by Nebula Haze
Here are two, easy, low-skill crucial techniques that together control plant height, increase density, bud quality, and even potency.
Both techniques were used to create this monstrously productive Purple Ghost Candy plant.
…resulting in long, thick, beautiful buds.
What are they? I’m curious if you’ve heard of these or not. Drumroll please…
Two super easy and effective plant training techniques that can be used together, or in isolation:
- Supercropping (control height)
- Lollipopping (can increase yields and especially increases overall bud density/quality/potency).
These two techniques give you greater control over plant growth, for better home harvests!
“Supercrop” Your Plants (control height)
Supercropping solves an immediate problem (my plants are too tall) but height isn’t necessarily the biggest problem. I always use either supercropping, or the basic ideas behind supercropping, in every grow.
What is Supercropping: Supercropping (or “super cropping”) is a specific bending technique that lets you control the height (and shape) of out-of-control cannabis plants, by bending branches at major angles. The supercropping technique lets you make bends that otherwise wouldn’t be possible without breaking the stem.
Learn More: Supercropping: Magic Technique to Control Cannabis Plant Height
If plants get too tall for your space, drastic measures can be taken.
“Lollipop” Your Plants (increase bud density/quality)
Lollipopping is a straightforward, quick way to increase you bud quality. No skill needed. Done right, lollipopping increases overall bud density, average potency, and even yields. If a grower is not doing it, it’s seriously just bud left on the table.
What is Lollipopping: To “lollipop” a growing cannabis plant means to remove most growth from the bottom of the plant that isn’t getting light. With lollipopping, the cannabis grower leaves the top of the plant untouched, so it’s full on top and bare on bottom, like a lollipop.
Learn More: Lollipopping Cannabis: How to Do It Right! (and get bigger yields).
The lollipopping technique leaves the cannabis plant resembling a lollipop. Big on top, bare on the bottom.
About the Author: Nebula Haze
I’m Nebula Haze and I co-founded GrowWeedEasy.com in 2010 with my husband Sirius Fourside. We’ve built the most complete cannabis growing encyclopedia on the internet, with 500+ growing tutorials and articles to walk you through the whole cannabis cultivation process with pictures and clear instructions.
Check out my recent autoflowering grow journal. This was one of six plants!
A lot of what makes home grows go smoothly (with big, bountiful harvests) is the combination of little tricks and hints that home growers have discovered over the years. Today we covered two useful and free, yet surprisingly effective techniques, that can help you achieve your harvest goals.
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Nebula Haze, Co-Founder of GrowWeedEasy.com
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