Here's some up close pictures of the young women in the tent today.
Couple journal like things to mention first. I can't find one good LST tutorial that works for me. So I've had to learn it on my own. Couple of things I have found that work for me. Don't know if this is standard stuff and most people do it or if its really not what you should be doing.
- When anchoring ties to a stem don't do it at the topmost node. Do it down one. If you do it to the top its more flexible yes, but it will likely twist or torque the branch. Also there are bud sites at the top you could damage with the tie. If you do your LST when young and pliable you can anchor further down a branch and it wont snap and it wont start twisting.
- Bend the main stem starting around day 15 and slowly and daily bend it a little more to one side. The plant will take on that bent shape as it grows.. After a while you can remove the ties of the main stem because the shape is now locked in. What this does is it lowers the main cola down and raises the secondary branches up. So voila, you get a somewhat level canopy just by doing that simple work. Also use two anchors. One at the base of the main stem to secure it from one direction. The other is on the stem and is the one that will bend it. That is SOP LST.
- Around day 25 I start to do some light LST on the secondary branches. This isn't meant to level off the canopy. It's meant to open up the secondary branches away from the center of the plant to create space and air for later.
This is day 23 for the 3 GWK. Easy plant to grow so far. Lots of open space. Looks like minimal fans so should be easy to keep air flow and easy to trim later.
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Day 26 for the rest of the ladies.
These are two of the CDLC. They are under the 600w HPS. Curly mothers. The one of the right is smaller but structure looks nice. The left one is bushy and lots of fans but the LST is working.
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This is the third CDLC. Its so different than the other two. I'm not sure if its genetics or difference in light types is doing it.
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These are the Sour Crinkles. These were since LST'd to pull the secondaries away and are more open now. Easy plant to LST.
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Last two are the Grapey Walters.
Beautiful girls is all I can say.
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