KushMeister's First Grow, Kandy Kush, SleeSkunk, Haze

[spring2012]

Damn good info...reps

 

[OldMedMan]

Damn good info...reps

Hey Thanks!

 

[fish cake]

agreeed!!

Damn good info...reps

 

[scooterb]

Yepper good to know just in case

 

[KushMeister]

Post #569 from OMMSOG
A Super Cropping Tutorial

First of all why do we super crop?

Here are some reasons.

Your plants stretched too much and are the in or above your lights.
Your running our of vertical space..no more room.
You want your plants to be even under your lights for better coverage.
Space limitations.

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Most excellent OMM! I love it!

I do have a question though. What's your take on supercropping for increasing yield size or strength?

P.S. I went to see The Who last night. They were fucking awesome!

 

[KushMeister]

Yepper good to know just in case

Yup!

 

[Tokist]

subbed! definitely sticking around for this one: i think i can learn a few things here.

 

[Tokist]

Questions and comments are welcome. Hope this clarified Supper Cropping for you a bit.

awesome advice, brother! +reps!

i just did that last night to all my plants, but a bit different. i supercropped under each stem that was going to support bud growth above it. somehow, my plants are indestructible so i didn't worry all that much about hurting em. i figured super cropping each axillary branch would work better than supercropping just the term stem, but now i dunno. what's your take?

 

[Hozona]

awesome advice, brother! +reps!

i just did that last night to all my plants, but a bit different. i supercropped under each stem that was going to support bud growth above it. somehow, my plants are indestructible so i didn't worry all that much about hurting em. i figured super cropping each axillary branch would work better than supercropping just the term stem, but now i dunno. what's your take?

Reps here too! I had already supercropped everything in the bloom tent except the Big Bud and did it a couple nights ago. The buds on the branches are already pointing at the light...

 

[KushMeister]

subbed! definitely sticking around for this one: i think i can learn a few things here.

Tokist! Feel free to chime in at any time. Maybe we can all learn something here. Just hoping not from my mistakes! ::

 

[KushMeister]

I'm at The Who concert and the kids sitting next to me spark up as soon as the lights dim. Nothing unusual for a rock concert I assume. I haven't been to one in decades, but it was the same back then too.

Anyway, the reason I mention this is, this AM I go into my GR and it smells just like what these kids were smoking at the concert. Real sweet and spicy! I sniff the Sleeskunk. Nope, just the usual fresh green smell, no sweetness there. Then I sniff the Kandy Kush. Yup, that's it, sweet and spicy. Also, she grew another inch over night, trim and all. Apparently she's liking all the light she's getting to her flowers now. Oh, and that shit the kids were smoking smelled great. I can't wait.

I must be subbed to a dozen grow journals and have been reading completed ones as well. A topic that keeps coming up is clones. I can even go on CL and find half a dozen people who will deliver "free" clones with a suggested $10 delivery charge per. So, as an experiment, I clipped off a couple small, about 4" long cuttings off the Sleeskunk, dipped them in clone powder, put them in tap water and stuck them under the T5 in the seedling room.

I'm just experimenting. I'm not even sure what I'll do with them if they live. Maybe turn one into a mother plant if I really like the strain.

 

[Tokist]

there's lots of info out there on clones, man. most of which conflicts with other info. if it feels right, do it. that's the best advice i can give. unfortunately, i've been not listening to everyone's advice and my grow isn't doing what i anticipated so it's making things difficult and unexpected. but at the same time, defiance has taught me quite a lot about plant biology in general as it has forced me to google til the wee hours of the morning

when i cut my clones last friday, i didn't follow advice of sterilizing tools or dipping them in water til they're ready to stick in their new medium. i straight up cut those bitches off, tossed em on the floor and when i was done trimming, i snagged em up, rubbed the cambium layer off and split the end. dipped em in some rootech and shoved em in a rockwool cube.

easy peasy! its now weds and they look great.

these plants heal themselves faster than anything else on earth, i reckon.

it might sound ridiculous, but i'm doing what my plants ask me to do. if it conflicts with what a pro says, so be it. my first grow i did everything i was told to do down to the letter and it failed miserably.

just like marriage, brother. do what your wife tells you and it'll all be groovy. start doing what other people tell you, well... that's when you start getting in trouble

 

[scooterb]

Reps here too! I had already supercropped everything in the bloom tent except the Big Bud and did it a couple nights ago. The buds on the branches are already pointing at the light...

so that makes em Bud Light?

 

[KushMeister]

there's lots of info out there on clones, man. most of which conflicts with other info. if it feels right, do it. that's the best advice i can give. unfortunately, i've been not listening to everyone's advice and my grow isn't doing what i anticipated so it's making things difficult and unexpected. but at the same time, defiance has taught me quite a lot about plant biology in general as it has forced me to google til the wee hours of the morning

when i cut my clones last friday, i didn't follow advice of sterilizing tools or dipping them in water til they're ready to stick in their new medium. i straight up cut those bitches off, tossed em on the floor and when i was done trimming, i snagged em up, rubbed the cambium layer off and split the end. dipped em in some rootech and shoved em in a rockwool cube.

easy peasy! its now weds and they look great.

these plants heal themselves faster than anything else on earth, i reckon.

it might sound ridiculous, but i'm doing what my plants ask me to do. if it conflicts with what a pro says, so be it. my first grow i did everything i was told to do down to the letter and it failed miserably.

just like marriage, brother. do what your wife tells you and it'll all be groovy. start doing what other people tell you, well... that's when you start getting in trouble

Any good gardener, will listen to his or her plants as a good husband will do with his wife. Keeping the girls happy is top priority. Give them what they need, get out of the way and let them do their thing.

 

[KushMeister]

After doing my homework on supercroping, thanks for the links, information and encouragement everybody, watching Kandy continue to stretch and, even though I said I probably wouldn't, I did it, I supercropped Kandy. Eleven tops in all. A couple were too aggressive so I taped them up. Now my fingers smell like lemony Kush.

Now the three or four secondary tops are about the same height.

 

[Tokist]

After doing my homework on supercroping, thanks for the links, information and encouragement everybody, watching Kandy continue to stretch and, even though I said I probably wouldn't, I did it, I supercropped Kandy. Eleven tops in all. A couple were too aggressive so I taped them up. Now my fingers smell like lemony Kush.

Now the three or four secondary tops are about the same height.

you weren't going to because you or someone else thought it was a bad idea maybe. maybe it was too late in the game, you thought. but your ladies said, "no, kushie. squeeze me just right. i promise it'll be worth it."

i didn't go that hardcore on mine, i just squeezed em real light. enough to feel the pop of the stem. some i even heard! i didn't want any more axillary growth than i already have. you've got the room for it though i can't wait to see what happens!

 

[KushMeister]

...your ladies said, "no, kushie. squeeze me just right. i promise it'll be worth it."...

Ha, you're absolutely spot on! But, I've had these delusions of porn star grandeur for some time now.

 

[fish cake]

you will be pleasently suprised with what happens with the supercroping kush that will make her crazy just like a little tug of the hair if you know what I mean(wink wink). its not just to control height it sends hormones rocketing to the damaged area and you will soon see good growth and node tightening IMO

 

[KushMeister]

you will be pleasently suprised with what happens with the supercroping kush that will make her crazy just like a little tug of the hair if you know what I mean(wink wink). its not just to control height it sends hormones rocketing to the damaged area and you will soon see good growth and node tightening IMO

Thanks Fish! She showed me she likes it rough by responding so well to being stripped. And, a tight...um... node spacing is always nice.

 

[Tokist]

Thanks Fish! She showed me she likes it rough by responding so well to being stripped. And, a tight...um... node spacing is always nice.

LMFAO!!! you said "node spacing". naughty.