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[Hydro-Soil]

Pics?

You want pics of a 1"+ stem on a less than 2' supercropped plant?

I have one.

That's the stem from a Princess Diesel plant grown in DWC. Supercropped and topped to create a less than 2' plant with about 30 tops on it.

This was a NON-pH'd run. No checking or adjusting of the pH at all. Just GH 3-part Lucas Formula mixed at full strength and then changing the res level with RO water according to how the plant looked. (Yes, I know, Super-Far from optimal but it worked at the time)


Supercropping definitely beefed up the thickness of all stems on the plant. If It'd been a well pH'd grow, the colas would have been massive instead of almost pop-can width.

 

[Hydro-Soil]

Normally I would never use a tool to smash stems either, but in the case of my Purple Haze, the main stem is so strong that I couldn't do it by hand anyway, I NEED a tool, which is odd considering how floppy the stem is. It's a thick trunk on her, but for some reason she's got a flexible main stem. Oddly enough, her smaller limbs break more easily than any of the other plants. On all my others, I have so far managed to do most of it by hand.

Take some 1/4" irrigation tubing. Cut 2 pieces about 3/4" long.

Slip them over the end of your needle nosed pliers. GENTLY crush your stems with it.
The smaller stems will be crushed before you can 'feel' it in the handles so be careful.

Works on big stuff and all the way down to micro bonsai stuff.

 

[dongle69]

You want pics of a 1"+ stem on a less than 2' supercropped plant?

No, I want pics of the less than 2' plant with 5 oz on it.
Big stems aren't hard to come by.

 

[Hydro-Soil]

No, I want pics of the less than 2' plant with 5 oz on it.
Big stems aren't hard to come by.

Well then I'm sorry to disappoint you.

It was DWC with heat issues and a non-pH'd grow. I ended up with about 2oz. of that plant. Don't have a scale so no way to tell but it lasted me about 2 months. I usually go through a Z a month.

 

[dongle69]

I'm not disappointed.
I'm also not saying that it can't be done.
It just seems that many of the hefty claims here at icmag are always missing pics.
Usually along with "can't find my usb cable" or "camera just broke."
:smile:
Sorry for the OT, please continue....