I'm afraid your the crazy one homie, first off you don't cut the stem when you supercrop. You bend and crack it, not advised in bud stage (I'll give you that). As for 'always use training techniques in VEG never in flower'.....WRONG!!!! lst can be utilised in bud stage, if the stretch is too much, no probs bend it and tie it down. Or if your buds are being burnt by the light bend and tie. ^^^ I suspect this is a noob trying to teach a noob, when in fact they are wrong themselfs. I'd ignore GW's advice. Jmho