Pruning

[sheist]

Ok, since i was getting ignored constantly when asking "what is pruning" and told to stop "hijacking" someone elses thread, I made my own thread. :mad: What is pruning!!! Thats all I wanted to kno.. I'm not trying to argue its pros and cons yet, i'm pre-occupied with topping and pinching. I just want to kno what it is to prune, the regular method. :(

[Ish]

pruning is just topping and cropping. like giving your plant a hair cut ;)

[sheist]

topping....

*bangs head into the monitor

[Zandor]

Pruning is removing leaves, small shoots and in general altering the shape of the plant. An example of pruning is when you take clones or just cut off the lower part of a single cola tree growth. You are making a lollypop plant, nothing on the lower parts where light does not penetrate. The plant looks like a lollypop on a stick. That is pruning.

Topping/Cropping is altering the plant by cutting the main cola. This will force the plant to grow short bushy.

Pinching is a stress technique where your crush the main stock. The plant is forced to spend its energy on healing its self thus growth is bushier then tall and the plant will grow out at the sides. Stress technique can produce more resin if itâ??s done at the correct time in the plants flower cycle.

[latewood]

you don't have anything to prune yet..lmao

[sheist]

i dun have anything to prune, pinch, top, crop, let alone plant lmao..

i'm jus tryin to get these things out the way before come in contact with it.. preparing in advance for my problems..

Zandor..
To my knowledge, the plant uses the leaves as temperature regulators and the chlorophyll from the leaves to help make its energy. But since the light doesnt really penetrate the bottom well, it wouldn't be much of a problem to cut those leaves off, right?

[Zandor]

i dun have anything to prune, pinch, top, crop, let alone plant lmao..

i'm jus tryin to get these things out the way before come in contact with it.. preparing in advance for my problems..

Zandor..
To my knowledge, the plant uses the leaves as temperature regulators and the chlorophyll from the leaves to help make its energy. But since the light doesnt really penetrate the bottom well, it wouldn't be much of a problem to cut those leaves off, right?
When they turn yellow you can cut them off with little to no affect. For the larger ones just tuck them back and tie them to the main stock.

[latewood]

sheist...nothing personal, you just crack me up...I wish you all the luck and will be glad to help if I can...peace latewood great reply Zandor

[sheist]

as long i as i kno i put a smile on someone's face :)