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    Super Cropping Marijuana: Simple Secret to Bigger Yields


    What You Need to Super Crop Marijuana:
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    Your fingers
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    The knowledge of what to do (jump to super crop tutorial)
    Cannabis is the only known plant that naturally creates THC (which, along with CBD and other cannabinoids, make these plants of particular interest to humans).

    THC is the principal 'thing' in the cannabis plant that causes the plant's well-loved psychoactive effects. THC is produced mostly in the flowers of the female cannabis plants.

    But cannabinoid-like substances are abundant in almost all plants and animals, including humans. In fact, humans and mammals naturally have a ton of receptors for cannabinoids throughout our brain and bodies.

    If you've ever slept, eaten, forgotten, or relaxed, then you've used your Endocannabinoid system (yay for being a mammal!) and natural cannabinoids.

    Ok, yet why does the cannabis plant produce THC, which causes major psychotropic effects?

    Did you know that THC is produced by the marijuana plant for protection?

    Obviously it's not doing a great job protecting the plants from humans! (Or maybe it is good for them since we keep cultivating these plants...)

    In the wild, deer and many other creatures might eat marijuana flowers, which would prevent the plants from making seeds and reproducing.

    Yet, as far as we can tell, most animals won't strip a whole marijuana plant of ALL her buds. Either they think cannabinoids taste terrible, or maybe they hate the effects. Therefore we believe the plants use THC as a way to deter predators.

    Maybe the animals just forget what they're doing and wander off...

    Because these plants use THC to protect against predators, when marijuana plants are stressed, they'll put their bud and cannabinoid production into overdrive as a last ditch effort to protect themselves.

    Why is that all important?

    For a marijuana plant, creating the prized cannabinoid-laden buds (which are used to make seeds) is their life's work.

    As a marijuana farmer, it's your job to understand what causes marijuana plants to produce the biggest, most potent buds possible.

    So I'm going to let you in on a big secret to getting the biggest, best buds when growing marijuana...

    While marijuana growers want to make sure that these plants survive until harvest, keeping them as absolutely healthy as possible in a 100% perfect environment won't get you the best results.*

    Instead, the best buds are produced when you learn how to stress the plants in just the right way to increase bud and cannabinoid production.

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    Which brings me to super cropping, one of the easiest, most effective ways to stress your marijuana plant for better harvests.

    This remarkably simple technique will dramatically increase your yields, and all it takes is your fingers, duct tape, and the knowledge of what to do. It's based on the idea we just discussed of stressing the plant so she goes crazy with bud production.

    What is Super Cropping?

    Super cropping is the name for a High-Stress Training (HST) technique when you stress the plant by slightly hurting it in a planned way.

    As a result, the plant will grow bushier, with more buds, and higher THC levels. This is the plant's natural response to protect herself in the wild, in case things go wrong.

    How to Super Crop Marijuana

    STEP ONE: Choose the branches you would like to super-crop.

    Super-cropping is best done during the vegetative stage, once the plant has grown a few healthy branches and is growing vigorously, but before she is full into the flowering stage.

    For super-cropping, you want to choose parts of the plant that are old, but still bendy. The parts you use this technique on should still be green, and not wood-like the bottom of the main stalk.

    When there are multiple colas, you should super-crop the same location on multiple colas. When there's only one main cola, you supercrop the bendy, greener growth towards the top.

    STEP TWO: Grab the branch and squeeze with firm pressure between your thumb and forefinger.

    Maintain this pressure as you slowly bend the branch back and forth until you hear a or feel a slight snap. When possible, try to bend the marijuana plant in the direction that you would like for her to grow. The idea is to damage the inner tissue of the plant as much as you can without causing much damage to the outside 'skin.'

    Some growers *just grab each branch and snap them quickly, but doing this makes it more likely you'll snap the outside tissue and need tape

    With that being said, these plants are surprisingly resilient. If you don't bend the super-crop site hard enough, she will just bounce back to where she was in a few hours.

    You know you've succeeded when the plant now appears somewhat 'broken' and now rests at a 90 degree angle where you bent her, and the branch stays down.

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    This illustration shows a perfect example of a super crop, one that
    doesn't even need tape. Use tape if you go a little overboard.

    If you bend her the perfect amount, her outside tissue will be mostly intact, but the branch will not be able to stand itself up, which is the best case scenario.

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    But even if you super crop too much or too gently, this process will cause her to grow a whole bunch of new colas, and leaves, because she doesn't want to put all her effort into one branch that has probably just been attacked by animals.

    Cont.

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    STEP THREE: In the best case scenario, you don't even need tape, because the outside of the plant is still whole.

    If you've gone a bit overboard, you may need to use duct tape (or another strong tape) to reinforce the plant so she can heal properly, especially if you can see a open slit or crack on the outside of the stem.

    Regardless, the place that you originally bent will grow a big 'knot' almost like a permanent band-aid, which can transport more water, nutrients, and other good stuff compared to before.

    STEP FOUR: Wait about one week before removing any tape. It's normal for the tissues to have discoloration at the healing sites.

    If the site is still grey and appears totally wounded, just put the tape back on until she has grown her protective 'knuckle'.

    Until then, she'll be able to transport nutrients and maintain all normal processes as long as she has the tape to reinforce her.

    If plant tries to straighten any branches, just tie them down. They'll easily give in to your will after being super cropped.

    FINAL RESULT: More buds, more branches, and a shorter, more controlled and bushy plant. Perfect for closet, stealth grows.

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    Unlike topping or extensively plucking leaves, super cropping does not dramatically slow down the growth of the plant (though you should expect to giver her a little time to recover), while giving you many of the same benefits of these other High Stress Training techniques.

    Try super cropping today!
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    White Widow is a perfect strain for super cropping

    Happy supercropping

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    whip them weeds into shape haha


    You Rock MrG

    Excellent report

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasat View Post
    whip them weeds into shape haha


    You Rock MrG

    Excellent report

    Take heed waz mate you'll be walking this path soon enough

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    Good info apart from the thc being unpalatable to animals , someone told me the deer in Canada where he lives love the taste of his buds and had to fence his garden off. I think its the snap of the stem when the animals eat them which triggers the plants survival switch ....not the fact that thc tastes bad.. ...something like that ? Lol .idk?

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    Nice one MrG. Good guide mate.
    (is it from groweedeasy?)


    Quote Originally Posted by oTOMMYo View Post
    Good info apart from the thc being unpalatable to animals , someone told me the deer in Canada where he lives love the taste of his buds and had to fence his garden off. I think its the snap of the stem when the animals eat them which triggers the plants survival switch ....not the fact that thc tastes bad.. ...something like that ? Lol .idk?
    Rabbits, deer and the like will eat the plants. Not for the THC.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by oTOMMYo View Post
    Good info apart from the thc being unpalatable to animals , someone told me the deer in Canada where he lives love the taste of his buds and had to fence his garden off. I think its the snap of the stem when the animals eat them which triggers the plants survival switch ....not the fact that thc tastes bad.. ...something like that ? Lol .idk?
    My dog ate half of my garden critical plant lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by chufuginlookinat View Post
    Nice one MrG. Good guide mate.
    (is it from groweedeasy?)




    Rabbits, deer and the like will eat the plants. Not for the THC.....
    It is mate, most from these guides are compliments of nebula haze

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrG View Post
    My dog ate half of my garden critical plant lol
    Except dogs, they seem to eat the things and get smashed

    Quote Originally Posted by MrG View Post
    It is mate, most from these guides are compliments of nebula haze
    Very good source that is mate, probably the best.

    Is he or her a 'weed superstar' like?

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    My cat always has a sniff of the buds with me when I skin up (don't know about you lot but i have to smell my bud first each and every time I pick it up lol)

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