Noiceeee! Why are stems thin though or is that just the strain’s genetics. Mine are usually thick so I don’t need to support them during bloom. I guess i subconsciously bred for that. Plus I do some chiropractic branch snapping during veg.
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my thought process goes like this.
I forcefully train the plants and "open" them up they dont naturally stay in that position. Thisn helps plants get more sun during veg and if I add supports to the plants during flowering the plant can focus on flower production insted of reinforcing branches. Later in the season I nuke a lot of "C" branches so my plants can focus on the better flowers.
Could be off my rocker that's just how I leanred to grow. i'm always kind of experimenting.
Its also early july. Still got a month+ of veg.
This is one of mine in veg. No training. https://nostr.build/av/d24ccfeb2cd59b8a006fc8b348e190f6faced62652b7fa28bc537306c87e633e.mov
Noice!
Ok, that makes a lot of sense.
My strategy is usually to let the plants do whatever they want during veg. Only thing I do after a few nodes it to top. After topping, all other lower branches race up and space themselves out on their own trying to position themselves for the best sunlight.
Then I start snapping all the branches. I keep snapping as long as they are snappable. They may look like they are broken and falling apart but that’s temporary. The branches then heal and harden to the point where it takes a lot of weight to pull them down.
During flower, I just trip the lower part of each branch.
it sounds like we are achieving the same thing through different methods. 😅