Controlling the stretch

Hello

I have some plants that have been flipped recently.
I know that they will overgrow themselves but I don't want to use bushmaster or similar stuff to freeze them.
However. I was told by an experienced guy that suppercroping is not a good option and not to do that if I can.
(It's where I pinch the stem. Break the cells and lower the top part to rest)

Do you guys know why would it be a bad idea to do so?
If I cannot do it then I am back to bush load option.

Thank you.

You shouldn't be training the plant a lot during flower, but before it.

Lights off temp needs to be near or warmer than lights on time temp. Research internode length.

Withhold nitrogen, if you're not already doing that. Also, lots of folks blame HPS bulbs for causing stretch, so you could try switching to MH or find a bulb that emits more blue light. Blue is supposed to curb the stretching.

Try "The Beast" from Nutri+. It nearly entirely halts vertical progression of the plant and makes the plant use its energy more evenly

I prune my stretchy gals back...as soon as you give em the bloom nutes they stretch like crazy. Cutting them back , they wont miss a beat...the cut scabs over quickly and then the energy goes to the new top. supercropping is ok if you have the space and you are less then 3 wks into flower. Supercropping is more stress to the plant as it goes into repair mode. But we are dealing with a really resistant plant that can take some abuse

Super cropping is the answer. My plants recover like overnight and carry on. Lst is great too but takes more time imo.

The temps and other things are all useful info until that it's very difficult to use as a solution. It's more of a preventative maintenance.
at one of my places I am 3 days away from week 3. I should be able to control what I have for 3 days.

My other place, I just flipped and they are already tall. So it sound that suppercroping is as fine as any other solution would be.

If you just flipped in the second room dial those temps in and should prevent a lot of the stretching.

Rule there is: it has to be warmer when it's dark.

Pinch the shit out of them everytjme they grow . Keep pinching the stocks it will keep them squat.

That is right. I just want to know why pinching would be so bad that someone would advice you against it?

AloeRuss said:

That is right. I just want to know why pinching would be so bad that someone would advice you against it?

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Who advised against it? I do it every run to control stretching and keep an even canopy . Seems to work just fine for me

Someone who are not on those boards but who been growing for "cups" for a long time.
He didn't explain why though.

pinch your plants can help keep them short but ive always done it to make my stems strong as shit. they will grow knuckles....

So, there is no possible downside to pinching in the first weeks of bloom.

AloeRuss said:

So, there is no possible downside to pinching in the first weeks of bloom.

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The downside is they will stretch less. Which is why I do it so it's an upside lol

Even if there is a downside, such as a bit slower growth, that is better than losing tops into the lights. I say go for the super crop.

AloeRuss said:

So, there is no possible downside to pinching in the first weeks of bloom.

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I don't do ANY stressing of the plant whatsoever after triggering flowering.
However I do pinch the bejesus out of them to get a good six even tops at least.
One thing I can say is, GENETICS...
if you are growing a stretchy bitch, she's gonna be a stretchy bitch.
Nothing you can do about that.
Go get more indica/dom strains.

I've read a lot of people claiming it will stress them out, cause herms, blah blah.
I supercrop regularly until a week or two into flower sometimes. Defoliate quite a bit too and never had any issues.
If I'm expecting a lot of stretch I'll supercrop then tie them down, forcing them into an s-curve of sorts. Also can help if you have space constraints.