I wanted to get some opinions on this from people who have grown a bunch. what style do you use? i have seen people say they have done a bunch at once in which they know they will stun the plant and have it take a day or two to recuperate. i have been taking a couple leaves here and a couple leaves there trying to avoid the stun. What have you guys who have grown a bunch seen or used and results?
Hey monkman. I prune a little along the way and a couple of good sessions under my SCROG before I flip to flower. Honestly I get tired of pruning all at once so like to spread it out a bit just so it is less tedious. I do think it is a bit easier on the plants IMHO.
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There are different schools of thought.
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Cutting stresses the plant and could cause hermie, so slowly cutting is preferred.
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Cutting a lot shocks the plants protective mechanisms to flower more aggressively. Search schwazzing
I have done both. Cutting a lot does concentrate the budding to a few strong branches and cause heavy dense buds.
While only topping and clearing bud sites produces a lot of tops/bud sites at equal heights.
Both yielded about the same dictated by the strain, the wattage and efficiency of the lights.
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Schwazzing works great. I did it to a wwa last year and pulled a lb off it. Journal is here I grow again
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Tuck before cut.
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