Pruning

Latest Pruning Articles

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  Plant Health

  What is Air Pruning?

  While a healthy root zone is one of the most important parts of cannabis cultivation, many growers don’t pay attention to what’s happening beneath the soil...

  By: Kent Gruetzmacher | Writer, Owner of KCG Content

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  Canopy Management

  Cannabis Training and Pruning Techniques

  Cannabis naturally grows in a fat Christmas-tree shape, with a large central cola (apical meristem) on top, and smaller buds at the growth tips on the ends of the...

  By: Grubbycup | Indoor Gardener, Owner & Writer of Grow with Grubbycup

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  Plant Health

  A Guide to Air Root Pruning

  In a plastic pot or wooden raised bed, roots reach the edge of their container and begin to circle endlessly. As these roots travel, minimal lateral branching will occur...

  By: Ember Edwards | Content Writer

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  Canopy Management

  Train Your Tomatoes: Training and Pruning for Bigger Fruit and Improved Yields

  There’s nothing quite like a ripe, sun-warmed tomato right off the vine. It’s an iconic part of summer. There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes for...

  By: Monica Mansfield | Homesteader, Owner & Writer of The Nature Life Project

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  Canopy Management

  Techniques for Proper Pruning: Part Two

  Pruning requires a bit more finesse than just grabbing a pair of shears and hacking away at your beloved plants. Part one of this article detailed the when’s and...

  By: Chris Bond | Certified Permaculture Designer, Nursery Technician, Nursery Professional

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  Canopy Management

  Techniques for Proper Pruning: Part One

  Correctly pruning your plants can add years to their lives and increase yields of healthy, disease-free fruits and flowers. Improper pruning methods can conversely...

  By: Chris Bond | Certified Permaculture Designer, Nursery Technician, Nursery Professional

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  Canopy Management

  Managing Cannabis Fan Leaves

  Marijuana fan leaves, also known as sun leaves because they love to bask in the sun, or hand leaves (when they get really large), are the unofficial symbol of the...

  By: Keith "Tree Frog" Bouchard | Founder & Co-inventor at Multiponics

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  Canopy Management

  Topping and Low-Stress Cannabis Training

  To obtain higher yields, the most productive indoor growers manipulate their plants into a low, wide, and flat canopy with multiple flowering sites at the &lsquo...

  By: Andrew Taylor | Head of Manufacturing, Research, & Development at FloraMax

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  Canopy Management

  Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Your Cannabis Fan Leaves?

  By far, one of the most overlooked practices in maintaining a pest and mildew free environment for your cannabis plants is the manual removal of fan leaves.Removing...

  By: Cory Hughes | Commercial Grower

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  Canopy Management

  Influencing Auxins Through Pruning

  Plant auxins are hormones that help guide plant growth. They promote cell expansion and can inhibit flower development. The most common and important of the auxins is...

  By: Grubbycup | Indoor Gardener, Owner & Writer of Grow with Grubbycup

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  Canopy Management

  The Weakest Links: Why Cannabis Growers Should Be Culling Their Weaker Plants

  This concept is going to sound backwards to many of you, but our years of cannabis growing experience have shown that the best way to produce the highest quality product...

  By: Stephen Keen

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  Plant Growth

  Easy Ways to Increase the Amount of Light Energy Reaching Your Plants

  When growing marijuana indoors, light energy has the largest impact on yield and performance. It is the main energy driving photosynthesis in an indoor garden.This is...

  By: Lee G Lyzit | Grower, Writer