Stem splitting before harvest

[Frankiej]

Just wondering if anyone had experience with a technique called stem splitting?

 

[Chemichael]

I've cropped a branch that split about 2 weeks into flowering and made things pretty cool. Nice knuckles. Late harvest not sure. Since the interior of the stem should be drying out and hollowing not sure what benefit you get

 

[9fingerleafs]

Same here. I've suppercroped too hard on a stem that it kinda breaks in two. It recovers well but I don't think its better than no hole

 

[Potted]

It puts stress on plant to make it put out bigger and fatter buds at least that's the printable as I understand it never tried it.

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Not sure what it's called, hopefully we're talking about the same thing! Just did it to my veggers a week or so ago on half of a plant first, twisting one way the branch until I hear a cracking sound. Within a couple days the twisted branches were showing more aggressive growth above the twist than the others. No denying it. Went ahead and did it to all 3 veggers. Now I can't bend the tips fast enough to keep them away from the t5!!! And the knuckle collection on those stems is pretty cool. The lady on the foreground is a big dirty, as naughty as the name implies, seed sprouted on 9/21. Due to space constraint and cloning she's had a couple haircuts already but the twisting really kicked in another gear.

 

[furrysparkle]

That's supercroping stem splitting is to cut an inch or so into the middle of a base of a cola with a knife, with the top and bottom of the cut bound with string or a tie so the damage doesn't spread. Then you replace the knife with a pencil or chopstick to disrupt the flow of nutes up the branch stressing out more trichromes. At least in theory I'm going to experiment with my next grow on this

 

[LuckyAcres]

I was way off!! do post pics and details please, you got me curious now.

 

[furrysparkle]

http://www.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/grow-huge-buds/#split-stem bottom of this page has the instructions

 

[LuckyAcres]

Thanks! Cool idea. Kinda looks like creating a secondary highway for nutrients flow. Will do more thinking and reading on it but I might try it on one of my girls due in a couple weeks. Only danger I could see is opening the plants for pests and rot but that close to harvest it won't matter. Thanks for sharing

 

[BG Bud]

Seen it and know you need to ensure you zap strap below and above incision. I am going to try on one of my plants but I am 6 weeks or so away. Apparenty drive turpenes crazy !