In the lights!

[Mañ'O'Green]

You can super crop any time. Heavy buds may do it for you but it is better if you are there with some grafting tape in case of major damage to the stem. Use YoYos to hold the tops horizontal from overhead so they do not bend past a 90° angle.

Super Cropping
Hardest thing for a new grower to do emotionally and physically is to super crop a plant to keep it out of the lights. The problem is many new growers as well as all of us end up in that situation indoors sooner or later. Have some grafting PARAIN TAPE on hand just in case. 6" lower than you think you should, roll the stem crushing the inside 3 x the diameter of the stem in length between your forefinger and your thumb, then bend the branch over at that pinch. Bend to 90° from the stem or horizontal to the light. If you did not get a good enough interior crush the stem can break usually just on the top. If this happens just wrap with the grafting tape and all will be well. You may need to tie down the bent over top as many branches just lift themselves right back up. A great lesson to teach yourself on your first harvest or any harvest for that matter is to practice super cropping on branches you have harvested. You will get a good feel for what it is to crush and bend without the dread of "Killing a Cola".

I had to supercrop many times in this grow.

 

[ms48130]

Sometimes there is no good solution.
If your vegetation is very dense, then there is likely no place a bent-over branch could be put without blocking light to other colas.
I've been having similar problems in hydro, 7 ft autos closely packed with no place to bend branches into.
My solution is to use smaller hydro pots, and grow fewer plants, but that reduces variety.

I'm not sure what's best, but super-cropping that blocks light from other side colas might be the least of evils.

yep - 20/20 hindsight here too. Just trying to figure out how best to handle the mess of my own doings!

 

[St. Tom]

You can super crop any time. Heavy buds may do it for you but it is better if you are there with some grafting tape in case of major damage to the stem. Use YoYos to hold the tops horizontal from overhead so they do not bend past a 90° angle.

Super Cropping
Hardest thing for a new grower to do emotionally and physically is to super crop a plant to keep it out of the lights. The problem is many new growers as well as all of us end up in that situation indoors sooner or later. Have some grafting PARAIN TAPE on hand just in case. 6" lower than you think you should, roll the stem crushing the inside 3 x the diameter of the stem in length between your forefinger and your thumb, then bend the branch over at that pinch. Bend to 90° from the stem or horizontal to the light. If you did not get a good enough interior crush the stem can break usually just on the top. If this happens just wrap with the grafting tape and all will be well. You may need to tie down the bent over top as many branches just lift themselves right back up. A great lesson to teach yourself on your first harvest or any harvest for that matter is to practice super cropping on branches you have harvested. You will get a good feel for what it is to crush and bend without the dread of "Killing a Cola".

I had to supercrop many times in this grow.

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superb advice of my man mog

 

[Smoking Frog]

Had the same problem on my second ever grow.Was scared as hell to bend my super nice big main cola but it was easy and the right thing to do.That cola never skipped a beat afterward.Just go slow and easy,like in the videos!

 

[ms48130]

EDIT not 14 weeks 4 day, but 11 weeks 4 days.

I guess I need better glasses!!!

Makes much more sense for continued flowering! Now to take care of the lights issue...