Making my plants branch out?

ronnynator

Member
ok so i googled it and every thing and found that if you bend the main part of the stem under the top leaves to were their pointing at the ground the plant will branch out and i was wondering if i did it right... and this is one of my 5 plants so im not TO worried if i messed up.

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chevyfan1a4

Active Member
are you talking about super cropping? then yeah, although I think that little plant is way to young to handle that. To super crop, pinch and crush the stem up and bend over. be careful not to break the stem though. It will heal up in a few days and be better than before!
 

chevyfan1a4

Active Member
If the stem broke then it would either be a large tear or the plant would be in two pieces. A plant can heal a small tear but a large one will cause some problems, because 1. it greatly increases risk of infection, 2. water and nute flows are severely compromised. Some times large tears can be fixed by staking the plant up, and keeping the wound clean with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water.
 

Hoenhiem

Active Member
it sounds as if your talking about lst'ing. y are you trying to train a seedling so young? it may be a bushy branchey plant on its own. idk to each his own. i would recommend waiting though for anything else you do for this plant. hope it gets better good luck.
 

chevyfan1a4

Active Member
Super cropping or any training is not going to make more branches. You train your plant by bending it so that the plant gets equal amounts of light. By bending the plant you keep your canopy even. Which in turn will result in closer node spacing and more branches.
 
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