TRAINING TECHNIQUES: sUPER cROPPING AND sCREEN OF GREEN
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Hi, I’m your prof from Indica Institute, and this is my series of lessons on “Cannabis Plant Training” I’ve designed this course to help and instruct people on how to train their plants. The course covers low stress, high stress and light schedule training techniques. Visit me at Indica Institute or my YouTube channel for a list of cannabis related courses, tips and more.
This lesson will teach you the low stress training techniques of super cropping and the screen of green. I hope you find the video useful, and please like and subscribe so I can continue making more videos like these!
Hello and welcome to my course on plant training techniques. The objective of this lesson is to learn how to implement the basic bend and secure, super cropping and screen of green training techniques.
Note that these are perfect for beginner growers. If you are a beginner grower make sure to master these three techniques before moving on to the more advanced high stress training techniques in this course, like topping, manifolding and defoliation. If you’re a more seasoned grower looking to learn new training techniques, go ahead and look through the course lessons to advance your learning.
Now let’s dive into the first low stress training technique: the bend and secure method. The most common and easiest way to train your plant is the bend and secure method. It’s best to start using this technique during the seedling stage while the stems of the plant are still malleable.
Once the second set of serrated leaves grows on your plants, gently bend the main stem off to the side without harming it. Have a plant twist tie ready in the shape of a hook to gently secure the top of the stem in place away from the middle of the plant. It is actually that easy! Repeat the process with each new stem that grows up towards the middle.
A second way to train your plants is referred to as super cropping. This method is normally used during the vegetative stage, well before you shift your plants to the flowering stage. It’s often used to manage out of control plants as well.
In the vegetative stage, your plant stems will become hard and woody. Choose a point on the stem where you would like it to bend, and squeeze it with two fingers. Continue to apply pressure, while moving your fingers back and forth with the stem in between them. Continue this process until the branch can easily bend in the direction you want it to, without much stress or effort. The process is complete when the branch stays to the side without restraint.
If you accidentally damage the plant in this process, you use duct tape to fix your error and secure the stem in an upright position. If this does happen though, make sure to leave the stem alone to recover.
A third training technique that can be easily implemented is called the screen of green. To implement this technique, you will need trellis netting. Find a link to my website in the video description for recommendations on where to find trellis netting for purchase. To implement the screen of green method, you will need to start your plants off with the bend and secure method during the seedling stage.
When you begin the vegetative stage, hang the trellis netting just above your plant canopy. As your plant grows toward the netting carefully weave the new stems through the holes of the netting and away from the centre of the plant. This method also has an added benefit of supporting your plant stems during the flowering stage when your buds can grow fat and heavy.
These training techniques are a great start for beginner growers. I recommend you use them all at the same time, with the same plants. As you advance your skill level you may want to learn and experiment with more training methods. If you feel you are ready for more advanced training methods already, visit me at Indica Institute or my YouTube channel for the rest of this course.
In review, training your plants is beneficial for a larger yield at harvest, and to control the growth of your plants. The bend and secure method involves gently bending the centre stems off to the side and securing them in place. The super cropping method involves gently damaging your plant where you would like it to bend, by rubbing the area with your fingers repeatedly until the interior fibers have loosened enough for the stem to bend. The screen of green method requires trellis netting, where you guide each new centre stem off to the side by weaving it through the horizontally placed netting.
I hope you found this installment of my “Cannabis Plant Training” series useful. For more cannabis related courses or recommendations on the best grow products out there, visit me at Indica Institute or subscribe to my YouTube channel. If you have any comments or suggestions for a new video, be sure to join the discussion in the comment feed below.
Please like and share this video, and as always, thank you for listening!
This lesson will teach you the low stress training techniques of super cropping and the screen of green. I hope you find the video useful, and please like and subscribe so I can continue making more videos like these!
Hello and welcome to my course on plant training techniques. The objective of this lesson is to learn how to implement the basic bend and secure, super cropping and screen of green training techniques.
Note that these are perfect for beginner growers. If you are a beginner grower make sure to master these three techniques before moving on to the more advanced high stress training techniques in this course, like topping, manifolding and defoliation. If you’re a more seasoned grower looking to learn new training techniques, go ahead and look through the course lessons to advance your learning.
Now let’s dive into the first low stress training technique: the bend and secure method. The most common and easiest way to train your plant is the bend and secure method. It’s best to start using this technique during the seedling stage while the stems of the plant are still malleable.
Once the second set of serrated leaves grows on your plants, gently bend the main stem off to the side without harming it. Have a plant twist tie ready in the shape of a hook to gently secure the top of the stem in place away from the middle of the plant. It is actually that easy! Repeat the process with each new stem that grows up towards the middle.
A second way to train your plants is referred to as super cropping. This method is normally used during the vegetative stage, well before you shift your plants to the flowering stage. It’s often used to manage out of control plants as well.
In the vegetative stage, your plant stems will become hard and woody. Choose a point on the stem where you would like it to bend, and squeeze it with two fingers. Continue to apply pressure, while moving your fingers back and forth with the stem in between them. Continue this process until the branch can easily bend in the direction you want it to, without much stress or effort. The process is complete when the branch stays to the side without restraint.
If you accidentally damage the plant in this process, you use duct tape to fix your error and secure the stem in an upright position. If this does happen though, make sure to leave the stem alone to recover.
A third training technique that can be easily implemented is called the screen of green. To implement this technique, you will need trellis netting. Find a link to my website in the video description for recommendations on where to find trellis netting for purchase. To implement the screen of green method, you will need to start your plants off with the bend and secure method during the seedling stage.
When you begin the vegetative stage, hang the trellis netting just above your plant canopy. As your plant grows toward the netting carefully weave the new stems through the holes of the netting and away from the centre of the plant. This method also has an added benefit of supporting your plant stems during the flowering stage when your buds can grow fat and heavy.
These training techniques are a great start for beginner growers. I recommend you use them all at the same time, with the same plants. As you advance your skill level you may want to learn and experiment with more training methods. If you feel you are ready for more advanced training methods already, visit me at Indica Institute or my YouTube channel for the rest of this course.
In review, training your plants is beneficial for a larger yield at harvest, and to control the growth of your plants. The bend and secure method involves gently bending the centre stems off to the side and securing them in place. The super cropping method involves gently damaging your plant where you would like it to bend, by rubbing the area with your fingers repeatedly until the interior fibers have loosened enough for the stem to bend. The screen of green method requires trellis netting, where you guide each new centre stem off to the side by weaving it through the horizontally placed netting.
I hope you found this installment of my “Cannabis Plant Training” series useful. For more cannabis related courses or recommendations on the best grow products out there, visit me at Indica Institute or subscribe to my YouTube channel. If you have any comments or suggestions for a new video, be sure to join the discussion in the comment feed below.
Please like and share this video, and as always, thank you for listening!
