Is lollipopping really worth it? Does it increase yield

papa canna

papa canna

Well-Known Member
It's basic biology that cleaning up the bottom should have some sort of impact up top. But even of the yeild were exactly the same, I would still trim up the bottom to save me a lot of time when IT comes time to yield.

Time is money. Why would you spend the most time on the smallest most insignificant buds? Not I.
 
too larry

too larry

Well-Known Member
Dynamo626 said:
Very true but try a mainline there is no larf
Click to expand...
I'm outdoors the whole way. Also total hobbyists. I don't weigh or sell anything. All I do is a little LOB {Lean over, Baby} work with mine. I'm not one to do much trimming on even the good bud until it hits the rolling tray. When I get tired of last season's bud, it goes into the coconut oil with the larf and trim. I would hate to have spent hours doing all that trimming for nothing.

I do harvest a plant in three stages, each a week after the last one. So the lower buds do get a chance to swell up. Not as larfy as they could be.
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

Well-Known Member
I'm telling you there is larf. Mainline or not. Anything that's not a main cola or a sattelite cola is larf (to me). And I had plenty of it.
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

Well-Known Member
Last run was with a 90w blurple. Yes I know blurples are so-so. But this was before I knew anything. I'm still seeing larf develop. Even with the new twin Vero29c cobs I'm using. They're 182W.
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

Well-Known Member
Either your trying to mainline clones which dosnt quite work or your not pulling suckers as they apear through veg
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

Well-Known Member
Nah. These are buds that form lower down the branch. I got 10cm worth of solid buddage per arm. But then about 0.5cm to 1.5cm down it started making much smaller popcorn sized buds. Probably for the next 5-6cm on each arm.
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

Well-Known Member
Thats the problem or not i guess. I know everyone grows with different goals. 90W blurple replaces abought120 130 hid and 180w cob almost replaces a 400w hid. Im useing a 630 de cmh. Easly replaces a 1000w hid. The smallest buds with it in a mainline dry into nugs the size of a quarter and are dense.
 
Yodaweed

Yodaweed

Well-Known Member
It helps have bigger buds and no popcorn/larf to trim at the end, not sure if it adds to weight tho, that seems kinda counter intuitive, i think it most likely is either the same amount or less.
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

Well-Known Member
it probably dosnt add any but don't think it takes to much weight away. I do know it greatly increases useable weight. I guess it depends on the individual. me I don't care so much for edibles. its a totally different high. I plain cant do dabs my old lungs cant take it. I used to save and smoke the larf but it isn't the same either. for me the mainline means more and heavier jars, but again, for me it increases useable harvest
 
J

JDMase

Well-Known Member
SouthCross said:
I've never seen side by side comparison with the resulting bud weight examined. It's simply described as producing more weight. No testing, no proof.
Click to expand...
I concur. I leave my plants unadulterated. In my opinion removing what has already began to grow already has more potential mass than then removing it (thus putting spent energy to waste).

This is just my opinion. Do whatever you wanna do.

Ive seen people doing it with tomato plants to apparently increase yield, but does it cross over to our plants?
 
SouthCross

SouthCross

Well-Known Member
JDMase said:
I concur. I leave my plants unadulterated. In my opinion removing what has already began to grow already has more potential mass than then removing it (thus putting spent energy to waste).

This is just my opinion. Do whatever you wanna do.

Ive seen people doing it with tomato plants to apparently increase yield, but does it cross over to our plants?
Click to expand...

It's common on roses to increase bud sites. However I've never seen or heard about it being used to increase Hop production. Hops for beer that is. 'Cannabaceae family'. Commercial farmed plant. Nobody is topping.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top