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| Name | Lollipop Pruning Options For Cannabis Keeping or Removing Side Branches |
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| Video Discription | Lollipop Pruning Options For Cannabis Keeping or Removing Side Branches Professor DeBacco Lollipop Pruning Definition Lollipop pruning's goal is to focus the plants energy on the top part by removing lower branches, resulting in a lollipop appearance. Botanical Support for the Pruning Method The plant portions that receive less light intensity are typically poor contributors to the plant. So, by removing the lower branches and leaves of the cannabis plants, this is increasing the overall plant efficiency. Lollipop Benefits With the lower portions of the plant removed this can help increase air flow and help reduce potential disease pressure. General Lollipop Process… While the “best” time is dependent on cultivar grown and environment, typically this is done in the late vegetative stage or early flowering stage of growth. In general the 15 days before and 15 days after flowering is the critical window. If you are going with the screen of green (SCROG) method, you are likely doing a form of lollipoping already. Indoor and Outdoor? This can be used in both situations, but since the sun travels across the sky this is less beneficial of a pruning method. Indoor applications (or others) that have less degrees of light travel tend to benefit more from this method. Two Different Takes on the Same Method Traditionally, growers will simply remove the leaves and keep most of the side branches. Exact amount is up to the grower. Unconventional, is where the side branches are also removed which will result in a plant that represent more of a palm tree. This does result in a thicker central stalk, but still requires staking. If plant is topped it can have similar number of growing tips compared to the traditional method. Traditional Method This maximizes the branch meristems which should in theory result in many buds. However, the bud size may be reduced if all branches are kept for the full plant cycle. This is an easy method to employ and tends to do best when implemented with some form of a screen of green method. Unconventional Method In tight plant spacing this does allow for improved air flow under the plants. Timing can be a little more difficult and this does require more frequent pruning of the side branches. The plant will be top heavy, but the main stem will thicken to help support this structure. Recommendation… Traditional Lollipopping- Use this in most cases and especially if utilizing a screen of green support method. Unconventional lollipopping- Best to implement if you are looking to clone a plant, remove the side shoots with the timing of the plant growth (and topping) and you will get a consistent number of clones and still be able to harvest the mother plant even though the yield will likely be lower than the traditional method. Kiera Comparing the Two Methods Kiera will show us in the greenhouse a comparison of the two Lollipopping methods with plants nearing the end of the vegetative cycle. This allows you to see both and make an informed decision on what method you would like to implement for your operation. Link to Lecture Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jZBFrMcsBQ5jNnWD3dCWE5hzNk-N8IuE/view?usp=share_link 420 Magazine Source Content by Slide Title: Lollipop Benefits https://www.420magazine.com/community/gallery/cultiuana-ct-720-winter-grow-22-23.1883560/ https://www.420magazine.com/community/gallery/lollipopped.1852495/ *Due to the description character limit the full work cited for "Lollipop Pruning Options For Cannabis Keeping or Removing Side Branches" can be viewed at... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BV-qlGcfbA2LJtYlNvXiPbLSNSb4M5W-/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=104237452697237972847&rtpof=true&sd=true |
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