LST Question

What is the advantage of LST if you have room?

Regardless of room it will open additional bud sites up to the light.

how would you compare LST to topping. Advanteges over the other etc?

I do both. I top right before I LST them and then I FIM the 2 tops a week before I switch to flower.

do you haVE ANY PICS OF HOW THEY LOOK AT FINISH? Also how hard is it. It will only be my 3rd grow when i try this. Should i get some more experience 1st?

well topping will stop your main shoot growth and branch out other colas and budsites, WITH LST u can make very many MULTIPLE heads on a very small or controlled plant, just be gentle, i went OVER-BOARD a while back on LSTing and made a plant do a cicle, LITERALLY. but its easy to SNAP, a branch.

here she was just cloned, then i started cranking her arounnd her self till i got a few months of veg in and...










but this was HSTing, HIGH-strain training, lol.

It is real simple Mishin. Cut the top off and tie the bitch down. Easy. Fuzzy is right though. They are tough but don't go snapping stems.

Hi There I prefer to LST with a screen... So much less labour intentive that tying individual branches...



And if you get it right, and I am only half way thru my grow, it should look like this...



This is the first time I've attempted this type of LST and its excellent, I can highly recommend it... I wont grow any other way anymore...

Laceygirl...

heres a hydro plant i topped tho, it had a lil less veg time, but still got OUT OF CONTROL BIG.,,, dont compare the yeils to each other tho, the LST grow i was still learning and this DWC grow piks im about to show u was either some awesome fist time skill or i got a lil growing guardian angel over me. ....

but this girl was topped at the 8th tru node up and vegged 2 months....

do you know where i can find some info on how to do this?

lol...i dont even know where to start. ill do a search on LST and see what i can find. Thanks everyone for all of the good info

heres a plant im growing right now, its about 2 weeks flowering at the moment, but i topped her at the third true node up, and utilized a bit of LSTing to open up the canopy even more. kinda gave it a spider look from above.....

started out like this....



then topped her.....



then started a lil LSTing.....



this was all in veg after she healed and came to terms with her new position in life, she has a OPEN canopy and 6 unique colas ......

someone posted this. Does this seem like the way to do it? Also, whats the difference between this method and using a screen? What does the screen do? Thanks again!!

They basically do the same thing Screen is just a lazier way... I got better results from a screen than just tying the plant down.. Check my grow...

ok, so are there any threads that explain how to do it with screen. Lazy way sounds good to me

H Mishin, you really don't need a thread... This was my first time and the plants pretty much tell you what to do... Use my photos in my journal for a reference if you'd like to know how long I LST'd for...

You put your screen over when you are still vegging...



Then each day as the plant grows, you gently position each branch underneath the screen, just tuck it under.... The next day it will grow into that square....



I got about two weeks into flower before the plants started to tell me to let them start to grow thru the screen... You do get to a point where you don't have to touch them anymore....



Then just let them get to about here,



This also depends on the size of your screen, once your screen is full, just let them go....



If you've got any questions, just drop me a line...

Laceygirl...

I've thought about doing a SCROG
but how can you remove the plants to water them if say you grow them in a tent or closet or cabinet?
*I take my plants out of their tent and water them in a bathtub so I can be sure they don't drain into the bottom of the tent and that water doesn't lead to any problems (even though there isn't any risk of it getting out of the tent)

jdizzle22 said:

I've thought about doing a SCROG
but how can you remove the plants to water them if say you grow them in a tent or closet or cabinet?
*I take my plants out of their tent and water them in a bathtub so I can be sure they don't drain into the bottom of the tent and that water doesn't lead to any problems (even though there isn't any risk of it getting out of the tent)

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If growing in soil you could use a drip tray. Think the sizes most hydro shops sell match the size of tents. If growing in DWC buckets you can use a jug or get a piece of hose pipe an syphon out your water before a change, not very tasty though