When do stop the tie down LST and let her grow?

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Blue dream Autoflower 18/6 indoors, middle week 4, this is my first time using LST tie down, when do I know to stop the tie down and let her grow?
 

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It's a constant thing until after flower stretch. I'll just lightly crop top growths daily until I add a trellis net. That's easiest and fastest for me. I'll start that early as soon as theres enough top growth to bend over but leaves won't be in medium if there's a back fan going into medium I'll take that one off. If I don't use a trellis net I'll lightly crop then when growth reaches pot sides I'll give support with a bamboo stake. After the stretch that's when its trained as far open as it can be so I'll go ahead and remove everything i dont want growing because it wont receive direct light and leave it alone. But I will remove anything needed to be removed until harvest not literally harvest but taking a small growth or a few fans wont ever hurt if they cant be tucked or need to go.
 
As a heads up your plant doesn't look too happy. You know your grow better than I do. I would say overwatering, or under watering, ph issue, or too much nitrogen. Maybe locking out since leaves are curling but also fading. The pots look dry tho so overwatering idk. They look like they are drooping as well. All those leaves should be sticking straight out soaking up light
 
Okay, thank you I don't have a net though my plan is to just keep tying down straight across my tent is 4' long 2' wide. I just mainly want to make sure that I don't stop tying to early
 
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As a heads up your plant doesn't look too happy. You know your grow better than I do. I would say overwatering, or under watering, ph issue, or too much nitrogen. Maybe locking out since leaves are curling but also fading. The pots look dry tho so overwatering idk. They look like they are drooping as well. All those leaves should be sticking straight out soaking up light
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GroBud said:
As a heads up your plant doesn't look too happy. You know your grow better than I do. I would say overwatering, or under watering, ph issue, or too much nitrogen. Maybe locking out since leaves are curling but also fading. The pots look dry tho so overwatering idk. They look like they are drooping as well. All those leaves should be sticking straight out soaking up light
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I was going to post that is almost bedtime that's why the leaves look droopy, about an hour before my lights go out the leaves start to droop like that thank you for the heads up but they should perk back up in the morning. I have an 18/6 schedule
 
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I was going to post that is almost bedtime that's why the leaves look droopy, about an hour before my lights go out the leaves start to droop like that thank you for the heads up but they should perk back up in the morning. I have an 18/6 schedule
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Also the dry pot is from an old plant I'm just using the dirt to post my steaks to tie her down
 
You dont tie them tight to pot top tho, you want that top growth to grow up, you only want main sites. Tying low will open up secondary sites which is fine just takes away from main site growth. Some of the secondary sites can shoot up higher than main sites those secondary sites dont get as fat. All growers preference no right or wrong. Just gotta tinker with it and find what works best for you.

Main sites come off main stalk secondary sites come off main sites branch. The lower the worse itll be
 
Here's a better pic with that other plant pot, I'm hoping to just keep going straight across, but you think I should let up on the main stem? Or the side branches
 
For some reason it won't let me post my pics now but I think I get what you mean but I'm a little late for that the stem is already hardening
 

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What I'm talking about with top of plant, eventually that bud will go all the way down itll still be good tied down but further from light and secondary growth

The second pic is of one tied down
 

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So you think I should let that very front go? I have it tied my beginner question is then won't that send all the bud to just that one? I'm going for as many main buds as I can
 
KarateChopMaster said:
Blue dream Autoflower 18/6 indoors, middle week 4, this is my first time using LST tie down, when do I know to stop the tie down and let her grow?
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Not until we’ll into flower after they’ve stopped stretching.

I’d be more worried about getting those healthy first.

They aren’t droopy because the lights are about to go off. If I had to take a guess with no information they are getting too much light. Either too close or too much intensity.
 
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Oh okay thank, I'll try raising my light a few , I'm at 22" above, I'm going to raise to 26" and see if that helps
 

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Thanks again I raised the light up a decent amount I think that should help. I'll check back in few days. ✌
 

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I’ve used super cropping + lst on autos. I’d bend the lower branches back to widen her out (using green soft ties to hold them back. Using a paper clip as an anchor on the pot to attach the ties & I’d soften the main stalk right around where the other lowers sit & bend the main over + tie down to be level with the rest.
I wish I had all the pics on my phone from past grows to give you a visual.
KarateChopMaster said:
Blue dream Autoflower 18/6 indoors, middle week 4, this is my first time using LST tie down, when do I know to stop the tie down and let her grow?
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Only remove pieces of bondage if you want to, say to get it to grow up towards something. You will have to tie it up repeatedly as it gets heavier. The plant even when trained wants to grow vertically at all times.
 
Thank you guys, I think I get what your saying, here's my plan,
 

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