LST until flower?

pancakes71088

Active Member
I lst'd my taller plants last night. After only a few hours of veg the stem has bent towards the light already and they are growing rapidly. So I am seeing some very good results. My question is, do i stop lst once i put the plants into flower? Whenever i see a plant that has been lst'd in flower theirs main stems are always straight. Just wondering if anyone can clear this up for me.
 

gotto

Member
By the time the plant goes into flowering, (depending on veg time) it will have already taken on the natural bend. The answer to your is really grower specific, it will not harm the plant with the tethers bound and will not benefit from not being bound. Your are reshaping the plant structure just give it enough veg time to heal.
 

ThatGuy113

Well-Known Member
No dont stop cause it will just grow straight up and if space is a worry then keep doing it ive been doing it since the second week of growing, its been keeping my life easy so far
 

Silky Shagsalot

Well-Known Member
you can tie them down for a couple weeks into flower with no probs. if you wait too long you'll know, it'll stop turning to the light. after 4 or 5 days you can remove the tie and the plant will stay in the tied down position.
 

ThatGuy113

Well-Known Member
with what ive done it you just keep moving the tie down the stem so the top has a chance to grow so just tie it in between the 1/2 mark and the 3/4 mark towards the tops of the plant
 

aimnstu

Member
I did a test on my plants. I have a 400w HPS and started with some bag seed that i got from Vegas and ended up with two females so i wanted to maximize my yield so i LST them with pipe cleaners then about 40 days into flowering i moved some of my tie downs up and within a few days later they had reformed to the new position of the pipe cleaners so they will move even in flowering.
 
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