Well there was this thread in 08' called "Size does matter", there was a cat named jrosek that posted up with giving them haircuts at around 21 days, I had followed arguments about it over on OG, and I was def. from the school of NEVER cut fans off. That being said, it started really making sense to me as I am a traditional SOG guy, I did a test run with about a 1/4 of my room and keep track of what each plant weighed after, and the averages on the ones with the haircut were higher, noticably! The dont need those leaves the last 2/3 of flower, you dont cut them all off, and the have all the leaves coming out of the flower sites. I've had friends come over and see the garden after the haircut and be totally shocked! And, then they come back at the end, and go shit god damn. Not all strains respond well, but I dont cut any branches off, and I would have to say that a plant is gonna have less shock from taking a dying fan leaf, than a growing branch. It's not for everyone, but if you have the nerve and the numbers, I think you'll be surprised at how the bottom nugs are dense and not larfy! Hope that helps, if you have more ??'s just ask, and thanks for popping in. peace
Well Unta, this is just what I've been doing for about a year and half, with great results! I average anywhere between 4 to 10 grams more on average per plant. Look back a couple of pages and see what the plants look like after the haircut, and then look at the sk1 I just took down, dense nug from the medium to the top. Like I said, I did tests weighing every plant, doing it on half tables, after a couple of runs, the proof was in the pudding (stole that from you J). There are plenty of leaves coming out of the flowers to sustain energy. This again is just what I spent months testing, and decided it worked for me. I just chose to try doing something outside the box. Thanks for stopping by bro!
Thanks bro, I love my job this much I know!! Thanks for taking a look
peace dubba
Yeah bro thanks! I cut the leaves at 21 days, and it is strain depended thats for sure, but I do it with my chems and they havent hermied yet! Less stress than cutting all the lower branches @ 14 days IMO. I think the last run was averaging 18.5 per plant, will be weighing the latest run probably in the next few days and I'll post up overall and whatnot. Thanks for popping in bro!
Thanks for the heads up bro, I'll probably do a table of it this summerI like the Blue Dream a LOT, I'm sure you will be seeing it soon; here in cali we're inundated with it. Super nice yielding with a nice balanced non paralyzing stone. Grows like a sativa yields like an indica. Harborside sure likes takin' it off my hands in any form they can get it
Yo bro!Man, it's looking good in here!!!! Rolling right along bro, love to see it working for ya....
Glad your liking it! When you getting your thread going??
Good to hear that ! I have 5 four foot Blue Dreams in 7 gallons right now going into 100 gallon Smart Pots may 15thI like the Blue Dream a LOT, I'm sure you will be seeing it soon; here in cali we're inundated with it. Super nice yielding with a nice balanced non paralyzing stone. Grows like a sativa yields like an indica. Harborside sure likes takin' it off my hands in any form they can get it
Yeah bro thanks! I cut the leaves at 21 days, and it is strain depended thats for sure, but I do it with my chems and they havent hermied yet! Less stress than cutting all the lower branches @ 14 days IMO. I think the last run was averaging 18.5 per plant, will be weighing the latest run probably in the next few days and I'll post up overall and whatnot. Thanks for popping in bro!
No CO2 for me, tried it years ago and never saw the dif. that people talk about, I exchange my air ALOT, which seems to work for me. Yeah I sacrifice some yield to have the headest herb/meds possible, but doing the haircut thingie leaves me with quality herb from med. to the top, peace dubbaThats Great ! CO2 or no? I stopped using the stuff years ago, too much PITA for me. I have Fruity Chronic going now that looks like it will put my SS to shame. 20 inches tall and about 5-6 inches thick center on them all the way to the ground. I could see getting over 20 easy on these if they get really dense.
