What do you all think

These are my plants two weeks into flower. They are a bit tall for the height I have. Hitting the LED light. ( which has minimum warmth ) I am going to try bend them down a bit. I did read/ research about super cropping. But I would have to do that to more than one stem and I'm not sure that A) the plant will become stressed big time and hermies on me or dies. B) I become nervous and stressed ... lol
See photo and more than one stem.

I'll post a pic in a day or so. You won't believe the recovery. Bend every stem. Read about squeezing it and then bending over etc.

Every ugly spot is a previous snap. You cannot kill them or stress them doing this. They just straighten up so be prepared to repeat. My advice is top 3 times and end up with 8 large branches. Laid out like a wheel if viewed from above.

Yep she will get knuckles at bend point which actually adds some strength to flowers.

hotrodharley said:

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I'll post a pic in a day or so. You won't believe the recovery. Bend every stem. Read about squeezing it and then bending over etc.

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Do u usually do this n flower. Imnot a big "super cropper" but wen i have its always been in veg...dont c y not, juzt curious

Jay G said:

Do u usually do this n flower. Imnot a big "super cropper" but wen i have its always been in veg...dont c y not, juzt curious

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I do it in flower until about halfway through . The only reason I stop then is bud weight. They can't stand back up.

It can be crazy hard in flower. Some of mine take like 10 min of massaging/ working the spot ima bend. Some are like rocks and just wont have it too

It's a weed and weeds are tough
I bend and break mine as needed

hotrodharley said:

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I'll post a pic in a day or so. You won't believe the recovery. Bend every stem. Read about squeezing it and then bending over etc.

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Thank you for the confidence booster message.
I carried out the procedure and haven't looked in since. Doubt much will happen in half a day. I have to check levels shortly. Perhaps I should just close my eyes when I go up to check.. lol

Herb & Suds said:

It's a weed and weeds are tough
I bend and break mine as needed

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Thank you for the confidence booster. I did the crushing/rolling thing. Thankfully I broke none. I shall photograph the outcome in a few days.

BaROne123 said:

Thank you for the confidence booster. I did the crushing/rolling thing. Thankfully I broke none. I shall photograph the outcome in a few days.

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I have had them break , as long as the outside skin is still attached you can still tape them even in an elbow and they will heal

Good luck and go in Eyes Wide Open LOL

Herb & Suds said:

I have had them break , as long as the outside skin is still attached you can still tape them even in an elbow and they will heal

Good luck and go in Eyes Wide Open LOL

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Thank you for the confidence booster. I carried out the procedure early hours this morning. This is my first grow. All my equipment is low tech/budget. I'm not paying much attention to how small or big a yield. Right now I'm more interested in sucking up huge info. Thanks to all you members of rollitup. Then when I'm more learned and confident I shall upgrade to the next level which will still be budgeted.

Sithlord88 said:

It can be crazy hard in flower. Some of mine take like 10 min of massaging/ working the spot ima bend. Some are like rocks and just wont have it too

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Thank you for the advise and confidence booster. Procedure now done.

hotrodharley said:

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Every ugly spot is a previous snap. You cannot kill them or stress them doing this. They just straighten up so be prepared to repeat. My advice is top 3 times and end up with 8 large branches. Laid out like a wheel if viewed from above.

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Thank you for the advice. And confidence booster.
Do you top during both stages?

Crack it like it owes you money ..... ( sopranos style )

BaROne123 said:

Thank you for the confidence booster message.
I carried out the procedure and haven't looked in since. Doubt much will happen in half a day. I have to check levels shortly. Perhaps I should just close my eyes when I go up to check.. lol

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12 hours later. They thrive on it. According to some this type of stress helps increase terpene production.

BaROne123 said:

Thank you for the advice. And confidence booster.
Do you top during both stages?

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I generally top, let the new shoot extend and then snap it. As soon as it lifts its heads in a few then i top again. You can top too much. End up with too many buds. Then just clone those if you do. Especially in flower.

Budzbuddha said:

Yep she will get knuckles at bend point which actually adds some strength to flowers.

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That’s always good to know. Does it help with yields?

hotrodharley said:

I generally top, let the new shoot extend and then scnap it. As soon as it lifts irs heads in a few then i top again. You can top too much. End up with too many buds. Then just clone those if you do. Especially in flower.

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How many times do you top in total normally?

Av2470 said:

How many times do you top in total normally?

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I go for 3 times resulting in 8 "main" branches. Then i try to evenly lay them out like spokes on a wheel. Try. They definitely go where they want. A SCROG is useful but not necessary using this method.