supercropping - always to the outside?

[ms48130]

My 2x2.5 tent is kinda bursting at the seams with my 4 plants (2 are quite small, 2 are getting quite large). I really don't have room to supercrop "to the outside" but I do have some room to bend them to the inside. Is that a losing proposition, or should I be looking at simply cutting some of these tall growths?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

My 2x2.5 tent is kinda bursting at the seams with my 4 plants (2 are quite small, 2 are getting quite large). I really don't have room to supercrop "to the outside" but I do have some room to bend them to the inside. Is that a losing proposition, or should I be looking at simply cutting some of these tall growths?

Just lay them over where ever you can. Be sure to crop them lower than you think and tie them down about 3 inches below the tip of the top. It will be turned up looking at the light in no time. I am having to super crop my current grow.

 

[St. Tom]

My 2x2.5 tent is kinda bursting at the seams with my 4 plants (2 are quite small, 2 are getting quite large). I really don't have room to supercrop "to the outside" but I do have some room to bend them to the inside. Is that a losing proposition, or should I be looking at simply cutting some of these tall growths?

I'm a huge fan of supercropping what age are your girls can you post a couple of pics please

 

[ms48130]

I'm a huge fan of supercropping what age are your girls can you post a couple of pics please

Sure, here you go!

I've taken the smaller plants out of the front so you can see the crowd going on. Logically I'd move the large plants diagonally, but I'm going to need the smaller ones side-by-side so that I can drop one light down to them while keeping the other light focused on the flowering plants.

 

[St. Tom]

I can see your issues I'd say supercropping is your best bet I'd never cut away the tops as these are autoflower not photo strains

 

[ms48130]

I can see your issues I'd say supercropping is your best bet I'd never cut away the tops as these are autoflower not photo strains

got it, thanks for the advice!

Next time if I run 4 plants I'll drop to no bigger than 1 to 2 gal containers (the big girls are in 3's)

 

[ms48130]

I've tried to do the supercropping with some level of success, although I find that most of my bends end up requiring some grafting tape to better support the crease. I may simply be too OCD/too much of a pussy when it comes to letting them go with the crease feeling very limp.

Now, as I'm in my 3rd week of flower, these girls are really crowding one another. I've tried to do some simple lower and inner defoliation but don't want to go wild with this, as it's my first grow. I've seen lots of info on lollipopping, and it would seem to provide a bit better light penetration and certainly better lower air flow.

I'm open to any/all suggestions to make this grow successful (I know I won't be crowding the tent like this again!!!) THANKS!

These next photos show the two big girls (3-gallon smartpots) at the back of the tent (2'x2.5'x5'). The light is up against the 4" exhaust duct, can't go higher!



Next photos show the tent with the other two plants in place, to get a sense of the real crowding. The larger of the two is about 2 weeks behind the big girls, but in a smaller RainScience 2-gal pot. The smaller is a photo that I'm trying to manifold, and is about 1 week behind the big girls, and I've just flipper her to flower. She's also in a 2-gallon RainScience pot.


Maybe I'm just anal about this, and it produces a SoG like everybody shoots for, but since I'm such a noob I really just don't know if I'm creating problems for myself.

Thanks again folks!