cropping por's and con's

[jayoner]

just wanted to hear everybodys thoughs on cropping. be it normal cropping over super cropping

 

at the moment im running a little test on one of my plants, extreme cropping, cutting the new growth again and again to produce as many heads as possible. will get pics

[Radic]

greetnz

normal cropping vers super cropping vers no cropping

seen

i think we should also compare no cropping box

to see how much gains are achieveable

seen

ok

 

first

what is cropping?????

 

define please

for those of we who dont know

and

to define guidlines for each box

seen

 

2nd

what are the goles?????

 

eg

1 to increase harvest pre m2

2 increase bud size

3 increase thc levels

 

seen

 

IME

i have tried tests like diss

and seem to come to a strange equaision everytime

that is the old

quanity vers quality

true

biger harvest weights tends to lowers thc levels

smaller harvest weights tend to increase thc levels

 

the roots surface area is the crucial feeding factor

the bigger = the more harvest weight

 

irey guidance

[dslgrl1]

im not sure if my super cropping technique fits your definition or not...so I'll just say that I get 5-8 main heads that produc more than traditional single top methods for my strains...that being said , root surface as Radic mentioned, is the key to weight gains...Have seen big single colas that were beefy beyond belief...but got molded and never had a good high...but have big buds regularly and the stones are deep...so i concentrate on filling my root zone with roots while maintaining 5-8 main branches and keep the light penetrating...cropping for me is essential...some it doesnt matter

[Radic]

iery

so this is a pruning practice for max light penetration

seen = agreeded??

or this is how i see it

please dont feel a way bout

correcting me if i am wrong

seen

the leaf is a factory and a storeage wharehouse in 1

during the photo period or lights on time,

the top leaf is hard at work converting light into energy to grow with

the lower leaf is shaded out and so the plant recycles the nutrients to the closest meristem or grow point

you can test this easy by

taking all the leaf from one side of 1 plant

be aware that there is one side of the plant that naturaly get more light than the other

so the deviding prun line should be halve that area

seen

then you will see smaller heads on the pruned side and bigger heads pon the other

check it for yah self