where your knee is.. you pinch the trunks and bend them over... all of those buds that grew up the trunk would have been growing up as there own trunk... therefore...the more time you give it rest after bending ..before flowering ...lol... they will grow up and become main colas ...so you gain a shit load of tops (well depending on how tall the trunk is before you bend)... Just have fun with it....

You dont get it from a pic like these?

Right on...Thanx for posting the "when" I was confused too but went ahead and started the process last eve. Too late to undo now. This really is a frickin addictive "hobby"...I'm finding that its a blast tho. Cant wait to get more serious. Keep it green folks.

I have heard of this before. An old farmer (real farmer) mentioned it once years ago, but I never really understood it until now. When should this be done? can it still be done at the very beginning of the 12/12 cycle with decent results?

I'm using this technique on one of mine. Here is the progress thus far.

homegrown75 said:

I have heard of this before. An old farmer (real farmer) mentioned it once years ago, but I never really understood it until now. When should this be done? can it still be done at the very beginning of the 12/12 cycle with decent results?

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for best results i would wait a week maybe even two beore i flower.... This way... those new tops will have some time to establish there own self a little..grow about 2-3 inches and then flower... This will give you bigger tops cause your letting those shoots define themselves as plants and not just a little flowering point.

5280high said:

Right on...Thanx for posting the "when" I was confused too but went ahead and started the process last eve. Too late to undo now. This really is a frickin addictive "hobby"...I'm finding that its a blast tho. Cant wait to get more serious. Keep it green folks.

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you might want o make the bend more flat..... those shoots will really understand to grow UP.... right now there gonna grow sideways up and posibly even grow up on the trunk.... if you lay/break it more flat like on my pics... then those shoots really understand to go Straight UP>

Mr. Pacific said:

I'm using this technique on one of mine. Here is the progress thus far.

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very nice job.....

homegrown75 said:

I have heard of this before. An old farmer (real farmer) mentioned it once years ago, but I never really understood it until now. When should this be done? can it still be done at the very beginning of the 12/12 cycle with decent results?

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The longer the recoop the better. I have seen people veg and shape a plant for up to a year before they flowered... ( but by god what a plant )
a year is too long for me...

OOOO SHIT like a bonsai thin man check this shit out this is my guy wacky mack a lil grow that hes currently has goin on he hasnt updated it in a while but damn his shit is carzy heres the link chocolate bonsai bush fukkin crazy man check that shit out

can you do this 4wks into flower? will supercropping in flower make the buds get bigger or what?

that's what i am talking about.... Except..

Seems like he took his time to train it like that.. Meaning he had to adjust the ties down the line until he made that crossroad.. That is more an LST deal....
It works in the same principle... see how the shoots grew straight up?... pretty sweet plant for sure.

The 1 thing that doing it this way is the damage of the plant.... Now, most people dont want to read DAMAGE. But beleave it or not... after the plant corrects and heals its self there... It is said that anythign above that damage point will grow fatter... This is due to the rebuild that the plant has to do at the break/pinch, it makes the internal tube that feeds everything that much bigger/stronger/efficient.

heres a few pics of mine that i bent just after starting to flower
really helps with keeping the light close to the whole plant

offgridgrower said:

can you do this 4wks into flower? will supercropping in flower make the buds get bigger or what?

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there are people that do it late in flowering like that... What i wouldnt recommend is that you dont tie it down...or do like the guy above me did.. nice buds..

Meaning.. go ahead and pinch and bend it ... but then let her straighten back up.... The buds above that bend/pinch/twist will grow bigger...

paddy510 said:

heres a few pics of mine that i bent just after starting to flower
really helps with keeping the light close to the whole plant

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some nice tops on those... great job!

sweet, im going to do that tonite to half of my stadium to see results at the end! +rep gen!

Keep this thread going
I'll have to add my Texada cross to picture gal.

offgridgrower said:

sweet, im going to do that tonite to half of my stadium to see results at the end! +rep gen!

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Thanks allot Offgridgrower ..OGG... LOL... but yeah man show us the results when you get a chance..

Jaredbc said:

Keep this thread going
I'll have to add my Texada cross to picture gal.

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I think we all love pics... hell yeah man!