2 step harvest

I'm wondering If this works, and if anyone here has tried it. so I don't top or super crop. I always get small popcorn buds on the bottom they are never ready when my top colas are. can I harvest all the top colas and big buds and leave the popcorn buds to finish?

well yes, I did ones on one of my plants . I harvest it 3 times every 2 or 3 monts after the first harvest. I let the lower buds grow didnt cut the all plant.

Anyone else?

Wow, I stumped the panel! That's a first!

Yes you can harvest twice. Alot of us do it.

nope, noone has ever tried it

How do I do that in hydro? I flush for 5 days plus 48hr dark period....

This is why i tie my plants down,20 tops VS a couple of more tops while hurting your plants from the snaps (recovery time 2 weeks).
LST and SCROG are the best methods over all,plus the way tie my plants they make that lower growth die so they can focus on those tops.

Really 5-10 leaves fall every day until the plants have gotten rid of them(small fan leaves living under branches)

Do your flush and dark. When you cut just go back to half nutes then let the rest grow. Flush and cut.

Here is why im asking this question. The little popcorn buds you'll see have started going off my table (I've tied them up) and you can see how big the other buds are growing


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Warlock? Anyone? Holler!

That's normal. That's why sometimes we dubble cut. Your lower buds won't get to much bigger but will fill in. Making it worth your time trimming.

marc88101 said:

I'm wondering If this works, and if anyone here has tried it. so I don't top or super crop. I always get small popcorn buds on the bottom they are never ready when my top colas are. can I harvest all the top colas and big buds and leave the popcorn buds to finish?

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Harvest the top then throw them back into veg for about 6 weeks and reflower... can do this 2-3 times at most before you lose major potency.

ItsSaturday said:

Harvest the top then throw them back into veg for about 6 weeks and reflower... can do this 2-3 times at most before you lose major potency.

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You would only do that if you don't have any already in veg and you have good geno's. Reveging puts alot of stress and can make hurmies. 2 weeks to reveg. 4 weeks veg and 8 weeks flower is the same as cutting tops let the lower fill out for 2 weeks and starting the next crop that should already be in veg. It's not a bad idea but should not be the first plan.

I do it the other way around (outdoor). The smaller bottom branches are usually splattered with soil from rain. Sometimes they have bugs on them. Unless they grow more than 4 inches, I'll chop em. At full harvest, I chop all of the branches leaving a 1 inch stem with a small bud growing from the main stalk to the secondary branch. Then I leave the stalk to grow some more. I keep watering it as usual. The small buds grow into big buds (and sometimes sprout new branches). This is what growers call "2nd generation" buds. If possible, (but rare) it can develop into 3rd generation and beyond. Only very strong healthy stalks can mature into 3rd generation and beyond.