When and how late to lollipop?

[FinestKindToo]

Hey gang,

This is something I've been wondering for, oh, a few years now. I use this technique because I HATE trimming popcorn, but I've never gotten any consensus on how late to do it. I've seen everything from "don't lollipop within 1 week of flipping to 12/12" to "up to 3 weeks after the flip." Does anyone have any evidence (preferably scientific, ie side-by-side comparisons) for this technique? Thanks a bunch.

FK

 

[MrBungle]

I'd say anywhere from veg to early flower like you said... I've done it mid flower and not been disappointed...

 

[udontknowme]

I like to start a couple of days after flipping the lights taking some leaves off every day and try to finish before the end of the stretch ,roughly 2 weeks into 12/12

 

[sdd420]

I was told to do it at end of veg and end of stretch

 

[Shovelhandle]

I have to continue to do it at least weekly as the pesty lower branches keep on growing out. I start trimming to lower parts when they plants strart to bloom.

 

[FinestKindToo]

Anyone care to weigh in on the side of "never during flower"?

 

[Mikell]

There dozens, if not hundreds, of threads on the subject.

It takes work to grow, as it does to learn. Be wary of spoonfed answers.

Cheers

 

[HuffnPufferfish]

i dont think there any solid rule for it, life will find its way..

if you do it early, they waste less energy trying to grow what youre removing anyway
if you wait longer you can do it all at once and have more feel for what need to go or not
in theory earlier is better...

in the end i think its almost impossible to do it clean and not to any in flower, plants will grow, even if you decide they should flower

 

[RockinRobot]

I stopped lollypopping. I like using the larf for hash. I put it straight into the freezer on harvest day and make bubble hash from it the next. The hash is my reward for a good grow without having to waste good bud to make it.

 

[Huckster79]

I lollipopped good after stretch. Found a second benefit. I grow in small 6x6 room and w a few decent plantz or a couple big girls room is full. In 20 or 25 gallon pots i van now mechanics crawl to back corner if a cola neds some propping up or what not.

Sorry semi off topic, kind of in string of consousness mode ��

 

[Tonygreen]

Doing it in flower depends on knowing your strain and if it is pretty stable to take a little stress.

 

[St. Phatty]

I think a good time to do it is at about Week 3, or some point when the buds have "established themselves".

I look at each main branch and work my way down, asking, "am I willing to spend the time manicuring this bud ?" or "will this be a bud worth manicuring ?"

If I squeeze it and it feels "like nothing", it gets trimmed.

If I squeeze it and I can feel a nug's worth of bud, it stays.

Not that I ever get around to trimming, much.

 

[FinestKindToo]

Never mind

 

[FinestKindToo]

I stopped lollypopping. I like using the larf for hash. I put it straight into the freezer on harvest day and make bubble hash from it the next. The hash is my reward for a good grow without having to waste good bud to make it.

That's a great approach, and a great point, to boot.