Big Jon Hunt
Jon,
Here's the dilima, what I have seen in my patch is I had tried huge plants
for a three years with results in the 650 range. Then i tried the X-mas
tree style terminating secondary vines at 10 feet. Hit my personal best
744. Then this year took them down even further to 7ft. Hit near 700 with
rough weather conditions. I felt that cutting them down to 7 would be the
equivalent to cutting out every other secondary. I believe that there is a
level to which plants are EFFICIENT and then theres a point where its
EXCESS and not really helping much? Was this your first year taking out
every other secondary?? Now I am not sure but i think big Chris A. had a
huge plant and didn't take out secondaries. 2 ...900+ different pruning
tech. I think determining the number of leaves may depend on your
climate or daylight hours so different growers have different experiences.
I also wonder as long as there is some pruning and control of the plant the
technique or style of pruning may not be as crucial as we think?? any
thoughts from your experiences??...........Brock
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