Tips For Supporting Large Buds Indoors & Harvesting Heavy Yields

[0:06] What's up you amazing stoners? I'm Chronic for the Cannabis Chronicles on Instagram and YouTube, and I'm back with an all-new episode of the "Homegrown Podcast" brought to us by Homegrown Cannabis Co. Be sure to browse their extensive catalog of top-notch cannabis seeds at www.homegrowncannabisco.com. In today's wonderful episode, I'll be going over tips for supporting your large yields or
 

[0:28] heavy buds indoors and how to harvest and dry them as well. So sit back and pack some fat bowls, grab a glob like you've never dabbed before, and let's cough our way into some fiery cannabis content. Let's begin. In this first segment, we're going to discuss tips on how you growers can support your larger yields or heavier colas
 

[0:47] or buds on those big monsters you have growing. There are tons and tons of ways to really support your plants. Let's break into some of the most popular and easier methods for you listeners out there. SCROG or SOG methods of growing are probably the most popular forms of support techniques, with SCROG being the method we'll focus on. Since you growers out there are wondering how to support these
 

[1:08] massive plants, we won't need to discuss SOG, as SOG stands for "Sea Of Green", and to find out more on why that method won't apply here, check out the episode of the "Homegrown Podcast" on Sea Of Green versus Screen of Green. SCROG or Screen of Green is when a cultivator uses a trellis net to support one singular large plant, two massive plants, or a few massive plants.
 

[1:29] The cultivator uses the squares of the trellis net to create an even canopy to maximize light penetration, as well as help hold up the weight. Now, what if your trellis net isn't quite enough for your girl's weight? Well, this is when growers will add string and tie it to tent poles or clips in the wall or ceiling, or generally anything sturdy that they can tie it to.
 

[1:48] However, I prefer to use bamboo stakes over tying my plants to things, as individually the stakes remain in the pot which means if I need to move a plant around or out from under the trellis net, I can do so without having to untie everything and potentially break a branch. All branches will remain supported with the bamboo stakes until harvest.
 

[2:07] Now even if you don't use a trellis net in a SCROG fashion to support those kickass harvests we all want every yield, you can simply use bamboo stakes or a form of bamboo stakes. I use green twist ties meant for gardening and just support the branches throughout the grow. I also use super cropping spots to bend branches that are too tall.
 

[2:25] This makes it easy for me to essentially trellis each plant without a full net across my garden. Now speaking of trellising individual or singular plants, if you haven't seen Homegrown Cannabis Co.'s latest video with Parker in the greenhouse, check out Parker and Kyle Kushman teaching you all how to make DIY trellis net pots for individual plants, which you can also get super crafty and adapt your own
 

[2:48] style to smaller pots. Using bamboo stakes like I mentioned or using the method Parker and Kyle show off are definitely ways to get some seriously heavy yields supported. Now if you're still struggling with some serious two-liter cola size buds that are just bending over non-stop, you'll just need to do everything you can this run to make sure it's staked up and supported by a net
 

[3:07] or tied up so it won't fall. However, this can teach you for next run. With that strain, maybe you should consider super cropping or Kushman chiropractics on your plant stems. Now I won't get super into detail in this episode, as we have episodes discussing these training techniques as well, which you can check out and be sure to follow
 

[3:25] along on whichever platform you're listening from so you can go browse the other episodes that I'm talking about. Super cropping is where you take your stem and massage a specific point breaking the inner membrane and outer membrane, causing a split almost in the stem. This creates a knuckle that becomes a nutrient superhighway. As well as this, it does strengthen the branch
 

[3:43] immensely. However, if you want to take that method one step further, which is what Kushman chiropractics is, instead of breaking the outer membrane to create a knuckle or split, you'll actually massage from the base of the stem to the tip, breaking up the entire inner membrane and leaving the outer membrane alone. This will leave your stem looking fairly sad.
 

[4:01] However, in a few days' time, the stem will heal the inner membrane, and it will heal a lot stronger this time too. This will help create a much more thicker branch that can handle a lot more weight. There isn't too much else to holding up weight inside your grow room. Just use a trellis net, twist ties, bamboo stakes, or get crafty like Parker and
 

[4:18] Kyle Kushman did and create your own PVC trellis net pots. Be sure to stay tuned as we take a short break with @nadehammer420 from Instagram. I want to pause for a moment to tell you about a new range of homegrown seeds and where they have come from. When Isaac Newton coined the phrase, "Standing on the shoulders of giants," he was talking about the amazing minds that came before
 

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[5:38] behind-the-scenes content that he's working on with Homegrown Cannabis Co. In this next segment, I'll be discussing tips for you growers on how to harvest and dry these massive yields. So be sure to pack another fat bowl, drop another Godzilla-sized dab, and let's get blazed as I teach you all about cannabis cultivation. Let's go. So now that you all know how to support your monstrous beasts that you've grown,
 

[6:01] it's time to figure out how to harvest these things. This can be challenging, especially if you've got a plant that's the size of you So it's always preferred to cut the entire plant down and dry it as a whole. Now, there are variables that will make you wet trim or cut a lot of leaf off, such as if you're in a seriously humid
 

[6:20] state, which for me personally, if I was in a very humid state, I would cut the plant into thirds or fourths to make the moisture being released much less. So if you're in a state where you could chop the whole six or seven-foot monster you've grown, you honestly may want to ask somebody for help, as if you have to do this yourself, you may end up
 

[6:39] damaging, breaking, or dropping the plant. Generally, my fiancée will hold the stem up and pull slightly to make sure when I cut the stem, it doesn't drop on my face. Now, we do this step after we take any netting we used off the plant. We take all the bamboo stakes out as well, and we use twist ties to tie the branches together, kind of like a bouquet of weed if
 

[7:00] the branches are super heavy, that is. This is the part where having extra hands is seriously helpful. Once you have your bouquet of sticky goodness ready, you'll have one person holding the main stem, almost like hugging the plant. The other person will then chop the stalk, and together in one swift motion, right or left, you will flip the plant upside down together.
 

[7:20] Once upside down, you can hang it wherever your drying area is. If you need advice on dry environments and times, we have a whole episode on drying and curing, so be sure to check that out. I go in depth with my preferred dry times, products I use, like the Dry Tents unit that really automates drying, and different handy tools like
 

[7:39] humidity readers and such. Now your massive plants are going to take a little longer to dry than a dinky little plant. So that 10 to 14-day dry time is really what you're aiming at, more towards that 14 days. With massive plants, you really want to be sure that you have a good dry on them, as even though we all love big colas,
 

[7:58] those big colas can hold moisture and bud rot can be a serious issue for massive plants. I personally prefer to cut my plants apart with massive yields, leaving as much stem on as I can per branch. This way, I keep all the branches an equal distance apart in my drying area. I don't have to worry about any humid spots in my canopy hanging upside down.
 

[8:18] And if there's a massive branch that it takes a few days longer to dry than the rest, I can perfect dry times on individual colas versus relying on a perfect dry time for the entire massive plant. That's just my personal choice. If you have a huge space for drying, though, then hanging multiple five to seven-foot monster plants are no issue.
 

[8:37] For most home growers, though, space is fairly limited, so I suggest instead of doing all that work with another person, leaving your plant staked and trellised, and then chopping it branch by branch, working slowly, hanging each section you chop. This can make it a completely one-person job compared to trying to hang the whole plant upside down. So to recap on the best ways to dry your monster plants, have a helper
 

[9:00] help you take down the beast and hang it whole, or chop it into sections or individual branches and hang dry yourself. Whatever you do, just remember, hang drying is the absolute best practice for drying cannabis. When you lay your buds, you need to rotate your bud every hour to make sure moisture doesn't sink to one side of the
 

[9:18] flower or bud. So this is why I always prefer hang drying over any other method of drying, and you should always give yourself a nice 10 to 14-day dry time. Now, I am Chronic from the Cannabis Chronicles on Instagram and YouTube, and that was this week's episode of the "Homegrown" podcast, brought to us by Homegrown Cannabis Co.
 

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