When to supercrop?

[Wayzee]

When do y'all super croppers bend them. Ive been reading different recommendations, only in veg- in the first 2 weeks of flowering- after they finish stretching... Ckbrew you seem to be quite confident in this area when do you do it?

 

[Ckbrew]

I do it after they are done stretching. That way you know what you have to work with and you can pick where you want to lay them down. Right before brooming them I take the plant out of the tent and strip the lower growth and larf buds and most of the big fan leaves.

 

[Wayzee]

Cheers, I was thinking along those lines, makes sense to wait until after the stretch I just worry about stressing them to much and either hermieing or stunting the flower development. Gotta take the risk to reap the reward though ay.

 

[Wayzee]

Do you give them a feed at the same time of cal-mag or anything to help them with the stress?

 

[Ckbrew]

They are in coco/p so they get 3ml/gallon calmag as part of the nute solution once a day, that is routine. I don't do anything different as far as the feeding goes. I don't see them showing signs of stress from this. They will look like you tried to kill them right after you do that to them. In 24 hours you will see them perk up and turn toward the light. That is when I also scan for any fan leaves blocking light from bud sites and remove them. In a week or so the bends will start healing and growing a knob.

 

[Wayzee]

Ok thankyou, your advice and experience is great.