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ive read this thread a few times since i come to IC and i must say that this is very helpful. i havnt had a chance to use the methode at all yet. but as soon as i doo ill post pics.
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I staked them down. with wire. And it worked just the same as you can see. I started training them to grow over the pot. When she got really burnt sick. And stopped growing.. She looks alot better now than the above shots.. Ill post couple new pics in my grow thread here soon. See what she looks like.. Now as for staking and tieing
IMO same thing your training them in another direction. I kinda like the staking cos i trained her in kinda in a circle.. Someone had commented that i wasnt LST'ing at one point to me its the same Cap had mentioned to me as long as it works doit.. peace..
Dubman, Ronly, Sack, your guys plants all look so great, I'm very happy to see it work out for everyone. I'll actually have some updates in this thread as I have advanced LST training a bit to later stages of plant growth.
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That is cool man. + i am high. So its even cooler now.. ..
You are going to love LST.. I do, Like i said before i will have at least one plant in every grow that will be LST'd.. great work.. peace.. thanx Cap for the encouraging words.. Also welcom to IC Personal grower.. peace
^ MGJ, I've never seen a plant react so well to lst and being tied up than TW... every trained TW plant I see totally lost that "creep n sweep" look of the real-deal TW... branches hanging low, nearly on the ground, etc... awesome work. <3 da Wreck!
I'm giving it a shot with a BubbleDust clone...shortly after the pics, I pulled the base tie a little to much and slightly creased the stem...so I'm dealing with that...otherwise I'm excited to see how it all works out. BD Clone "Medusa" 1st day LST
Thought I would share my method of LST.....I call it Box training, it is for the lazy grower....like me This is an easy way to manipulate small plants for clones or just for a bushier looking plant.
Picked up a pack of 4 of these cube organizers from superstore ($20).
I decided to try LST back a long time ago based on reading this very thread, and its cool to see it resurface now as i am well along my way with LST. I should have some cool new pics up soon in my grow journal (soon!). Here is a somewhat recent pic of my favorite plant, "Butter":
This is just before taking six clones from her... Here she doesnt look very "LST" but its just because i was growing out the clone tips. I guess she does look LST because shes so bushy. The stem on this plant snapped several times while doing some hardcore bending, but it healed nicely anyway.
here is the familiar "LST canopy" pic from above:
this is after taking the clones... you can see if you look close that I like to "bandage" the stems to aid them sealing up after taking the cuttings (sealing off the cut end with paperclips, etc). not that i think it matters all that much, but it just makes me feel better.
ive also LST'd her some more in that pic. this is a keeper mother plant just based on its appearance and health in veg. So far ive taken six clones and they are in week two of root. one already looks dead (it got wilty at one point, and has been weak/dying since) but the other five should be fine. I MAY just put the mother into flower and keep the five clones as mother/s for the next round. i think i might do this because i want to have a killer yield before summer time so i can shut down until fall.
THANKS to the original thread starter since i wouldnt have tried LST if i hadnt read it to begin with!!