Chaotic LST SCARED 1st time

smokinrav

smokinrav

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Not enough. The top needs to be below the lower growth.
Also, using twist ties is a bad idea for training . They can cut into the stem. Try twine or something with a wider diameter.
 
Dank Bongula

Dank Bongula

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Needs more bendy...I am not sure about those plastic ring things either...they have some edges on them...could cut into your plant as it bends itself back up...work that bend a little more...gradually, slowly bend it a bit more...But go easy as it should not take much to get that over a bit more. Hit your local nursery and get some of that rubber coated wire and/or bevel the edges of those things and take that edge off.
 
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Abbeyw29

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Dank Bongula said:
Needs more bendy...I am not sure about those plastic ring things either...they have some edges on them...could cut into your plant as it bends itself back up...work that bend a little more...gradually, slowly bend it a bit more...But go easy as it should not take much to get that over a bit more. Hit your local nursery and get some of that rubber coated wire and/or bevel the edges of those things and take that edge off.
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I bent it a little more , before I saw this post, gonna run out and get that rubber wire PXL_20210306_190015498.jpgPXL_20210306_190040888.jpgPXL_20210306_190054341.jpg
 
Doug Dawson

Doug Dawson

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Just think about why you are doing LST. The whole point in making the plant horizontal is to allow lower branches to grow upwards at same rate as uppers creating multiple colas out of what would have been lower popcorn buds. It's not just about bending the plant, it's about what you are bending the plant to accomplish.
 
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Fordprefect42

Fordprefect42

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smokinrav said:
Not enough. The top needs to be below the lower growth.
Also, using twist ties is a bad idea for training . They can cut into the stem. Try twine or something with a wider diameter.
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Since we are hitting spring dollar tree has plant ties, and they have a pretty thick soft coating. You can do a whole kinky plant bondage thing for like 2 dollars if that’s your freak. It’s worth a dollar or two even if it isn’t.
 
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Abbeyw29

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Fordprefect42 said:
Since we are hitting spring dollar tree has plant ties, and they have a pretty thick soft coating. You can do a whole kinky plant bondage thing for like 2 dollars if that’s your freak. It’s worth a dollar or two even if it isn’t.
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Went to dollar tree yesterday and tried again:)PXL_20210306_213418820.jpg
 
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Abbeyw29

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Loll thank you!
As much as I handled her yesterday trying to figure out what I was doing, she rebounded well
 
Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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IMO it’s too much and too low now. When it spreads out it’s going to be a bitch to water. I tie my bottom tight and then slightly bend toward the outer edge. More of a smooth arc. You have a hard bend at soil height
 
Mrs. Weedstein

Mrs. Weedstein

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Wattzzup said:
IMO it’s too much and too low now. When it spreads out it’s going to be a bitch to water. I tie my bottom tight and then slightly bend toward the outer edge. More of a smooth arc. You have a hard bend at soil height
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If that becomes an issue, can’t he just loosen the restraints and have the plant reach toward light?
 
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