Will LST/HST/an Auto Improve the Yield

So what is the consensus on this? I see that some do and some don't train their autos.

Will training(lst/hst) autoflowewrs imrove your yield by weight or is it better to just let them grow?


I top my photo period plants to fill out the room and keep them shorter but I have not noticed a significant improvement in the yield and would not bother if height was not a restriction.

I scrog (screen of green and bend them sideways) and I have had better results. More light gets to more of the plant. More bud.

I think a lot will depend on your set-up.

I would like to see the Scrogged Autos.

LST can help. (mostly contingent on the traits of the parent lineage)

I scrogged a pineapple express and it got massive withing a week or two of my spreading it out across the squares i set up.

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: Allowing more light to more growth points will always help. Just be careful with super-micro autos and removing apical dominance, which could be detrimental to bud quality. (tons of axial popcorn when the genetics want to grow a single little cola)

I personally would not pinch-bend, or anything to high stress. I like to tie up into lollipops.

Not a good idea to top autos, they dont veg long enough to take adv of the topping. Just mass plant them.

from my exp; LST and get great results..
about an oz from a plant in a pc case.

OK, so now as soon as they get bigger, I'll LST one of each strain and leave 2 of each to grow naturally and we'll see what happens.

Scrog method FTW

NoSwag said:

Scrog method FTW

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feelin the AV brotha man

I am curious as to whether it is recommended to LST an auto or let it go

I tuck fan leaves under side branching. Seems to help.

I topped a Lowryder at three weeks. I figured it was the least potent so I did it for shits and giggles. Two weeks later it has four heads and little tard buds. We shall see what becomes if it.