Chem berry D3 and the Og Fire HB3 24 hours after super cropping and trimming.
I Had a bit of a scare yesterday afternoon with the heat from the Sun beating down on the freshly super cropping and trimmed plants that I did earlier that morning.
The sun it was too intense for them and I had to get out the big umbrella and shade the plants.
I feared losing the super crops branches...where I snapped them at. they weren't getting the proper amount of fluids flowing through where the snap point was at. The plant was depleting its water into the air an the hydration wasn't getting to through the broken stem and past the those broken spots to the needy branches... And they were wilting.....
I had noticed this about 2 hours after super cropping and trimming.. I came back yesterday afternoon after going to the Menards to pick up some bamboo sticks.
It was probably around 1pm or 4 hour's after the training when I noticed that they're still not started to curl back up yet and still wilting. So covered them with the big umbrella and also shored up and supported all of the broken stems that needed it.
All of the big stems did need support especially on a Chem Berry D3. She did not like the heat and humidity yesterday at all... after the super cropping and trimming. But the OG fire HB3 took to it much easier and really didn't need me to do anything with her.. it would have been fine...
Moral to the story is
So when super cropping where you bust a branch and bend it over. If the plant don't start curling back up towards the Sun or the light within a couple of hours..then you got problems and need to address it quickly or you could lose that branch...
But make no mistake about it super cropping is superior to topping. And the reason I say this is. Is because the proof is in my pudding.....yield...and AAA quality.
So when Supper cropping you're not losing anything....
Unlike topping
When you top a plant you're throwing that away or turning it into a clone.....
But with super cropping you're merely bending the top over and allowing the other branches to get more light and to create larger colons... (as the out come of topping) that's why Supper cropping is better..
Also something in the plant chemically when you break a branch on a cannabis plant the cannabis plant goes into a defensive mode and creates more Bud sites also creates more cannabinoids.... So it's a win-win situation " winner winner chicken dinner" So to speak... And that's probably the primary reason why I don't Top anymore....
I Occasionally top a plant.. but again I don't see the significance of it and haven't topped a plant for years now...
I get huge yields and don't lose anything and I get to keep the best part of the plant...The Top. The whole top. The premier part of the plant.
Super cropping is superior and there's no reason for topping in my opinion. But bending over and breaking a Branch spreading the plant out... Will give more yield, stronger cannabinoids, just more bang for your buck.
.. and I'm always all about more bang for my buck.
Topping really doesn't do anything significant other than lower the pants height and give you a reason to clone.