Circular LST Journal

MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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I saw a thread on here where someone posted up a tutorial on doing LST in a circle withing the pot. I never saw anyone post up doing it from start to finish, so I figured why not.

I'm doing it to 2 out of 4 of my clones of Romulan x Cotton Candy to see if I get a difference in yield. The clones were under fluorescents for 3 weeks and have been under 400whps and 400w mh for about 3 days now.

They started bending back up 1.5 hours after this bend.

I also have 2 Belladonna's going that I started from seed in the pic, but not going to do the LST to them until I sex em'.

I'll keep everyone posted. Give any advice or criticism as you see fit.
 

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SayWord

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subscribed man. i did lst on my first plants and i can already tell theres gonna be a lot more bud sites. i havent even started flowering them yet. so congrats on makin a good decision and i cant wait to see the difference in yield. what are u using to tie them down?
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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Thanks for tagging along.

I'm using plastic coated paper clips. When you did your LST did you do a circle around the pot or just a regular straight one?
 
SayWord

SayWord

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well, i gave up on the lst before i could do a full circle. i recieved 12 more plants, which is where most of my time and energy went. i only got to hook each plant a couple times but it was worth it for sure
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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Everything is going well, but I think that I made a small mistake. I FIM'd a couple of days before I decided to start the LST so I don't know if I'm going to be able to get it all the way around now that it has started to split.

Does anyone think that it'll make a big difference. I'm assuming that stem won't be getting to much longer since the FIM.

Luckily I still have a couple more that I haven't FIM'd yet that I'm going to try this with. I'm going to keep these two going as long as I can and see what happens. I'm re-potting the other ones tonight and well start to LST one of them once the roots have spread.

I can't get over how fuk'n big these fan leaves are.
 

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Douche Nozzle

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I have just started my first LST yesterday so we are about the same situation. I had topped mine before I did it too. I'm not sure how its gonna come out but what the hell. I only did 1 plant. Check out my journal to see what I did. I'll keep an eye on this one to see how it turns out.
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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Douche Nozzle said:
I have just started my first LST yesterday so we are about the same situation. I had topped mine before I did it too. I'm not sure how its gonna come out but what the hell. I only did 1 plant. Check out my journal to see what I did. I'll keep an eye on this one to see how it turns out.
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Those are looking nice! I'll be following yours as well.

I find this the best part apart growing; trying new shit out.
 
MuaySmoke

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Hi everyone.

Well, to say the least, I was right about FIMMIN to early and the circular thing just wouldn't of worked. The stem stopped growing and the two new cola stems are out in full force.

I did have another clone that hasn't been FIM'd yet so i have started that one with the circular and all is going well.

The first two pics are one of the originals that I started with and she has joined her mother in the grow room now. The second pic is of the new one I started.
 

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Abnjm

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I plan on using the LST method on my next grow. This thread is exactly what I need to learn.

Subscribed.
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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Thanks for the interest.

Just a quick update. She grew a bit more last night(about half inch) and the turn has started. I'm guessing that she'll be vegging for at least another 2 weeks before I can put her into flower.

She was one of my slower clones that was pretty much dead and I managed to save her. So she is about 2 weeks behind all my other clones.

I just re-potted her last night so she should take off with all the new room to grow.
 
suedonimn

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You can still LST a FIM, just take each new stem and run them along opposite sides of the pot, just use it like a trellis.
 
SayWord

SayWord

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so heres some comparitive shit for LST vs. Nonlst



the plant on the bottom left is the only one in that flick that WASNT LSTed. so you can see that by LSTing, the plant grows more bud spots and works less on its leaves, because all the leaves are small on the LSTed plants. and heres one more LSTed plant that got a huge amount of bud sites



i really REALLY fuckin hope this ones a female. hope that helped anyone
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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Thanks for the pics. That one in the last pic looks fuk'n sick brah!! I hope that ones a female as well.

What strain are you growing?
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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suedonimn said:
You can still LST a FIM, just take each new stem and run them along opposite sides of the pot, just use it like a trellis.
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I thought about doing that, but they weren't long enough. I might try that with the other one I started.
 
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funkdocKT

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niiiiice...im LSTing next grow so im coming along for the ride with this one

quick question though...

while there may be more bud sites when doing an LST method...it doesnt exactly mean youll get a bigger yield per say because if youre already maxing out at 1g/1W you cant improve on that...

i.e. - if you were managing to pull 600g off a 600W without LSTing and for your next batch, you used an LST method...you would get more bud sites, but wouldnt that just mean that the huge colas you would get without LST would shrink so the new LST induced bud sites flower causing you to have pop corn buds all over the place instead of larger natural colas?
 
tahoe58

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that last photo....good karma to being a female. I'm gonna watch this, first sign showing real good. walk on!
 
MuaySmoke

MuaySmoke

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From what I understand, when doing the circular LST you'll get more bud sites because you'll be using the whole surface area of the pot as suppose to the plant growing straight up.

By theory, all the bud sites along the stem of the plant should be considerably bigger because they'll be getting an even amount of light with the rest of the plant. The main colas should be just as big as they would be if you were growing regularly; which will increase your yield by turning the micro buds at the bottom of the plant to mid-large size buds.

Now this is only from what I understand, that's why I'm trying it for myself to see. I also wanted to document it for everyone else cause I've never seen it fully done from start to finish.

Hopefully it works out like I think.
 
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