super cropping at early age

[dooobster]

Supercropping = the act of pinching stems in order to cause them to strengthen.
This helps to control height and also allows the plant to support heavier flowers.

LST (Low-stress training) = the act of bending stems and branches & tying them down in order to train them to grow in a direction other than straight up.
Bending the main stem over will cause the side branching to grow more vigorously, due to the increased light they will receive but also due to the redistribution of plant hormones called Auxins.

You can start to do them both fairly early in the plant's life... I've started pinchng and bending as early as 2 weeks.

Both are great methods of manipulating your plants... I'm a firm believer in both!

[bigsmoke07]

how do you prune your plant to get bigger yeilds

[fenderstrat]

supercropping is about pinching the stem and bending it so the tissue breaks but the stem does not split resulting in a flat 90 degree top cola making that branch grow branches off it back towards the light source, with stronger support at the joint yes. lest is bending slowly without breaking, it's really about have more budsites and colas. topping and pruning will result in fewer but experiment with it all, why not