that's one nice setup you got there my friend! Can't wait for the results.
Those Gangstas should be called... VG Kush perhaps. Vick grown Kush.
On the super cropping... I did some around 18-21 days bloom that sprung back up quickly and formed tough knots. However, I did some right after that that got so suddenly "set" into the bloom phase, that they didn't knot up or bend back toward the light much. I didn't see the second part coming so soon after - what a dramatic demonstration of the difference in behavior once the flowers really become the plants focus. Still, the super-cropped branches I did are growing comparable colas and buds have better development laterally. The branch didn't heal the same as those just a few days earlier, though. Like the flip of a switch. I think you had the latter experience by the time you did yours, Vick, sorry I didn't see that coming as I was new to bloom phase super cropping too, but I think you are still seeing positive results from your super cropped plants, correct? (Crossing my fingers)
Sorry if I rambled, have a great weekend!
VG Kush!
love it!
I gotta tell ya X, you and Bassman were my main inspirations to jumping right in with supercropping. For anyone that hasn't followed my grow, here's what happened. Basically my plants just kept stretching after flip, and stretching, even more than my last grow with the same strain (OG Kush). I had to feed them "Mr. NO" to hault stretch. So I find I had no choice but to supercrop to maintain an even canopy and have enough light space. Like many people that have had height issues and needed a solution.
And here's what probably hurt me a bit, was I did it at day 34 of flower..
Now don't get me wrong, I don't regret doing it at all. And I think the technique is amazing and really does work if used properly. But I think with this particular strain it shouldn't be done that late in flowering. What were supposed to be fast healing knuckles after a week, at all the bends, were bends that look like they are STILL healing. (no Knuckles) And I'm in day 46 of flower now! Although the colas that were bent didn't seem to be affected. And lower buds DID explode with more growth, both still spitting lots of whites and filling out.
I know now from my experience that I would never do it again THIS late in flower, unless I had no choice. But by no means am I discouraged to try this technique again. In fact quite the opposite. I can't WAIT to try it again in my next grow.
It's so totally true X what you said above:
"what a dramatic demonstration of the difference in behavior once the flowers really become the plants focus. Still, the super-cropped branches I did are growing comparable colas and buds have better development laterally. The branch didn't heal the same as those just a few days earlier, though. Like the flip of a switch."
I know that now. The flip of the switch, like she just says, "NO FUCKING WAY BABY!" Even though she was cool with it a few days before..
Hopefully someone else can learn from this as a word of caution. This technique definitely isn't for the squeemish or unsure.. You can't half ass this technique. But as they say,
No Balls, No Glory!!!
absolutely freakin gorgeous bro!Im really liking all the supercropping during flower info,the holy grail im growing stretches like your og or worse so its good to know I can suppercrop them that late into flower.I was worried my canopy was going to be a mess because the 4 purple kush dont stretch anywhere near as much but I feel better about it now.
