New Grower Can you LST a flowering plant!?!?!?

[hb5_darthkush]

I have two plants currently flowering and I'd like to LST them to allow for more light, would it be okay in the state there in?
Here's the two plants i want to try this on

 

[hb5_darthkush]

Anyone in general know anything about LST and flowering?

 

[Rick James]

Hey buddy!
I don't know about lst but you could definitely trim those big fan leaves off to allow more light.

Later!

 

[G.Leave]

LST during flower is just fine, however what you want to do is avoid lowering main tips lower than less productive areas of the plant. The growth auxins is what important here. If you lower main bud sites too much then the higher smaller buds(whatever is highest in profile) will take over and try to be the main growth site.(therefore taking the energy from the main sites)

 

[Gonzo]

LST is done at the beginning, when branches are soft.

What would you do exactly? Just widen branches to get more light in? Break them? Break main stem?

 

[namvet25]

Your better off removing some fan leaves to expose your buds instesd of LST at this stage.

 

[Bromeo]

You can still lst as long as the stem your planing to bend still has some bend left in it. If it's to stiff you run risk of snapping it. If it's to stiff I'd go with Nammy's suggestion.

 

[G.Leave]

I have had tremendous success with defoliation on my outdoor plants this year.

 

[hb5_darthkush]

Cutting the bottom leafs off won't stress the plant?

 

[G.Leave]

I thought we were dealing with photo plants here, but I just realized they are autos....lots of mixed opinion on defoliating autos. I did some select defolition on an outdoor auto blue mammoth and it worked well this summer.

Bromeo is bang on with the comment regarding late life lst. Some plants harden up too much and it will put too much pressure when you go to tie it over.