New Grower Supercropping tips please

[G.Leave]

Hey guys and Gals! I was looking for some tips on supercropping. I started doing this a few years back and have found it to be quite a useful technique on photo plants. I am curious how successful it is working for you autoexperts. The way I do it is lightly crush and roll the stalks feeling the stem walls start to crush. Done just enough, I find it crushes the stalk enough to cause the wound but growth doesn't seem to be slowed much at all.
Please share tips! When & how often do you do it with autos?

 

[Eekman]

912,

I haven't done much "Auto" super cropping. If it doesn't slow growth, then by all means it is worth a try. Try it along side one you "don't" crop, just to see the results. I know there are folks who might warn against it, but it IS worth the experiment in my book.

I also SC my photo's. I grow mainly photo's, in the outdoors in the summer. My method, is to just fold over the branches. Now it helps to have them fimmed or topped because the main stems are delayed and some of the outside branches can catch up to the two or four mainstems, making for some good branching and folding. So I will fold over the longer branches either into or away from the plant, depending on how much light it blocks, and the balancing of the plant etc. There are many factors now that I think about it. I try to gain about four internodes on a bend which creates lots of budsites. I will then pluck a few leaves so as not to shade the plants too much. Once you fold them over, the other branches will grow upward and you can do the same to them as well. If ideal, I would fold about eight to ten branches on a plant.

 

[G.Leave]

912,

I haven't done much "Auto" super cropping. If it doesn't slow growth, then by all means it is worth a try. Try it along side one you "don't" crop, just to see the results. I know there are folks who might warn against it, but it IS worth the experiment in my book.

I also SC my photo's. I grow mainly photo's, in the outdoors in the summer. My method, is to just fold over the branches. Now it helps to have them fimmed or topped because the main stems are delayed and some of the outside branches can catch up to the two or four mainstems, making for some good branching and folding. So I will fold over the longer branches either into or away from the plant, depending on how much light it blocks, and the balancing of the plant etc. There are many factors now that I think about it. I try to gain about four internodes on a bend which creates lots of budsites. I will then pluck a few leaves so as not to shade the plants too much. Once you fold them over, the other branches will grow upward and you can do the same to them as well. If ideal, I would fold about eight to ten branches on a plant.

Thanks for the reply! I mostly do outdoor photos as well. This year I have been experimenting with heavy supercropping(every 2-3 nodes) on a Delicous seeds Fruity Chronic Juice to see if repeated healed wounds will increase bud size...it certainly increases branch thickness overall. This plant was topped at 4 true nodes tied down her whole life and looks great with 8 main branches. Iv even been supercropping the side shoot branches as a test and so far looking very promising. Cant wait till the buds start! Soon!
I've folded a few branches for the exact reason you stated, to redirect a branch to allow it or the rest of the plant to get better light. I have not removed fans before except the lower in the canopy ones that yellow. I also remove all inner shoots that'll never get out of the canopy.

 

[Broadsword]

Done some supercropping on my latest grow, plus lots of LST in the early stages.
The White strains are very adaptable to these methods, ie, White Widow and my current grow, White Cheese.
You can find it in the new growers forum, Second time round, experimental White Cheese.
Here it is.

 

[Headcell]

Supercropping really works well on autos in my opinion, try not to go to hard and actually crop and bend, just simple inner hurd breaking of the stem will do it. I personally start at seedling stage and stop just as the flowers start forming. This auto sour diesel from Dinafem produced nearly 150 grams though supercropping. Remember don't actually bend the stems, just pinch gently, then leave to recover, once the stem has doubled in length your good to go again.

 

[G.Leave]

Supercropping really works well on autos in my opinion, try not to go to hard and actually crop and bend, just simple inner hurd breaking of the stem will do it. I personally start at seedling stage and stop just as the flowers start forming. This auto sour diesel from Dinafem produced nearly 150 grams though supercropping. Remember don't actually bend the stems, just pinch gently, then leave to recover, once the stem has doubled in length your good to go again.

That's the exact method I use. Not enough to bend, but enough to crush the inner hurd. I find it works well. I find the recovery period is almost non existent, for they don't slow down!

 

[oddjob]

Just remember to not do it too late into flower, causes too much stress. When the stem starts to naturally grow upwards again you can just reinforce the area with strong tape to keep the stem more horizontal.

 

[G.Leave]

Just remember to not do it too late into flower, causes too much stress. When the stem starts to naturally grow upwards again you can just reinforce the area with strong tape to keep the stem more horizontal.

The question of the hour is how far into flower is too far?

 

[Headcell]

Here's a current supercropped super lemon haze auto, I stopped cropping about a week ago, this is just plain and simple hurd breaking and what results from it, I believe I first read about this technique in high times years back

 

[G.Leave]

Nice...can you post a pic once she is almost done!