Low Stress Training (LST) Guide

doggyd said:
MY LST......GOING FOR 1/2 pound under 250w.
LINK--->https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/456072-how-too-harvest-1-2-a-43.html

BLACK WIDOW (vegging under 2-150w CFL 6500k)
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WHITE WIDOW (flowering under 250w HPS)
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Some nice work there doggy.. did you reach your aim?
Heres a few of my last harvest Lst and late scrog
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The last pic is the same strain just in a 20ltr bubbler..the first 3 pics are the same plant..

incase anybodys missed it theres a xmas comp running at the mo.
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dr green dre said:
Some nice work there doggy.. did you reach your aim?
Heres a few of my last harvest Lst and late scrog
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The last pic is the same strain just in a 20ltr bubbler..the first 3 pics are the same plant..

incase anybodys missed it theres a xmas comp running at the mo.
click here>>> 600 Xmas Competition
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No I have Not harvested yet....Today is day 60 In flowering and White Widow not ready...Trichs are clear....Harvest date 9-11 weeks! Your buds look great.....Rep
 
thanks for all the feedback, really hope this thread has helped people this past year. Happy New Years everyone
 
Used Uncle Ben's Topping tek right after the 2nd node. LST'd for the first 5 weeks of veg. She just went into flowering yesterday. 1 foot tall. 1'5" wide.

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Also, any words of critiquing the topping/LST job? It was my first attempt at it. There's always room for improvement. :)
 
I've got about 24 clones about to go into a new cycle. Was considering doing LST on them. A couple questions guys.

1. Will I definitately need to get my plants off the floor and elevated say to the size of a 5 gal bucket in order to save my back most likely? It's a lot of plants.

2. Because I'm growing under T5's an even canopy is a must but I'm just curious if this would be way more hassle than just getting a trellis net?

3. How often do you need to do a tie down or anchor in total typically from the time they are clones to the time they are ready to harvest? I'm trying t gauge the labor expense!

Thanks for any help gang. These 24 plants will be growing under 40 T5 bulbs and 2 240 watt LEDs
 
owow men thnks,.. im new on growing and read a lot of LST didnit know wtf it means very nice topic men DEF will make it thanks a lot for the info will put some pics from the before and after.. :) fbut first i have 2 questions...

1. at what age can i start LSTíng my plants
2. whats the top age to LST my plants.

THANKS AGAIN GREAT TOPICCCC
 
You can start LST as soon as you like. I have seen some pics with people tying down a little seedling with 2 nodes. General rule somewhere around the 4th node.

I re-anchor/LST my plants every 2-3 days. Sometimes everyday if I want to spend some time with my ladies.
After 3 days things start to get out of hand and you also want to pull them down before the stem hardens.

With a 24 plant garden I would split it in half and LST half every 2 days that way you aren't having to LST 24 plants in one day. Unless that is something you are willing to do.

I don't know about the need for elevation. I just take my plants out of my room one at a time and work on the on a table as I LST them.
Never used a trellis net so I can't comment on that.
 
LST is a great way to increase yield, but with some strains, its not really worth doing. Like strong indicas that are really short and bushy.
 
Hey everyone, great thread! Been reading through it for a while now but don't seem to find an answer to my question; would it be too detrimental to remove one or some of the fan leafs of the main stalk if such is bent down nearly at 90 degrees? I ask because I am having my first go at LST and there are one or more fan leafs that are blocking some of the light that might other wise reach some of the other growing shoots/tops; the main purpose of LST is to of course reduce the space needed for your grow but also to utilize the most of your light by having an even canopy from which the plant can absorb the light evenly throughout the tops. I want to grow them out evenly but it's hard right now since she's still very young (18 days veg) and many of the fan leafs overlap each other or the tops. Anyone have any suggestions as to how train the canopy even from this early stage in vegetation without having away with some of the fan leafs? Any info would be very much appreciated. Thanks for your time everyone.
 
Great thread fellas! skipped a over few pages here and there but great work so far. +rep to several in this thread!!! :clap:

Anyone like to use zip-ties on your ladies? I like em better than string and tape. You can slowly tighten them with ease.
 
Great thread everyone, plus rep to many on here. This is what I'm doing with all my plants a combo of topping and training to the rim of my containers with floral wire. So far so good they're getting bushy, it's great to see so many different results using these two techniques I cant wait to see how mine turn out.
 
AWnox said:
Hey everyone, great thread! Been reading through it for a while now but don't seem to find an answer to my question; would it be too detrimental to remove one or some of the fan leafs of the main stalk if such is bent down nearly at 90 degrees? I ask because I am having my first go at LST and there are one or more fan leafs that are blocking some of the light that might other wise reach some of the other growing shoots/tops; the main purpose of LST is to of course reduce the space needed for your grow but also to utilize the most of your light by having an even canopy from which the plant can absorb the light evenly throughout the tops. I want to grow them out evenly but it's hard right now since she's still very young (18 days veg) and many of the fan leafs overlap each other or the tops. Anyone have any suggestions as to how train the canopy even from this early stage in vegetation without having away with some of the fan leafs? Any info would be very much appreciated. Thanks for your time everyone.
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Stinkbait said:
Great thread fellas! skipped a over few pages here and there but great work so far. +rep to several in this thread!!! :clap:

Anyone like to use zip-ties on your ladies? I like em better than string and tape. You can slowly tighten them with ease.
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smokey de bear said:
Great thread everyone, plus rep to many on here. This is what I'm doing with all my plants a combo of topping and training to the rim of my containers with floral wire. So far so good they're getting bushy, it's great to see so many different results using these two techniques I cant wait to see how mine turn out.
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AWox .. don't worry to much about the fan leaves for now being so young i would'nt remove any. I only remove leaves when im taking cuts and/or triming below the canopy ,probably 3 wks into flower then thats it till harvest time , you could clip back some of the leafs if you want though but that should'nt be a problem for now.
Training starts very young for me with cuts anyway about a week after transplant ,i'll start sqeezing the tops so that they can be bent back with out snapping .I've tied them before but i mainly do them by hand now,i think hand lst till 2wks into flower and then scrog is what i'll be doing again- i did it with my last grow and i liked how it turned out.

Thanks for the rep stink, yeah ties are ok but remember some stems get thick so don't do them to tight, i've used most things to tie and they all seem to work fine as long as they aint to tight on the stems..

cool :leaf:dre
 
I am thinking about using organic soil in combination with GH line fert. Do you fertilize the same as if using Pro mix. or gro mix. Or is it a weaker dose of fert. ?
 
Nice thread and easy to understand what LST is. Thanks for that.
I will defiantly try it when the plant reaches some height.
 
My grow is in Progress as of now and Im going all the way around the pot rim. Im in week 5 of my grow and I plan on going 8 weeks before flowering, here is a pic right after training and a pic 3 hours later.
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Stop by and comment if you like my grow, Im doing it as a day by day pictorial.
 
A few pics of my ladies! Learning as I go! :bigjoint:
 

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im fascinated with LST but im having a hard time grasping the countertieing step..... do you just counter the pull at the base so it doesn't get ripped out the pot?
 
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