Pruning, trimming, LST, FIM, super cropping, lollipopping?

1konaking · Sep 5, 2010

Ive read the articles can anyone show me how? Should I use a combination of methods? Would like to try scrog but the netting seems like a pain. Here are pics of my current girls. Have the details of my garden but dont know if they are needed. Here they are on another post. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=187388 Most are 18 one is 11 the other monster is 26. I would like to achieve an even canopy (or as close to it as I can) so I can achieve max production by placing the lights as close as possible. Looking to achieve the maximum yield. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated. Ive read https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115377
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115377 and it has helped me a lot but looking for personalized info if anyone can spare the time.

RoF · Sep 6, 2010

check out my grow it shows a couple LST techniques in action and has a couple tips. link is below.

RoF · Sep 6, 2010

you can use a combination of methods.

LST is a method of getting more light to the bottom parts of the plant and making it grow in a stubbier denser fashion. if you have limited space and want to achieve maximum light distribution, this is the way to go. get some wire hangers (I use fencing) and make hooks that will hold down your top branches and expose the lower branches and leaves of the plant to your light. keep doing this until you feel your plant is growing in the preferred shape.

RoF · Sep 6, 2010

basically the more light the lower branches get, the bigger they will get in proportion to the main stem.

RoF · Sep 6, 2010

topping consists of cutting off a tip of a branch at an internode leaving the leaves intact. this will cause two branches to grow from the internode instead of one.

same with supercropping. this consists of breaking a branch at an internode yet leaving the snapped stem intact and attached to the plant. if done properly, another branch will grow from the snapped internode.

All the techniques (including LST) are ways to control the plant's energy distribution mechanisms. Basically you must decide which leaf or branch is more important to prune or train according to your own needs. it comes more naturally then you think, just use common sense.

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