Hi guys, I'm growing outdoors and I wanted to know about pruning my plants. Is it true that I should just snip off the very top of the plant where the small new leaves are growing? Also at what stage should I prune it, and how many times in its life? Thanks for any help you can give me, it's very apreciated. Cheers.
When my plants are about a foot tall, I pinch off the center top growth, then there are two major stems that develop. I learned that from the growers on hightimes.com and it seems to work. I also prune the very lowest branches when the plants get a bit bigger.. 3 feet or so.. that is something I learned from lots of tomato growing.. the fruit at the top gets bigger if there's no branches at the bottom (called "suckers") What I have learned from growing for a little while is that you've got to experiment with this kind of stuff and see how it goes. Happy growing
Dont top or pinch your plants, train them by bending them over with hemp rope and have another line holding the base of the plant so oyu dont bend the main in the soil.
How tall should they be when you decide to bend them over? Ive got some about 9-12" tall and the stem is very stiff......i don't want it to break. How far also does it need to be bent? Just a few degrees or all the way until the tip is almost touching the ground?
It all depends how big the growth tips are coming off the nodes. If they arent out yet it wont do jack to train becasue they arent ready yet. Train when you get at least 2x 2" growth tips coming off the nodes, the bigger the better. The goal is to bend the top growth tip so its below the other nodes and make the auxins go to the higher tips. Begin with a 45 degree for the first day, then about 120 degrees so the top growth tip is below all the other nodes. Then you can take it from there however you want. The higher nodes will always get more auxins so keep that in mind. I wouldnt train unles you have to keep the plants bushey for cover, let them grow natural if you can.
Well I bent a few over just to see how they do. Ive been told the plant will produce more if this is done. I guess I will see.
pruning is a diffrent thing i think pruning is when you clip teh feeder leaves off so light can get to lower bud sites, adn they can grow biger. your talking of toping nd it has been proven it wont produce more buds (weight) or budsites then supercroping.
I don't want my beautiful Sativa to be discovered by anyone . who could see over our 6 foot fence. She is now about 5 feet tall. Is it possible to snip the top to keep it dwarfed? will the buds be as strong?
Cuting the growth tip off or pinching will only stunt the growth for a week then 2 tops will shoot up. If you cut the whole top off its not good for the plant. You can train it and bring the whole plant down to 2-3' high and you will get more big colas. http://forum.grasscity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21597&perpage=20&pagenumber=2 but use string not sticks
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heh did u get all that pruning info from highgrow program? i thought i read all that stuff once before