The captain’s inquiry, what is everyone’s thoughts on stalk splitting the last week before harvest?

[Itscheese94]

like this one.

 

[Captspaulding]

like this one.
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[Itscheese94]

bro everytime i look at this.

 

[Captspaulding]

bro everytime i look at this.

Woooooosh hahaha

 

[BuggzNuggz]

I put three staples in each of my three photos outside and they all definitely increased in juicy production. I want to try it on my autos inside.

 

[BuggzNuggz]

I actually have two Acapulco gold autos that are about 2 weeks from hanging I'm going to try it out on

 

[MisterHelix]

Not for me and my garden, thanks. A little defoliation stress is enough, I think. No need to go all medieval on the nice plant.

 

[BadBud3]

Bro science

 

[BuggzNuggz]

It's not torture just simulating stress

 

[7munkee]

My crew and I used to do this in the 80's. Drive a nail through the stalk about 2 weeks before harvest. I don't know if it did anything...all we had was seeds we got out of random bags.

It takes 6 weeks for a trichome to form and fill up, so this does NOT produce more trichomes in two weeks. But it may help the others that have already formed to fill up with resin faster.

 

[Itscheese94]

never done it myself but it has to do something, when plants go through stress they sometimes put on more resin, also sometimes when harvest time the stems are dripping in resin. so all that goes to the buds much like drying upside down.

 

[BuggzNuggz]

The same as putting them in dark for three or four days and drowning the roots

 

[Captspaulding]

Bro science

The Dutch have been doing it for decades. Waaaay before that term existed.

 

[Captspaulding]

Not for me and my garden, thanks. A little defoliation stress is enough, I think. No need to go all medieval on the nice plant.

Have you ever read up on it? There are some really interesting things from some great og banks that have been around for ever have put out on it. I get it though. It extreme. I’ve had zero issues over the years doing it. It’s def an interesting topic.

 

[Gmix]

What are my thoughts lol

A stupid idea that got out of control during the late 80s early 90s been there won the t shirt and got the duff prize

All in jest bud bar from experience it was just a silly idea

 

[simonkay]

I got a few topped plants like 5 ish weeks from harvest and if all goes well I will select 1 branch and see how it does compared to the others.
From what I've read branches are less risky than the main stem so if anyone wants to dip their toes, a branch would be good way to see for yourself

Here is the link for the study on girdling from 2020

Girdling Effects on Fruit Maturity, Kernel Quality, and Nutritional Value of Walnuts (Juglans regia L.) alongside the Effects on Leaf Physiological Characteristics

Girdling, based on the accumulation of photosynthetic products above the girdling zone, is a common technique applied to tree species to increase the yield and fruit quality. The aim of this study was to investigate the girdling effects on photosynthesis and soluble sugars (Sols) of leaves in...

www.mdpi.com

 

[Captspaulding]

I got a few topped plants like 5 ish weeks from harvest and if all goes well I will select 1 branch and see how it does compared to the others.
From what I've read branches are less risky than the main stem so if anyone wants to dip their toes, a branch would be good way to see for yourself

Here is the link for the study on girdling from 2020

Girdling Effects on Fruit Maturity, Kernel Quality, and Nutritional Value of Walnuts (Juglans regia L.) alongside the Effects on Leaf Physiological Characteristics

Girdling, based on the accumulation of photosynthetic products above the girdling zone, is a common technique applied to tree species to increase the yield and fruit quality. The aim of this study was to investigate the girdling effects on photosynthesis and soluble sugars (Sols) of leaves in...

www.mdpi.com

My homie! Nice, options. Always good to have options!

 

[the rrock]

We'd have to do a controlled comparison, using clones.......I mean, is there any science or at least worthy experiments that say it works? You'd think by now everyone would be bangin' stems...
yeah we tried all these gimmicks 40+ years ago and worse(boiling roots lol) did tons of side by side comparisons.After 6 or so months we turned our attention to microbial teas and that is what made our plants a cut above.Patience,experience and creativity makes for a successful grower since 1977.If splitting manipulating the stalks wouldnt that be a thing like for commercial growing(vegetables,fruit trees etc,etc.

 

[Captspaulding]

What are my thoughts lol

A stupid idea that got out of control during the late 80s early 90s been there won the t shirt and got the duff prize

All in jest bud bar from experience it was just a silly idea

Hey I get that bro, I really just wanted to start the debate, not trying to convince anyone to do it really, just hoping that folks read up on it, and make an educated decision on whether it’s something you would want to try. I was definitely curious when I got the pamphlet about it 10 ish years ago. My intent really was to just educate. The more you know type of deal……

 

[Captspaulding]

We'd have to do a controlled comparison, using clones.......I mean, is there any science or at least worthy experiments that say it works? You'd think by now everyone would be bangin' stems...

yeah we tried all these gimmicks 40+ years ago and worse(boiling roots lol) did tons of side by side comparisons.After 6 or so months we turned our attention to microbial teas and that is what made our plants a cut above.Patience,experience and creativity makes for a successful grower since 1977.If splitting manipulating the stalks wouldnt that be a thing like for commercial growing(vegetables,fruit trees etc,etc.

They do buddy