Generally, I'll prune each branch up to it's top nodes when moving into the flower room. Trim off the bottom third of the plant after 2 weeks Trim off anything not hitting light after 3 for a 10 wk strain I'm curious how other farmers out there are doing it I'm curious if I should do a prune after the 1st week or not I think that about covers it for now Great question!
No one on here uses this technique? I've been reading up a lot of other posts on other forums, but finding inconsistent information. I'm on day 7 now and really curious if i should go trim off the lanky shit now or in another week Cruise control, continue to support buds as they get heavier.
Builtaforest said:. Click to expand Capulator likes to smell trees. I do a little at a time every day until end of stretch. Sometimes I will kill budsites after stretch too if I can see they are in the shade and not going to develop. I take a lot of big fan leaves and little ones too to promote maximum light to each site. I also scrog, or pound the plant with 4k of light on all sides 2 different gardens. Canopy management is what separated a good caretaker from a superior one.
Saving it all for one day can be a shock to the plants. It's better to watch them everyday, and take a little here and a little there. Then the plants don't ever skip a beat. I agree with capulator when said "Saving it all for one day can be a shock to the plants.
Being that i begin scrog weeks before i put into flowering, my plants have established a great structure and i dont have to do any excessive trimming in flowering, i try for the least amount of stress during flowering.
Organicyumyum Guest. I do the same as cap. I usually cut off all flower sites except for the top all the way through week 2. Around the end of week 2 I stop removing leaves and flowers. Organicyumyum said:. It depends on what type of strain you are running. Some plants have a lot of foliage and need lollipopping.
Because little light penetrates this canopy, it is beneficial to get rid of any growth on the lower portions of the plants. SCROG uses multiple toppings , stress training and a netting to ensure a flat and even canopy. Removing all growth below the screen is essential to maximize bud growth above the screen. Part of that is due to people mistaking lollipopping and pruning.
The two go hand in hand. You want to begin removing leaves and branches during vegging, a few weeks before switching your lights to a flowering schedule. This allows the plants time to recover from the shock, before they enter the flowering stage. Then you follow up by removing new bud growth whenever it appears during flowering.
But you do not want to be trimming lower branches during flowering. You will also see a lot of different advice concerning how high up the plant to prune. And again: it depends. The most common advice is to either remove everything below the 4th bud site on each branch some even say below the 3rd , or to remove all growth from the bottom third some even say the bottom half.
These are all good rules of thumb that you can use as a guide, especially when lollipopping for the first time. Go ahead and lollipop higher up, if those areas are still extremely shaded. As for what to remove, you want to get rid of all smaller branches that do not reach up to the canopy at all. Then remove all foliage from the branches that remain.
Make sure you use quality weed trimming shears. As mentioned, do the initial lollipopping during vegging. Later, once the plant has entered flowering, you simply do some light follow-up pruning, to ensure the bottom portion stays bare.
The most important thing during this stage is to remove any bud growth, to avoid those turning into popcorn buds. However, the amount that you remove is ultimately up to you. Remember , cannabis leaves are the engine of the plant. Therefore, if you remove too much , your plant may become stunted. You must leave an ample number of leaves and branches to ensure rapid growth through the flowering stage.
When in doubt, check how much light the bottom leaves receive. If the lower leaves are shaded continuously, you may remove them. Take your trimming scissors and remove the branch where it makes contact with the primary stem. Once cut, the branch, along with the leaves, will fall.
When you start lollipopping, be sure to cut the branch where it meets the primary stem. After a few minutes of strategic pruning, your weed garden is on the path of enlightenment. From increased airflow to optimized energy use, cannabis plants greatly benefit from the lollipop technique. Then just rub off any new lower growth or buds that try to form. But a 6" plant doesn't need to be lollipoped.
The whole point is to remove the growth that is too far from the light, to produce anything worthwhile. For instance: If you're using a w light that means anything beyond the 18 - 24" light penetration.
Does anyone have a link to lolipopping? Filthy Phil Well-Known Member. This is an experienced based technique. There are rough guidelines on how to do it, but only by knowing your strain can you do it flawlessly. If you are keeping them small, you dont need to lolipop them. You can trim off the suckers I start trimmi. You cant really do a perpetual sea of green. As your plants will all be diff hights due to different ages and stages of life, its not likely you will get a SEA of green, more like hills of green.
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