Anybody Want To Double Their Yield?- Desertrat's Top and Prune?

Well from that third and all pics actually I would never take your advice! What the F is that crap in the bottom pic??? Looks screwed to the max... I would toss it if it were in my ladies but my ladies never are that sickly when in bloom or they are cut and tossed as I said.. Not working pal.

desertrat said:

i cannot claim original ownership of this idea - it was in the old growfaq - but since i don't think anyone uses it anymore, i'm gonna jack it for myself. it won't double the yield of someone already using advanced growing techniques but it is an easy way to improve on basic growing techniques.

anyway, here are the basics
1. either top or fim the main branch after the 4th node
2. on the main branch only, prune every other fan leaf in a staircase pattern. this slows the growth of the main stem and for some reason stimulates the growth of secondary branches.

here's what you get after two weeks: View attachment 931031View attachment 931025

versus this for topping alone: View attachment 931032

notice that each topped/pruned plant now has at least 6 growth tips all within a couple of inches of the canopy top. i think this is superior to multiple topping because it causes less overall stress to the plant and can be tailored to keep the growth tips all at the same height.

this is what a mature female looks like after topping/pruning: View attachment 931036

versus this for topping alone: View attachment 931037

i've tried it with two strains and gotten the same results. doubled yield to 4 ounces per plant from 2 ounces.

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Nothing is more pathetic than an old tired blind dog that can't learn anything new. I have never done this, but I think the point is when you take a fan leaf you get a new top that will bud. Fan leaves don't bud... yea, the plant just replaces the old fan leaf, but not with another fan leaf... with a little node that will grow into a top. Not only that, it should also bush out the lower nodes a bit. So in that case, you are replacing an energy producing solar panel with bud sites.

I have to say I've never noticed this happening when I have removed leaves before, but I've never really been watching for it either. Another benefit would be slowing the growth of whatever stalk you're pruning which will let shorter faster growing tops catch up. After reading a bunch of bullshit, it would seem canopy control is something that completely blows over the heads of old outdoor dogs.

Also, no one should be worried about what advice noobs are getting in the Advanced section. I was under the impression this section was for advanced theoretic topics and experiments; there is a section for noobs. Shitting all over a legitimate attempt at controlled experimentation because you knee-jerk reject anything not in a high school science book from the 70s is fuckin retarded at best.

I don't have the time and space for experimenting with shit right now... but from the pictures and the theory behind it, I would think this is plausible and more people should try it on one or two plants... and the most important part, reporting back with the results which only 2 people have done.