LA's Quick Guide To Simple Backbuilding Technique For Buds!

[Rifleman]

Hey light, what happens if you snip the bud part that grows off the snipped bud, would it grow even bigger?

 

[Budddyy]

Alright LA not sure if your back from spain yet but i have a question. Im growing big buddah's blue cheese and i know this strain foxtails a lot so would the backbuilding technique stop this ?

 

[Budddyy]

Alright LA not sure if your back from spain yet but i have a question. Im growing big buddah's blue cheese and i know this strain foxtails a lot so would the backbuilding technique stop this ?

Any thoughts on this now your back mate ?

 

[Light Addict]

Sorry lol still half dead and busy busy.
To be honest I'm uncertain. It could go either way, maybe increase the fox tailing or sort it??! Sorry I've not really had it myself apart from once way back! I'd try a couple of buds at different stages and hold your own little experiment
Sorry couldn't be more help!!

 

[Budddyy]

ok ill post my findings when i have them, cheers

 

[wildjim]

Welcome back home LA. Sounds like you had a great time.

My question is probably somewhere in the thread, but I am limited to my reading time. So sorry if you have to take time to answer again.

Have you used this little trim on an auto? Might it stress to hermie or a change In building by stopping? Thanks


WJ

 

[Light Addict]

Hey WJ
Yup Spain was a blast! Unfortunately I'm now stuck in real life again lol.
As for backbuilding autos! Yep its all good, the technique doesn't tax the plant enough to hermie or stall. You just have to adapt the timing to for autos.
I did it to all my autos way back when!

 

[wildjim]

Hey WJ
Yup Spain was a blast! Unfortunately I'm now stuck in real life again lol.
As for backbuilding autos! Yep its all good, the technique doesn't tax the plant enough to hermie or stall. You just have to adapt the timing to for autos.
I did it to all my autos way back when!

I went to the Keys for two weeks. On the way home stayed in a cheap motel and I got eaten up. Not one bite on wife. She said I am sweet due to diabetes. I think they smelled the cannabinoids. Any thoughts?

I will try on my next autos. I plan on doing another Auto Red Poison. It was one large cola. My first grow, semi-successful grow. DWC and I tried to kill her but i harvest a little over an oz from her. Only photo I have.

How would I back build this? I am going to do them in Hempy. DWC too difficult for this newbie.

Thanks


WJ

 

[Light Addict]

Awesomeness WJ
Yep you could have done it on her its just such a simple little trick with no negatives I've found yet. You would have just snipped her once and bamm!

 

[OttawaGreen]

I just tried back building on three test tops on my 20 days in bloom plants:

 

[KSum]

As suggested at around day 40 into flower I did the deed.

Here are the results on 2 of them.

The whole stalk from my hand to the bottom of the picture is all dense bud.

I shot this one at an upward angle to show how fat it is and that it goes all the way down the stem to the main stalk.

I can't wait until these are done to see the size of these buds after trimming. They should be awesome. I'm so glad I found this thread and this site. It's helped a lot and increased the size and quality of my buds.

 

[Light Addict]

Now that's what this site is all about and why I'm here Sooo happy to have helped and thanks for sharing your findings my friend!

 

[2clean]

I'm doing mines tonight at day 42. It's a 56 day strain. Will it be too late?

 

[Weaselcracker]

I thought I should drop by in person and say thanks LA. I remember reading your post when you first asked if anyone else had tried this technique. What a great breakthrough. I've been doing this to every bud in sight lately with great results. It especially worked well on my Mama Thai 100% sativa. The foliage is a bit trashed because of a nutrient mishap/mixup, and I put them in 12/12 at 4" so they could have been vegged longer to fill the scrog, but if you ignore all that, lol, the buds did great and probably saved me from a lot of work trying to control the canopy. The backbuilding was a great success

2 plants- the screen is 19"x24"

 

[2clean]

Can I do it on day 42 of a 56 day strain?

 

[Light Addict]

2clean, you could and it certainly wouldn't cost you anything much in bud, yet your pics show your callxyes are swelled and your almost home
This works well at half way or just past in flower.
I admit I haven't experimented with it fully to dial the precise timings in! Yet with everyone's results getting posted, I hope this thread becomes an invaluable source down the line.

 

[2clean]

I'm at day 42. I got 2 weeks left . Will it stunt?

 

[Weaselcracker]

2clean I would say you're probably not going to get big changes in the bud at this point- but also- you will lose nothing by trying. You really don't have to snip much off the end at all, and I'm sure that you will figure out something or other to do with those trimmings...

 

[Steviodaddio]

Onto day 36 of flower and I will be attempting this very soon. Pretty dang excited. Will definitely post my results.

 

[wildjim]

Sorry for being such a newfus doophus, but if I don't center on the tip of the bud, will it grow more to one side? Just asking, I don't see very well, so seeing something so small, holding a magnifying glass and scissors and trying to be super-accurate at cutting appears really difficult. But I do want to try this technique in about a month. So in about two months I should have my answer. Knowing beforehand would be nice.

I would like your opinion about centering cut accurately, if you would my friend. Many thanks.


WJ