Wire Training Tip For LST

I use electrical wire to train individual branches and to pull the top down to LST the plants. It works great to fill the space evenly yet still be able to move the plants. The plant on the right was topped once. The plant on the left was just pulled down to promote side branching and to lower it. Cali Orange on left and OG on right. Just put a hook on bottom of the wire to hook the lip of the pot and bend the branch as you need. The tape is there to hold it in place side to side to evenly spread the branches around the pot. Quick and dirty but it works and you use them over and over. Anyway, just wanted to share.

Any thoughts?

I think that's legit!

Easier to ove and adjust than strings or long twist ties. It's especially cool that you can bend the wire and it's stiff enough to hold the branch out train the branch twice.

What gauge wire are you using?

Nice bump, I would have totally missed a good idea.

I use wire all the time for LST. I like to use 18 gauge green plastic coated craft wire to wrap around branches in a spiral. You can bend and shape the branch any way you want and it just holds that shape. Just don't wrap it too tight or the wire will cut in to it as the plant grows, that is if you dont remove it at some point. You can eventually remove it if you want, or keep it there for support later in flowering. Just keep it a little bit loose to give the branch some room to swell. I used to keep bonsai trees, which is where I learned this trick. Its one of the techniques you can use to train the trees to take all those interesting shapes. You eventually remove the wire and the branch/trunk just stays that way. It works the same for cannabis, just a lot faster. Works like a charm. Its also great for supporting branches that have been accidentally snapped or damaged while they heal.

I just use normal 14 gauge house wire.

14 GA Romex. Standard wiring. Strip the outer sleeve and you have perfect vinyl coated wire. Easy to work with. I also use those black metal office paper clips for anchors on almost all size pots. Solid.

Here are those same two plants put into flower.

I use zip straps....or some call them ties.
You can control the size of loop with out fear of
strangling the stem

Great tip. Do they sell any that you can unlock and reuse?

UncleJesse said:

Great tip. Do they sell any that you can unlock and reuse?

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Check these out:
www.stem-trainer.com

I use these thing-a-ma-jigs.

Beauty plant.

I stare down my plants and threaten to take away their water and sun, they naturally obey and lay down, they even do tricks on command.

Good tip and nice plants!

I am liking the tomato rings, can't stand training in my 4l pots then have to redo it when they go in the 10 gal, wire it is in the 4l until they get into 10 gal.

It would be cool to go with that heavy gauge wire wrapped in a circle around base of plant then stake it in and then bend the whole branch in place with secondary wire, that would be full control. Guess who's in the drivers seat now my little plants!

Coming along.

I just started using skewers and the thick green coated plant wire. Cut a length of wire, loop it around the skewer and do a crossover, do a pull check to make sure it doesn't budge then stab skewer in soil and curl over the free end onto branch, sink skewer into soil until the branch is positioned the way you want it. Can transplant without removing.

I like it. Wire attached to the dirt and not the pot so to speak.

UncleJesse said:

I like it. Wire attached to the dirt and not the pot so to speak.

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Yeah, I didn't like the y shaped landscape stakes like they mention in the 4 way lst writeup, the angle on them causes root damage when you sink into soil, with the skewers they go straight down and the pointy end makes room without disturbing the roots.

quirk said:

I use these thing-a-ma-jigs.

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Mate, how the fuck do I get my plants to look like this? I’m a new grower so all this is new to me. I’ve just started my second crop but the first lot of plants I did didn’t have buds half the size of yours. What methods have you used on this plant? Any advice would be great, thanks.