How to Yield More Articles - I Love Growing Marijuana

Home › Grow Guides › How to Yield More

Pruning Your Plants

Different pruning techniques can help maximize your yields. Learn how to use Cropping, Topping, and more!

PRUNING

Training Your Plants

Maximize your yields with these advanced techniques. Learn all about SOG, SCROG, LST, HST, and more!

TRAINING

Introduction to Cannabis Plant Training: Indoor Training Tactics for Bigger Yields!

Before we start tossing around training methods, let’s make sure we know why we’re here. Using cannabis training techniques is like giving your plants a growth plan. Instead of letting them do their own thing—which often means growing tall and lanky—you guide them to grow in a way that maximizes light exposure and increases the …

Trellising cannabis

Trellising cannabis is one of many ways for growers to increase their yield. Like learning optimal watering schedules and nutrient feeding, trellising helps produce healthier plants that support larger colas. Specifically, cannabis trellising is often used to support the branches of your plants. The question, though, is how? In this article, we’ll define cannabis trellising and …

Manifolding cannabis plants

Every grower’s goal is to increase their cannabis plants’ overall yield, which is why there are numerous different plant training techniques for marijuana. One of many growers’ more common techniques is manifolding. This article will discuss: We also answer frequently asked questions about manifolding such as, ‘When is the best time to start?’ and ‘Is …

Fimming cannabis

‘Fu$k I missed’, or fimming is a trimming method that you can apply to cannabis plants during their vegetative stage to increase the number of bud sites. It’s done by cutting the upper half of the new growths on your plants which will cause them to produce multiple new branches. Fimming is often confused with …

Super cropping marijuana: Simple trick for bigger yields

Most growers look for ways to increase their cannabis yield. While there’s nothing wrong with growing cannabis regularly without any plant training, you won’t make the most of the strain you’re growing without it. However, plant training has its risks, such as being extremely stressful when used on cannabis. Thankfully, there is a safer alternative …

Should you defoliate autoflowers?

Defoliating autoflowers is different from defoliating photoperiod cannabis plants in that autoflowers don’t handle stress as well as photoperiod plants. However, this doesn’t mean that defoliating autoflowers isn’t worth the effort. Like all types of plant training, there’s simply a potential risk. In this article, we cover the risks and the benefits of defoliating autoflowers. …

how to scrog cannabis plants with scrogging technique

SCROG or Scrogging – What is it?

If you’ve heard of the term SCROG, you probably want to try it, but what if you don’t know what to do? I am here to help. This article will explain when and how to SCROG so that you can take advantage of this powerful growing technique. I’ll also share a photo guide for those …

How much weed does one plant yield?

Many growers wonder how much marijuana one plant can produce. The short answer is “somewhere between one gram and one pound.” But that’s not very helpful, is it? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. Every grow is different, and many factors like genetics, plant care, and conditions come into play. Here’s a quick reference with …

Schwazzing to increase your marijuana plant yield

Schwazzing weed is a process that involves removing most of the fan leaves of your weed plant so that all that’s left is their stems and buds. The idea of stripping your plants of most of their fan leaves may seem counterproductive to their growth and development, but by doing so your plants will gain …

Topping cannabis plants to increase your yield: How to & why

Topping cannabis is a pruning technique that increases your flowers’ yield and quality. However, unlike most of the pruning you do to cannabis plants, topping isn’t as necessary. However, it is recommended. This blog will discuss the difference between a topped plant vs non-topped plant and the benefits of topping cannabis. We’ll also discuss how …

Applying LST Methods to Cannabis Cultivation

Low Stress Training (LST) for cannabis tutorial

Whether you’re new to growing and looking for your first cultivation technique or a veteran cultivator, Low-Stress Training (LST) can significantly improve your yields while benefiting your plants in many ways, such as optimizing your lighting, getting the most out of your grow space and controlling the height of your plants. With LST, plants are …

Lollipopping marijuana

When it comes to pruning your cannabis, one of the most common and straightforward practices used is lollipopping cannabis plants. This pruning technique is a type of high-stress training (HST) because it involves cutting competing growth on your cannabis plant. You do this to focus all your plants’ energy energy on the main colas to …