Stem Stress Techiques pre Flower

Hi guys, I used to work for a seed company that had me 'bruising' or 'squeezing' the stem just under the main nodes around the second week of flower.. apparently this stress technique is meant to accelerate the production of the bud sites and in turn produce bigger buds. Is there any truth in this?

Yes. Supercropping. Considered High-Stress Training.

it's some kind of broscience

if you want to improve/accelerate bloom you can stress the plant positively by others way than mutilation

increase the drybacks, never wilt even the last days but very close to
increase the light intensity
increase the ratio of PK
reduce the temp of your nutrient solution
..

-->see crop steering

Crushing, bending, and breaking steams is a great way to give pathogens easy entry to your plant.

ah sorry i read wrong
youre talkin about supercropping
yeah if you veg big plants the location where you will bend the stem will grow a ball hard as rock

if well done this technique will produce solid branches and big buds

however i can't see how it accelerate bloom ?

Romis said:

Yes. Supercropping. Considered High-Stress Training.

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That's it the name slipped my mind, I can see the possible benifits doing it indoors but I think I'll skip it on my outdoor ladies. Stem strengthing makes sense but that's about the only benefit I can see. My stems are strong on their own

Try it on your penis and see

spliffendz said:

Try it on your penis and see

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It worked!

spliffendz said:

Try it on your penis and see

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It turned purple now what?

spliffendz said:

Try it on your penis and see

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Definitely got bigger and harder

Ian Terpie FattyRootsFarm said:

It turned purple now what?

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Last fall I super cropped my lower stems and grew a couplenice bushy plants out doors

I SCROG and use super cropping to help me train the branches under the net