Is this okay LST?
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BluntMoniker
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Even thought that plant is young-ish, your going to have a tough time getting a hard 90° bend on that stem.
If your goal is to keep the plant low, I'd suggest topping the plant (cut it just below where the wire tie is right now on main stem), and then LST the 2 new tops on the node below. They're still small/pliable and will be much more easily manipulated to grow flat/horizontally
Here's a top down pic of my current plant. Grew it to the size your is now, topped it, then began LST from there.
Of course, it's all dependent upon your goals. What do you intend to accomplish with LST?
If your goal is to keep the plant low, I'd suggest topping the plant (cut it just below where the wire tie is right now on main stem), and then LST the 2 new tops on the node below. They're still small/pliable and will be much more easily manipulated to grow flat/horizontally
Here's a top down pic of my current plant. Grew it to the size your is now, topped it, then began LST from there.
Of course, it's all dependent upon your goals. What do you intend to accomplish with LST?
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TrippleDip
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This is the big thing. Read up on topping and lst (because they are the same in that they remove apical dominance) and realize that you have to get the lower shoots above or to the same level as the top one if you want them all to grow.
This looks awesome !!Even thought that plant is young-ish, your going to have a tough time getting a hard 90° bend on that stem.
If your goal is to keep the plant low, I'd suggest topping the plant (cut it just below where the wire tie is right now on main stem), and then LST the 2 new tops on the node below. They're still small/pliable and will be much more easily manipulated to grow flat/horizontally
Here's a top down pic of my current plant. Grew it to the size your is now, topped it, then began LST from there.
Of course, it's all dependent upon your goals. What do you intend to accomplish with LST?
Personally I'm a new grower and I'm just learning at this stage. I would like to increase yield slightly and make the plant a bit wider while keeping the height down a tiny bit as my tent is only 4 feet high. Due to some unlucky timing I need to put this plant into flower early (at about 4 weeks) so the main goal is more light to potential budding sites. Hopefully that makes sense lol
BluntMoniker
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You dont have much time for recovery from topping, and like I said previously it would be might tough to bend that plant at a 90° at this point, unless you start on the very top and give it another couple weeks with LST.
Look up "scrog"... I think it will work better for you in your situation. Long story short, put some form of netting over the plant, so as the main/side branching grow, you can manipulate them in a way that spreads them out.
This opens up the canopy for light penetration, and will help you achieve a more even canopy height if you spend the time to really train her to stay under the net.
PadawanWarrior
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I like to top, then let it grow a bit before I start lst. Or sometimes I'll manifold if I have extra time and motivation.
quirk
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Good start. Just keep exposing bud sites throughout entire grow. Bend, tuck, tie down, remove as last resort.
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LakitusKloud420
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if you use autoflower you can do LST earlier before it get start to develop flower stage because autoflower not need do topping just do LST but some of them do topping on them so if reg or feminize seed is depend must do LST over 1 feet tall of plant then do LST that what I hear on other people who are pro about plant.