How do I spread these girls' legs out without hurting them?

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TerryTeacosy

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4 x Leda Uno indoor Mother plants that I decided to finally put out to pasture after a year of faithful service are now enjoying their new Aussie sunshine environment (& LOVING it!). However, they're looking at getting a bit too crowded in the cola-department in the next couple of months & my crystal ball tells me that I can forsee bud-rot if they don't have some airy space between them.

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Their branches are all kinda woody, so it's too late to employ LST.

Right now, I'm thinking to give each of them their own plastic pallet & gently tie the branches out/down individually to the pallets, but I'm happy to receive any other ideas.
 
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TerryTeacosy

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amneziaHaze said:
Suppercrop?
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I tried that technique with some of their progeny when I first put them outside & the results were....well....I had to cull-out a shitload of abject failures. 'Lost a lot of potentially good stuff. I don't have a problem with that, it's part of the learning-curve. I still have plenty of healthy plants to play-with.
 
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TerryTeacosy

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amneziaHaze said:
You broke the branches? Skin shouldnt open needs to be an inside fracture.
Then best stick with lst.today bend 10% in a few days 20% and soo on give her time to aclimate then push the limits
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Yep, I definitely fucked-up there, eh?

I used a pair of needle-nose pliers that I applied a couple of soft pieces of plastic tubing-to. 'Guess I went-in a bit too hard when it came to the prospect of getting the best from the girls.....

BTW, I'm not trying to be naughty or inappropriate here, just euphemistic......
 
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TaoRich

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Never tried it myself, but I've read about folks using a rubber band as an anchor for the tie to each branch ... as a 'shock absorber' to lessen some of the stress and tension.
 
big bud man 413

big bud man 413

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TerryTeacosy said:
4 x Leda Uno indoor Mother plants that I decided to finally put out to pasture after a year of faithful service are now enjoying their new Aussie sunshine environment (& LOVING it!). However, they're looking at getting a bit too crowded in the cola-department in the next couple of months & my crystal ball tells me that I can forsee bud-rot if they don't have some airy space between them.

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Their branches are all kinda woody, so it's too late to employ LST.

Right now, I'm thinking to give each of them their own plastic pallet & gently tie the branches out/down individually to the pallets, but I'm happy to receive any other ideas.
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Be gentle go slow look her in the eyes and make love to her girls love that.
 
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TerryTeacosy

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Thanks everyone for all your suggestions & input.

Despite trying a few things suggested, I decided to trash the lot of them a couple of months ago, as they were all growing so densely in re-veg that they were just going to be bud-rot city before maturity & the branches were so woody, no amount of gentle persuasion & caressing would've reclaimed the situation. Is there such a thing as Marijuana menopause??:o

I'm not fussed, as these girls have provided me with hundreds of magnificent clones over the past few years that worked wonderfully during their tenure.

I know when to cut my losses.........
 
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