First off I wish everyone a safe and happy New Year!
I have been doing much research lately on LST and the Aerogarden in general. I think I have found some answers to my question and have some pics to share.
I have found that Aerogarden LST should be done with a pipe cleaner bent and hooking the branch to be lowered, then the pipe cleaner hook is secured to the grow deck with duct tape. I will be doing this on my next reversal attempt and have a strong feeling this will work so well I will use this method exclusively.
My current plant being reversed had to be bent because it kept growing into the lamps and burning. I simply closed the handle of a pair of scissors around the main stem and let it act as a weight. I decided on this after watching some videos on supercropping and was surprised at how much abuse the stems can take.
The bending created quite the crease:
This is what the plant looked like the first day :
And now (amazingly) 24 hours later:
Even the top most tip that was bent over is reaching for the light:
(Note the burnt areas as well as the leaves I had to clip because they burned in the lights. They are HOT!)
Each branch sticking up towards the light has male flower buds on it. The clusters are quite small but hopefully with the added light they will grow in size. I have my doubts about this because auto’s are tricky with their timing.
One final change in the next reversal: I plan on feeding 1 cup of CS to reservoir at first sign of preflower pistils. When spraying the pistils begin withering immediately. It seems to me that if it is going to work the pistils should change somewhat quickly too when applying by roots.
I have a question to those who are more familiar to CS, how long do you feel the CS will remain active in the reservoir? I am worried that it could be broke down quite quickly when added to nutrients and PH correction additives.
I have been doing much research lately on LST and the Aerogarden in general. I think I have found some answers to my question and have some pics to share.
I have found that Aerogarden LST should be done with a pipe cleaner bent and hooking the branch to be lowered, then the pipe cleaner hook is secured to the grow deck with duct tape. I will be doing this on my next reversal attempt and have a strong feeling this will work so well I will use this method exclusively.
My current plant being reversed had to be bent because it kept growing into the lamps and burning. I simply closed the handle of a pair of scissors around the main stem and let it act as a weight. I decided on this after watching some videos on supercropping and was surprised at how much abuse the stems can take.
The bending created quite the crease:
This is what the plant looked like the first day :
And now (amazingly) 24 hours later:
Even the top most tip that was bent over is reaching for the light:
(Note the burnt areas as well as the leaves I had to clip because they burned in the lights. They are HOT!)
Each branch sticking up towards the light has male flower buds on it. The clusters are quite small but hopefully with the added light they will grow in size. I have my doubts about this because auto’s are tricky with their timing.
One final change in the next reversal: I plan on feeding 1 cup of CS to reservoir at first sign of preflower pistils. When spraying the pistils begin withering immediately. It seems to me that if it is going to work the pistils should change somewhat quickly too when applying by roots.
I have a question to those who are more familiar to CS, how long do you feel the CS will remain active in the reservoir? I am worried that it could be broke down quite quickly when added to nutrients and PH correction additives.
