Help needed please..

[Taco740]

What's up guys and gals of RIU? So I'm in need of some help, it's my first grow and my plants are flower. I used bag seeds so I'm pretty sure I have two different strains. Anyways, my problem is one of my plants is 3 feet tall and the other one is 2 feet. I was wondering if I could somehow stress train the tallest one so that way they are around the same size? I would appreciate all the advice and input. Thanks in advance.

 

[SchweeDubz]

Of course. The most standard methods are probably using string to tie it down. I'll drill a hole in the side of my pot to use. You can also top your taller plant multiple times while the other catches up.

 

[upnsmoke13]

I had to supercrop mine this time. First time I've tried it but it worked great. Go slow & work the stems back & forth till they lay over, maybe tie it down afterwards mine stood almost straight back up and I had to do it a second time!

 

[Taco740]

So it's ok to do while they are flowering?

 

[Walter9999]

So it's ok to do while they are flowering?

Yes, just make the bend higher on the plant to eliminate the chance of breakage...g/l

 

[Bombattak]

Hi,

What i usually do to maintain an homogenous canopy is pinching them on top. Do it til the smallest one reached the tall one.

Peace

 

[upnsmoke13]

I would think it may be too stressful for SOME, it might cause hermis? I was in veg & first timer so.... def get second opinion!

 

[Walter9999]

So it's ok to do while they are flowering?

I wanted to add to my earlier comment on this to let you know that "lst stress training" is used while the plant is in veg...the "bending" causes the plant to use auxins and create what normally are side branches into tops...while in flower you are past the time that auxins would do this so you're basically just bending the plant to create an even canopy not actually stress training...g/l

 

[SoOLED]

Yes, just make the bend higher on the plant to eliminate the chance of breakage...g/l

and even if you do, pop it, just use a little tape of whatever and it should repair itself.

I don't just a drill, some pots you can just poke, or just heat up something metal and make the puncture.

two things, once the plant starts making more tops, make sure you have a fan moving them, and use a bit of silica. they will get nice and strong for the weight they will need to support.

with out a fan, they will get very weak and floppy.

 

[whitebb2727]

Just bend it over. Won't hurt a thing. If it breaks put some tape on it.

 

[whitebb2727]

I wanted to add to my earlier comment on this to let you know that "lst stress training" is used while the plant is in veg...the "bending" causes the plant to use auxins and create what normally are side branches into tops...while in flower you are past the time that auxins would do this so you're basically just bending the plant to create an even canopy not actually stress training...g/l

Auxins are always in play. Cannabis is an apical plant. Even bending a flowering branch while flowering will redistribute Auxins.

 

[Walter9999]

Auxins are always in play. Cannabis is an apical plant. Even bending a flowering branch while flowering will redistribute Auxins.

I can't argue that but it won't come close to the effects of auxin distribution when LST'd during early veg state...or else everyone wouldn't LST until partly into flower.

 

[MichiganMedGrower]

You can also just put the shorter plant on a 1 foot stand. A milk crate?

 

[whitebb2727]

I can't argue that but it won't come close to the effects of auxin distribution when LST'd during early veg state...or else everyone wouldn't LST until partly into flower.

Training early in veg equals longer veg time for each top. The time is the difference not the Auxins.

At any point you break apical dominance it redistributes auxins to the new shoots.

I agree early training works better for bigger buds. The actual process of how the auxins works doesn't change with the timing of the training.

Bending plants or limbs in the first couple of weeks of flower works great.

Super cropping is done in early flower and works well.

 

[MichiganMedGrower]

Training early in veg equals longer veg time for each top. The time is the difference not the Auxins.

At any point you break apical dominance it redistributes auxins to the new shoots.

I agree early training works better for bigger buds. The actual process of how the auxins works doesn't change with the timing of the training.

Bending plants or limbs in the first couple of weeks of flower works great.

Super cropping is done in early flower and works well.

I always bend or Supercrop or both in the first 2 weeks of 12/12.

My highest yields from seed have consistently been from a fast no training veg with no issues and then bent by day 10 in flower.

I train in veg when plants get too tall for my system but it always results in some delay and never quite as high of yield.

But it can make a nicer looking even bush trained in veg for a few weeks. With more even tops sometimes.

It is very plant dependent.

 

[Taco740]

You can also just put the shorter plant on a 1 foot stand. A milk crate?

Lmfao! I never even thought about that. I feel really stupid right now!

 

[Taco740]

Thanks everyone for all your help and input. It is all greatly appreciated!