A possible new tutorial topic for Nebula - Partial harvesting of plants

[kingfish]

Totally agree with you Doc. I would leave her be. From looking at the plant, Supercropping should have occurred about 4 weeks ago. No disrespect.

[insomniaczzz]

Totally agree with you Doc. I would leave her be. From looking at the plant, Supercropping should have occurred about 4 weeks ago. No disrespect.

No offense taken.......I totally agree with you. I just didn't know any better 4 weeks ago. LOL.

[Mañ'O'Green]

First of all harvesting the main cola when it is ripe and then letting the others ripen is what I would do.

I supercropped 5 weeks into flower!

The plant I am growing now got too tall for the tent and I had no choice other than supercropping. The stems were too brittle for bending and tying. It was really scary but none of them snapped off. I did have one that the outside of the stem tore open a little so I tapped it up using grafting tape (a stretchy wax tape designed to seal a graft). It worked out just fine. A lot of instructions just say to use duct tape but I already had the grafting tape from grafting heirloom tomatoes to nematode resistant rootstock. The trick to supercropping is to crush the inside of the stem a little bit longer than the width of your thumb and then just bend it over to a 90 degree angle. Have a way to hold it up before you start in case the weight of the cola is too heavy and it wants to fall past 90 degrees.

Good luck

[NebulaHaze]

I have one particular plant that has one tall main spike filling out quite nicely with buds. The lower half of the plant has many newer colas with budlets forming.

Question, will I be able to harvest that one main spike when it is ready, and let the rest of the plant finish up, perhaps taking a few more weeks? I tried to search the GWE site for this, but found nothing. I'm going to go take some pictures and will be back in a bit to post them.

Yes, it's completely normal for the plant to be at different stages in different parts. For some plants the lower buds mature first, and sometimes the upper buds are the ones first ready to harvest. It's completely okay to harvest the plant in parts and let the remaining buds continue fattening up!

[insomniaczzz]

Yes, it's completely normal for the plant to be at different stages in different parts. For some plants the lower buds mature first, and sometimes the upper buds are the ones first ready to harvest. It's completely okay to harvest the plant in parts and let the remaining buds continue fattening up!

Thanks Neb. I don't feel comfortable bending my biggest bud over at this stage. Going to harvest in parts.