LST training stakes? What are you using?

[Horselover fat]

That's supercropping, a high stress technique.

I don't really mean super cropping. See how this plant was not topped and no strings either. I just kept breaking and bending.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

I just kept breaking and bending.

^^^ that is supercropping

 

[GarageGardener69]

You can even bend the plants without any strings or anything. Just break the stem where you want it to bend and move the branch where you want it to be... It isn't low stress training at that point, but the plants will not mind really.

yeah I’ve done that before too. But on accident. Causing a fat knuckle at the pinch point.

 

[Horselover fat]

^^^ that is supercropping

I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called not low stress, but resulting structure is the same as with tying branches down so I mentioned it.

 

[speedwell68]

I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called not low stress, but resulting structure is the same as with tying branches down so I mentioned it.

Some might say it is Kyle Kushman Chiropractic Training. Kyle Kushman mostly.

 

[Horselover fat]

Some might say it is Kyle Kushman Chiropractic Training. Kyle Kushman mostly.

I didn't know him, but google found this https://homegrowncannabisco.com/grow-your-own-with-kyle-kushman/how-to-grow-marijuana/supercropping-your-plants/ very similar technique to what i did.

 

[black_lab]

Bamboo stakes

 

[Dreypa]

Binder Clips + Pipe Cleaners. Bamboo stakes + Pipe cleaners.

 

[Bishop12]

For fabric pots, I've started to tie a cord around the base to anchor LST hooks. I've found that this provides a little more "leverage" and I don't have problems where the top edges of the container flop over.

 

[Thodoph]

Yeah I used to use the green rubber coated garden wire, with the office clips attached to the pot rim. Works nice, but I find the stakes are much faster to install, easier to adjust, and much faster to remove - especially if you have a lot of plants. Was just wondering if someone made stakes specifically for plant training, as the landscape staples are a bit wider than they need to be.

I bend coat hangers 7 inches long with a half inch hook one inch long.
Works great for LST &HST .

 

[hillbill]

Been drilling holes along top of my small containers and use garden ties, using a spiral pattern when needed.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

For fabric pots, I've started to tie a cord around the base to anchor LST hooks. I've found that this provides a little more "leverage" and I don't have problems where the top edges of the container flop over.

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I cut small slits or holes right at the top of the fabric pots. I've never had an issue with the tops edges flopping over.

If the plant is being pulled down then the fabric pot has to be pulling up, it can't flop over.

 

[xtsho]

I think by super cropping people usually mean bending a top over in flower. I'd call this something else instead, but who cares what it's called not low stress, but resulting structure is the same as with tying branches down so I mentioned it.

Supercropping can be done in flower but I never heard that's what most people mean. I've been super cropping in veg for years. This is the first I've heard about the term meaning just bending a flower over. It's usually done in veg by most. You can call it whatever you want but it's commonly known as super cropping and has been for years.

There are posts going back 10 years of people supercropping in veg as that's been the typical time to use it for training your plants.

when to stop supercropping?

How long should I let my plants heal, from supercropping, before sending them into bloom? I keep thinking: "this will be the last time I super crop... let them heal." However, while letting them heal, one branch will eventually outstretch the others and I can't resist pinching it (by pinching...

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supercropping

I've done my first supercropping with my current crop. I believe I am doing it correctly. I'm into my third week of flowering so I probably shouldn't still be doing it but I'm starting to run out height space. Anyway when I supercrop them I bend them 90 degrees. However they don't bend back up...

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[Bishop12]

I cut small slits or holes right at the top of the fabric pots. I've never had an issue with the tops edges flopping over.

If the plant is being pulled down then the fabric pot has to be pulling up, it can't flop over.

In early LST, the main stem sometimes has the tendency to "move". I've found it easier to attach a horizontal anchor using this method rather than attaching to the edge of the container. I also like to tie small adjustable knots, which makes it very easy to do quick adjustments.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I have little holes in the tops of my pots I usually tie garden string around the staulk I want to move and tie it to the side of my pot that way I don’t intrude on the soil and that way I can always pull a little tighter or loosen up depending on what the plants telling me

 

[Horselover fat]

Supercropping can be done in flower but I never heard that's what most people mean. I've been super cropping in veg for years. This is the first I've heard about the term meaning just bending a flower over.

Cool, for some reason I always thought it referred to just that. Learn something old everyday.

 

[Bishop12]

I saw this method used by bonsai growers, where they secure anchors through the bottom of the container before filling with medium (like in the photo below). I think I may try this next go around-- it seems it could useful early in the LST process when the stems don't yet reach the sides of the container.

 

[xtsho]

Cool, for some reason I always thought it referred to just that. Learn something old everyday.

As with many things cannabis the terminology for things can sometimes be vague or mean different things. When I first heard of supercropping years ago it was normally used as a training method in veg. Over time people have found that it can be used well into flower to control the height of plants without causing any negative effects.

 

[lusidghost]

Cool, for some reason I always thought it referred to just that. Learn something old everyday.

That might be because monster cropping is done in flower. You probably just lumped them together.

 

[Star Dog]

Something round to spin eyes into the wire then fixed around the pot by twisting.

Using a pen it only takes a minute to do.