Cannabis and Hemp Cultivation Techniques
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Synonymous with topping, cropping is a technique of plant training which removes the top-most stem growth above the fifth node, generally during early-stage growth.
Deleafing is a general term for any plant cultivation or training technique which requires removal of leaves from the live plant.
Defoliation is general term used to encapsulate any of the methods of cultivation which require removal of biomass (leaves, stems, etc.) from the live plant.
FImming is a method of topping or pinching the plant in which only a portion (not the entirety) of the growth above the top node is removed from the plant, inhibiting vertical growth while placing slightly less stress upon the plant.
Cannabis high stress training, also known as super cropping, is a cultivation technique that involves physically manipulating the cannabis plant in order to encourage growth.
Cannabis lollipopping is a cultivation technique that involves removing the lower branches and growth nodes of a cannabis plant in order to stimulate growth in the upper branches.
Cannabis low stress training, or LST, is a cultivation technique that involves physically manipulating the cannabis plant in order to encourage growth.
Cannabis pinching is a cultivation technique similar to cannabis topping that involves removing the topmost section of a cannabis plant in order to stimulate growth in the lower branches.
Cannabis topping is a cultivation technique that involves removing the topmost section of a cannabis plant in order to stimulate growth in the lower branches.
Cannabis topping is a cultivation technique that involves removing the topmost section of a cannabis plant in order to stimulate growth in the lower branches.
Cannabis schwazzing is a method of extreme defoliation which removes all of the fan leaves from the plant at specific times during the growth cycle to maximize flower yield.