LST time window?

ghrnvf

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I just started my 4th week of flower. I been a little LST'ing to my plants every week. Should I stop doing it now or can I do it all the way up until the buds start to form?

I don't know how much it stresses the plant and I don't want it interfering with the bud production. Should I just leave them alone now?
 

AltarNation

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Low stress doesn't do much to stress the plants, hence the name. Just make sure you are staying in the low stress window. Don't over-do it. No major bending or cracking or anything like that. That's why it's called Low Stress.

THat being said, I'd hope that by week 4 of flowering you've got everything where you want it to go... at this point I would just start using some skewers or bamboo stakes to support anything that needs to be held up farther and call it even.
 

ghrnvf

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Ok, so I can safely bend down the one or two fast growing tops. I think I'm going to tie them down one more time then just let them grow.

Just feels like I might be getting greedy and doing too much.

Thanks for the replies. 10 min till lights on.
 

AltarNation

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Keep your canopy as even as possible to maximize yield... they won't get stressed much, and you'll make up for it by getting the other buds more light. Definitely just let them go eventually though...
 
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