pruning for space control

Giyan

Active Member

• Mar 10, 2010

• #1

So can i cut the tops and sides for control or is it bad and if i can how 1/4in from main stem or wat

 

potpimp

Sector 5 Moderator

• Mar 10, 2010

• #2

You can top the plant and use that as a clone but why would you want to cut off the very things that create the bud? Leaves are there for a reason; they are the solar collectors that make the buds.

 

monkz

Well-Known Member

• Mar 10, 2010

• #3

You can however prune to increase light penetration, I believe there's a topic on it in the FAQ

 

potpimp

Sector 5 Moderator

• Mar 10, 2010

• #4

Light penetration to what? It's the leaves that capture the light energy. Check out Uncle Ben's growing threads and look at the bushes he grows.

 

monkz

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2010

• #5

Light penetration to budsites which are unexposed to light due to the mass amount of foilage.
If you've never done this then your missing out on yield my friend because a plant takes up more than enough light energy even when you prune it.

 

potpimp

Sector 5 Moderator

• Mar 11, 2010

• #6

Well, the word from Uncle Ben, who is a botanist and Master gardener, says that the leaves make the bud and if you put a bag over the bud it does not matter because it's the leaves that convert the light energy into carbohydrates and that creates the bud. Light getting to the flowers is insignificant. You hear a lot of wrong junk on this forum, as if growing MJ is somehow a whole different game than growing orchids or tomatoes.

Do what you want; this is just my 2 pesos amigo.

 

monkz

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2010

• #7

same goes for the leaves that are shaded by larger leaves,
but anyways, different theories and different results i suppose