More Pruning

MadDog607

MadDog607

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She has been in bloom for 3.5 weeks. I trimmed her maybe a couple of weeks ago. Here she is now:
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There are still branches with little nugs that are not getting any light at the bottom. Before I cut these can I cut the big fan leaves so there is not so much shade or will this fuck her up?
 
looks like she went through the stretch and got the neckbeard.

if i've already pruned for flower, then i usually leave those neckbeard lower leaves until they die a natural death. if they are not getting much light, that will happen naturally.
 
its too late to do anything more. let her be. and if you can lower that light another 6 inches. what watt diodes are they?
 
DCobeen said:
its too late to do anything more. let her be. and if you can lower that light another 6 inches. what watt diodes are they?
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If i lower it any more it will be right on top of them. I'm almost out of room for them to grow any taller. These are 5w diodes.
 
MadDog607 said:
If i lower it any more it will be right on top of them. I'm almost out of room for them to grow any taller. These are 5w diodes.
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okay do this since htey are 5 watt and are powerfull. supercrop her tops. it wont hurt her 1 bit. but will lower you canopy. have you ever super cropped before? those 5 watt diodes need 16 inches at least maybe 20 away.
 
The light does not get hot so it will not burn my plants. I have never cropped my plants. Can you explain?
 
MadDog607 said:
The light does not get hot so it will not burn my plants. I have never cropped my plants. Can you explain?
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bro led doesn't burn per-say. 5 watts put out allot of par and you can bleach out your plants. just keep an eye on them.
 
MadDog607 said:
The light does not get hot so it will not burn my plants. I have never cropped my plants. Can you explain?
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I wouldn't super crop that big ole girl in the 4th week of flowering.. Super cropping is an excellent technique but should be done during veg.. Take off anything that isn't getting light.. I'd take half the beard off tonight and then wait 2 days and take the other half.. U don't want to stress her out to much during flowering
 
Drrfeeelgood said:
I wouldn't super crop that big ole girl in the 4th week of flowering.. Super cropping is an excellent technique but should be done during veg.. Take off anything that isn't getting light.. I'd take half the beard off tonight and then wait 2 days and take the other half.. U don't want to stress her out to much during flowering
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ive seen to many grows. you can supercrop at week 4 np.
 
hold on. the more you remove the more shock/stress. 1 here and there is okay but know it will not be there to feed the buds.
 
oh and i super cropped my WW at week 4 and she tasted so good. i had to do an emergency move and chop her but she felt no downfalls from it. i say it improved her.
 
MadDog607 said:
I have never cropped my plants. Can you explain?
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you basically pinch the stem (with the pads of your fingers, not the sharp fingernail parts) very slowly until the stem gives. it will then fall over at about 90 degrees, and then keep growing from there.

i wouldn't do it on a flowering plant without a bit of practice on veg plants first. i've rushed it before and snapped branches off. ya gotta have a feel for it.

i've done it in week 4 with no negative results, but your milage (and others) may vary.
 
DCobeen said:
oh and i super cropped my WW at week 4 and she tasted so good. i had to do an emergency move and chop her but she felt no downfalls from it. i say it improved her.
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Cool! I just supper cropped 5 tangerine dream in week 4 flower.. This will be a good experiment.. The stretch on tangerine dream is ridiculous
 
Drrfeeelgood said:
Cool! I just supper cropped 5 tangerine dream in week 4 flower.. This will be a good experiment.. The stretch on tangerine dream is ridiculous
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now it will still send them food and even more to that branch the lower buds will fatten up allot more and you will have a more even bud size and you can adjust you light lower to hit the lower buds better. I am following 2 big growers who super crop around week 3/4 in flower right when the popcorn hits so they know the stretch is over. pics post a couple pics. also when you do it make sure its not over done if it is just apply some tape or pipe cleaner to help her hold. i take my time when doing mine so i dont snap them.
 
UncleBuck said:
you basically pinch the stem (with the pads of your fingers, not the sharp fingernail parts) very slowly until the stem gives. it will then fall over at about 90 degrees, and then keep growing from there.

i wouldn't do it on a flowering plant without a bit of practice on veg plants first. i've rushed it before and snapped branches off. ya gotta have a feel for it.

i've done it in week 4 with no negative results, but your milage (and others) may vary.
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