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[InTheShed]

Thursday update, where I supercrop the Jack Herer from @Weed Seeds Express!

I'm sure you have all ready my thread on supercropping, but since I did some today I thought I would drop a few pics here.

There are a lot of benefits to this technique and one of them is that you can do it without making the plant wider. I did that to two opposite branches, and I also cropped sideways to fill in some empty space.

Here is one of the branches I supercropped outward:

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• InTheShed
• Sep 9, 2021
• weed seeds express

Jack Herer supercrop, day 55

Had I pulled this branch down to keep it level with the top of the plant, it would have added width...width I don't want!

It's hard to show the crops I did sideways unless you get a top view:

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• InTheShed
• Sep 9, 2021
• weed seeds express

Jack Herer supercropped, day 55

The crops at 9 and 5 are the sideways ones. There were no lower branches coming up in those gaps, so I filled them in. The ones at 7 and 2 are straight out. You can see they don't make the plant wider than the widest branches below.

Here is a side shot:

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• InTheShed
• Sep 9, 2021
• weed seeds express

Jack Herer supercropped, day 55

Normally, outside growers are less concerned about flat canopies and plant width, but since I pick these up and carry them inside every night and out every morning, it means I have to treat them more like those folks growing in tents would.

I hope your week is ticking along smoothly! Personally I am really looking forward to trimming the Summer grow...it's outta hand.



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Nice update as usual. The Candida’s looking promising! My fingers are crossed for you as well!!

Thanks Tommy! So many crossed fingers it's a wonder anyone can still type here.

 

[Virgin Ground]

Supercropping?
Never heard of it.

JH looks like a happy chickie.

 

[StoneOtter]

Thanks for the Supercropping Magic Lesson Shed! Huge tool for the grow!

 

[WreckLoose]

Hey Shed, the CB and SG are looking stellar! A true comeback for the ages.

I've got a little problem I could use your advice with. The Runtz I'm growing is 3 weeks old and has started alternating nodes already. I'm still planning on quadlining it but from what I've read I should keep the 3rd and 4th node while removing 1st, 2nd and topping above the 4th. Should I keep the 2nd and 3rd and top below the 4th node instead, so I can keep it nice and symmetrical? Otherwise, would I not end up with a tri-line?

 

[InTheShed]

Supercropping? Never heard of it.
JH looks like a happy chickie.

LOL! Thanks VG.

Huge tool for the grow!

That's how some folks refer to me, true.

Thanks Otter!

Hey Shed, the CB and SG are looking stellar! A true comeback for the ages.

Thank you WL!

I've got a little problem I could use your advice with. The Runtz I'm growing is 3 weeks old and has started alternating nodes already. I'm still planning on quadlining it but from what I've read I should keep the 3rd and 4th node while removing 1st, 2nd and topping above the 4th. Should I keep the 2nd and 3rd and top below the 4th node instead, so I can keep it nice and symmetrical? Otherwise, would I not end up with a tri-line?

Remind me if this is an auto or a photo because it's really early for a photo to be sexually mature.

Regardless, let's get to solving the problem. You can quadline an alternating node plant but it's not quite as neat looking. Still has the same effect in the end though. You would probably wait for another node so you have four to work with. If it's a photo you could also give the Uncle Ben's topping a try. @Amy Gardner did a quick summary of it here. That gets topped to the nodes 1 and 2 after letting the plant get to 5.

Amy posted the original method here.

How big is the rootball on that plant?

 

[Carcass]

Remind me if this is an auto or a photo because it's really early for a photo to be sexually mature.

I think that one just has a little mutant thing going on with node#4...although, if you look closely at node 5,
there's 2 leaves coming in, and the nodes aren't alternating.
Node 4 only put out one leaf, I think that's why it looks "funny" now...
just my 2 cents...

 

[WreckLoose]

Remind me if this is an auto or a photo because it's really early for a photo to be sexually mature.

It's a photo. That's what I was thinking, she's also at least double, if not triple the size of her sisters that sprouted the same day.

You can quadline an alternating node plant but it's not quite as neat looking.

I'm a sucker for symmetry, the neater the better haha.

You would probably wait for another node so you have four to work with. If it's a photo you could also give the Uncle Ben's topping a try. @Amy Gardner did a quick summary of it here. That gets topped to the nodes 1 and 2 after letting the plant get to 5.

Nice, thanks Shed! It's currently growing it's 6th node but 4, 5 and 6 are all single leaved. So I should be good to go somewhere between the two methods and top above the 3rd, remove 1st and keep 2nd and 3rd? Think I'm just confusing myself now.

How big is the rootball on that plant?

It's filling out nicely. Just had first couple roots popping out the bottom of solo cup today. Think I'll transplant into a 1gal tomorrow. Should I let her recover before I top or would I be better to top first and then transplant later?

 

[InTheShed]

I think that one just has a little mutant thing going on with node#4...although, if you look closely at node 5,
there's 2 leaves coming in, and the nodes aren't alternating.
Node 4 only put out one leaf, I think that's why it looks "funny" now...
just my 2 cents...

Thanks Carcass! That would certainly promote a wait-and-see approach at this stage.

I'm a sucker for symmetry, the neater the better haha.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the quad!

Think I'm just confusing myself now.

With Carcass' thoughts above I'd say give it another node before making a decision.

It's filling out nicely. Just had first couple roots popping out the bottom of solo cup today. Think I'll transplant into a 1gal tomorrow. Should I let her recover before I top or would I be better to top first and then transplant later?

I find that my solo cup plants do much better after transplant if I wait until they are drinking so fast they need water almost every day, so I would wait on both the topping and the transplant!

 

[WreckLoose]

Node 4 only put out one leaf, I think that's why it looks "funny" now...

I thought the same but they've stopped criss crossing and only growing from the same direction if that makes sense?

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the quad!

My perfectionist tendancies know no bounds Shed!

With Carcass' thoughts above I'd say give it another node before making a decision.

Thanks guys, will do!

I find that my solo cup plants do much better after transplant if I wait until they are drinking so fast they need water almost every day, so I would wait on both the topping and the transplant!

She's thirsty every couple other day but I can hold off until she needs a drink daily.

 

[Agemon]

Those Tin Can Pics looked great, nice trich shots. Super Cropping, thats a thing again…

 

[InTheShed]

Those Tin Can Pics looked great, nice trich shots. Super Cropping, thats a thing again…

Thanks Age, but I lost that entire harvest to some white mold. I decarbed it and am saving it for topical oil next time I run out.

And yes...supercropping is back!

 

[InTheShed]

Monday update? Monday update!

A few before and after pics of the rather complicated thinning I had to do on my Summer grow on flip day 20. First up is the Chiquita Banana:

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• Sep 13, 2021
• weed seeds express

Chiquita Banana before and after thinning

And here is the Sour G, trimmed and tied up!

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• Sep 13, 2021

I tied it into a rectangle so it fits through the shed door rather neatly now.

Let me explain what made this a complicated process. Read it if you're interested or skip it if you're not:

Normally, I would thin my plants a week before flip with something close to a standard lollipop. I trim off all the lower weak growth (branches and leaves) to drive new growth to the top of the plant where the big flowers will grow. This time I did not get a chance to do that. They had already gotten too big before I flipped and I didn't want them any bigger. And I wanted them flowering ASAP.

This left me with a lot of small branches and tons of larf on day 20 that I normally wouldn't have to deal with. It also left me with a great conundrum, and that was how to take off the larf and not take off so many fans that the plant will feel the need to replace them - which I definitely don't want it to do in flower. It should be expending its energy growing flowers, not vegetation!

So what I did was strip off the flowers and leave the lower branches intact. Here is an example of what I did over and over again:

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• Sep 13, 2021

No flowers left at all, fans remain.

[I did take off a couple of the lower branches entirely on both plants to make sure it wasn't too dense. I will need to spray them for pests and PM, so I need to be able to get to the interior.]

It took a really long time to do both plants, and the Chiquita Banana (from @Weed Seeds Express) was already so sticky (three weeks in) that by the time I was done I felt like I had spent 3 hours trimming. Dayum!

I am sure that these two will far from #nolarf at harvest, but what are you gonna do? Just spend more time trimming I reckon!

In other news, my Candida mother got aerial bombed by a lemon and lost a branch:

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• Sep 13, 2021

Candida mom

I keep the mother plants in partial shade, which means they are under one of the lemon trees.

Finally, I took a closeup of one of the Candida flowers I pollinated.

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• Sep 13, 2021

Candida pollinated pistils

We'll see!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

 

[StoneOtter]

Thoughtful move just taking the weak bud shoots only! When I saw the lemon I thought of Ozzie Osbourne throwing a chicken over his neighbors hedge. You didn't tic any neighbor off did ya?

 

[InTheShed]

Thoughtful move just taking the weak bud shoots only! When I saw the lemon I thought of Ozzie Osbourne throwing a chicken over his neighbors hedge. You didn't tic any neighbor off did ya?

Nah, my neighbors on that side ignore us and our weed smoking. They're too busy having kids' pool parties every weekend! Anyway, if the neighbors wanted to throw lemons at us they'd have to come off my tree.

 

[Virgin Ground]

Death from above!!!
Good thing she is big enough to take a little damage.
May want to assess your lemons for fall potential from here on out.

Bet you could make some killer-diller citrus bong cleanser out of the peels.

 

[Carcass]

strip off the flowers and leave the lower branches intact.

That's a great idea- I've got quite a few little branches to de-flower this afternoon...

 

[InTheShed]

May want to assess your lemons for fall potential from here on out.

I could give it a shake every morning, but if anything dropped on my head I'd be out for hours...post-concussion syndrome.

Bet you could make some killer-diller citrus bong cleanser out of the peels.

You give me the recipe and I'll give it a shot.

That's a great idea- I've got quite a few little branches to de-flower this afternoon...

Only bother with it if you need to keep the fans. Otherwise it's a pain if you have to do too many. Helps to have one longer thumbnail though to pop the larf right off!

 

[Virgin Ground]

I guess I should be glad it isn't a coconut tree.
Still....be careful sweetie!

I also have what I call a "trimming nail".
Much longer and sharper than the one on my dominant hand.
The stoners version of the "headache powders" nail.

 

[InTheShed]

Still....be careful sweetie!

Yes ma'am!

The stoners version of the "headache powders" nail.

Goody's Headache Powder (acetaminophen/aspirin/caffeine)?

 

[Virgin Ground]

Yes ma'am!

Goody's Headache Powder (acetaminophen/aspirin/caffeine)?

Lol. No. The one that used to be in Coca-Cola.