Here's what I don't understand and this isn't directed to towards anyone but if you don't agree with someone or their method, what compels you to constantly and continuously make the same argument against it or dedicate all this time to try and prove that person wrong knowing that you're not going to be able to? Say what you gotta say once, twice, three times and move on? If you're doing it with the best interest of the people are just starting out thinking they might try it, just know that when they read through any given thread they'll probably come across your argument and will decide for themselves what to do....Here's a guy that tried to contribute something for the betterment of the community and it's turned into a 256 post (so far) thread, with most of the posts serving no purpose but restating something that has previously been posted...I'll guarantee a shit load of people probably started reading this thread but after a few pages, decided to abandon it...so those that feel compelled to beat a dead horse thinking you're helping out the ones that are just starting, know that you're doing the exact opposite...If someone tries something and it doesn't work for them then that's just another experience for that person
That being said, I grow and always top half my plants using UB's technique and I FIM the other half, on top of that, I supercrop all of them up to 10 days before flipping my lights....When I go into bloom, I first remove all growth from the bottom 1/3 of my plants and I will go through all of them and pluck 25% of the fan leaves, especially the ones covering the center of my canopy...I've had grows where I didn't do that and I was not happy with my yield....everything below the canopy was completely blocked from getting light and the buds were not what I wanted...I run (4) 600's and flower between 28-37 plants per cycle and I average 3-4 1/2 ounces per plant...Agree with my method or not, I'm more than satisfied with my grows and am always looking into ways to improve....Fuck the physics argument and fuck the biology argument, show me proof of what you claim...Desertrat has done that and I would probably try it out on 1 of my plants in my next cycle but I don't think the difference would be much because it's almost like what I do now...UB's technique is always used in my grows but not exclusively because my experience has shown ME that their are more things that can be done...
Now go ahead and dissect my post to your hearts content