It will try. If its too heavy, it won't succeed and you get a good knuckle at the bended point. Some growers tie the cropped branch down to prevent it from straightening up.
I just watch and observe. You can always soften her up again for slight bending. As long as not too late into flowering. Definitely not last 3 weeks. I use supercropping to sorta position my bud sites. Space them just enough apart. Along with LST, can give you good control over final shape of plant. My 2 cents.
Having now removed 2 of the 4 plants that originally started in the tent I've had a little space to manoeuvre all the bud sites / stems into their own little area allowing light to reach the lower parts.
Every new technique I use on the plants brings a certain level of trepidation. Probably no different to most peeps so thanks for the input Mr E and to you St.Tom
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