Appliances to train the girls.

chuckeye

Well-Known Member
Very nice! I've used stiff electrical wire in the past, really an art to it. Are you really aggressive on pruning or is that just the strain re the 6" & 10” pic?
All four girls have been quadlined but the Maui Wowie (picture) was an over achiever and needed taming, a second round of training if you will :o

The other three girls range in height from 16" to 26", right where I want them !

Ideally this training is an attempt to keep sativas under four feet, limit top colas and Minimize trim jail time ;)

Group shot. Clockwise from back left, Maui Wowie, Acapulco Gold, Columbian Gold and Hawaiian Snow.

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Has

Active Member
There is probably no universal solution here.

Previously, I always used aluminum electric wire in plastic insulation with a cross-section of 6 or 10 mm2.
1. You can fix 4 posts (red) of the desired height vertically on the pot (black), for example with tape. Scrog mesh (blue) is attached on top. This type of mesh allows you to move the pot.
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2. If you fix the required number of posts on the pot and fix each branch at several points on its wire, then by bending the wire you can then give each branch the desired shape.
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I also really liked the idea with plastic clamps in the previous posts.
If you make them from wire, you can get a number of other advantages.
- using wire 1.5, 2.5, 4.0 mm2 we get staples for branches of different thicknesses.
- a slight bend in the central loop and the opposite bend in the ends provide a more secure fixation of the branch
- if there is a leaf or shoot on the bending section, they fall into the void between the wire and do not interfere with fixation.

- you can easily change the bending angle of the branches both immediately and during growth by simply bending the wire.
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Star Dog

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Wow, that's something different! I don't have a clue what you have going on. I thought maybe a clone mother plant but it's in flower or you took branches and planted them ?
They were grown from seed the pics are after harvesting.
One of the plants was topped/tied the other had the main shoot tied instead of cutting it off...fwiw tied wins everytime for yeild.
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You can see what I was on about by putting wire under and putting a bend in it to stop it pulling out, it's surprising how much pressure it can take and they're easy af to adjust ± aswell.
 
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