lolli popping a plants serves the opposite purpose of topping a plant. If you clip the top, it stimulates side growth. If you clip the bottom it stimulates top growth.

If the bottom growth doesnt get enough light, it will grow little popcorn buds that are a pain to trim/waste of time. It might stress the plant a little(once you get a few grows under your belt, youll understand that these plants can really take a beating before they dont like it) but it increases yield. Instead of using water, nutrients, and energy to keep the bottom branches alive, youll send that energy to the top growth. You can stress a plant as much as you want during vegetative growth without any ill effects other than slow growth.

Its makes for a more managable canopy too.......

here is a couple of pictures using this method. I chopped all the bottom shit off. I guess these are the results of stressing plants.....:thumbsup:Attachment 281511Attachment 281512Attachment 281513Attachment 281514