too early to LST?
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Sonnshine
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I think you can LST at anytime, just want to take care not to snap the stem when they are that little. I'm generally LSTing clones, so I do it when there are 3-4 sets of opposing branches. I've got a couple now that are two weeks in soil and all roughly 4-6" above soil, spread out about a foot wide now. Hopefully will go under scrog in a couple of weeks and I won't have to pin them so much.
So, it also wouldn't hurt them to let them go a little longer and get some strength in the main stem, you can bend a roughly 1/8" stem about 80 degrees as long as you aren't brutal about it. A U made from a coat hanger and sunk into the soil will keep it in place. Bonsai wire also works well, if you have it.
So, it also wouldn't hurt them to let them go a little longer and get some strength in the main stem, you can bend a roughly 1/8" stem about 80 degrees as long as you aren't brutal about it. A U made from a coat hanger and sunk into the soil will keep it in place. Bonsai wire also works well, if you have it.
HankFiend
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Word I'll wait a little longer, do you top your plants? Should I start pinching the nodes off? Or wait
cannabisweedPotNerd
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Any time i think
Sonnshine
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I have, I am trying to go without this time. When you top it shocks the plant and it takes a little time to recover - you'll note the vegetative growth stops or slows down for a couple of days. Not a big deal, I am just trying to see if I can fill my screen without topping this time.
You want at least three sets (not counting the little sprout leaves, cotadylon, or whatever it's called) before you top, from what I have read.
You want at least three sets (not counting the little sprout leaves, cotadylon, or whatever it's called) before you top, from what I have read.
HankFiend
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I got a 6in fan on it
