I may get to start a legal grow here soon so I'm reading up on some different things and some questions have popped up.

So, first one.. if a growers goal is lots of well developed female flower from a plant, just purely to maximize his yield in the shortest amount of time he can.. then how in the world does cutting any part of a plant in the early veg development make sense? topping and fiming will result in more branches sure, and a more bush like canopy.. but at around 3-5 days minimum of repair and slight risk of disease being instead of continued rapid growth being the cost.

What are the reasons people top instead of supercropping or lst? I could see topping for a mother for clone sites though.. this does make sense. basically what I am getting at is, if the goal is getting the most usable plant matter off your girls, why would you cut off some of the parts that will make this bud earlier?

lollipopping is something I would do, removing the material light will not hit makes sense..

question two.. which is better for relectivity? mylar or white paint? mylar seems like it would be, but the thinner mylar lets some light through.. which got me thinking, if mylar can have light travel through a 2mil cross section, wouldnt the light still travel through that 2mil section if you used 5mil mylar? so would your light level increase or stay the same?

probably a dumb one but it's been bugging me..

I have many others, just cannot pull them out of my foggy brain..

Oh, has anyone ever run across a successful blackstar led grow log? those lights look interesting, I know they are not top of the line but I haven't heard much bad about them, and I bought one already for my mothers orange tree.. which seems to work great.
Douglas1 Reviewed by Douglas1 on . just a few questions about the methods I may get to start a legal grow here soon so I'm reading up on some different things and some questions have popped up. So, first one.. if a growers goal is lots of well developed female flower from a plant, just purely to maximize his yield in the shortest amount of time he can.. then how in the world does cutting any part of a plant in the early veg development make sense? topping and fiming will result in more branches sure, and a more bush like canopy.. but at around 3-5 days minimum of Rating: 5