Super Cropping

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I like to pinch right above the node, from the bottom of the plant and the branch up and out

Waiting for recovery in between nodes

That's not what we called super-cropping in the old days*, what you're doing looks like a crime against nature and is accomplishing no good at all. Stop it and you'll have better bud.


*must be kinds like the whispering of a secret at the front of a line and then seeing what comes out at the other end - of course it's always garbled and usually funny - like that fk'n moron washing his buds...

rascali said:

That's not what we called super-cropping in the old days*, what you're doing looks like a crime against nature and is accomplishing no good at all. Stop it and you'll have better bud.


*must be kinds like the whispering of a secret at the front of a line and then seeing what comes out at the other end - of course it's always garbled and usually funny - like that fk'n moron washing his buds...

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What is Super Cropping?

Super cropping is the name for a High-Stress Training (HST) technique when you stress the plant by slightly hurting it in a planned way.

As a result, the plant will grow bushier, with more buds, and possible even higher THC levels! This is the plant's natural response to protect herself in the wild, in case things go wrong. As the grower, you can take advantage of this technique to get bigger yields and more potent buds!

Your super cropping is different. I do much smaller bends than that.

CaliRooted said:

Your super cropping is different. I do much smaller bends than that.

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I make sure to get a snap, I noticed that with out a proper snap the branch will stand up within hours. Trying to only damage the inner tissue and not the outer skin, If I accidentally break the branch I will bandage the wound with a small piece of tape. I'm aiming to divert more energy to the branch below the snap, as well as give all of the bottom branches access to all the light they wouldn't have gotten which gives them some time to catch up.

I believe the 'snap' is what separates HST from LST.

Oh I know how to super crop been doing it many years, just not the way you do is all. Happy Growing

CaliRooted said:

Oh I know how to super crop been doing it many years, just not the way you do is all. Happy Growing

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Show us some pics:badboy:

CaliRooted said:

Oh I know how to super crop been doing it many years, just not the way you do is all. Happy Growing

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Radical...feel free to share some methods or theory's if you want

Samoan said:

Waiting for recovery in between nodes

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This is the only way that I know to supercrop, I was hoping to see some newfangled way or a special trick. Sometimes I support mine with bamboo...

I'll post some pics when I can. All I'm trying to say here is when I super crop mine are like half the size, less stress for the plant and less it has to pick itself back up.

All I can chime in and say, I have used to do it that way and now when I super crop I crush the cell wall (pinching with my finger tips) then I gently make it the direction I need it to stay. The snap is tearing of fibers not so much of crushing the stem or their cell walls, I'm sure it knuckles up. Knuckles up the same way as the places that are being healed with tape from such extreme training. Next time you should crush decently with your finger tips and then bend over, this will result in a knuckle and will heal much faster. You can do a comparison. Good luck, happy growing.

I love super cropping, just sharing what works for me. Happy Growing