Low stress training the do’s and dont’s

[Plenty420]

I start training as soon as they are big enough to bend. I should really give them more time I think. I tuck the bigger leaves first aswell

I start training as soon as they are big enough to bend. I should really give them more time I think. I tuck the bigger leaves first aswell

I just come down the stairs from tugging 2 fanleaves and stressed the trained part downwards even a little bit more. Maybe it also pulled up the wire that's keeping it down a tiny bit again over night. Then I saw your message and it made me smile )
So I LSTed it after the 3-finger leafs, the second pair, but I need about 1 cm stem to the next pair of leafs, the 5-finger leaves to be able to place my 'crook' safely and only touching them stem, just not to prevent leaves from growing or somehow squeeze them with the hook.
My other two autos seem to take a couple of days longer to grow enough space to place the hook.
Anyway, treat the girls like you would treat a girl Stroke her, kneed her, bend her, spread her, speak to her if you want to (I do sometimes) and take your time then she'll be 'warmed up' and flexible enough to train her without breaking

Thanks anyways, bro! I'm grateful for your...or anyones....advice!
So....now I just try to train them so the canopy becomes as even as possible, maybe using bamboo-sticks to spread them for access to light for the lower branches and adjust them daily, if necessary?
Enjoy the weekend everyone and sunny greetings from Norway! Namaste

 

[Plenty420]

Nice info! Do you train the Autos (LST) after the third or after the 4th node?? Thanks in advance

And please forgive me my pigeon English as it's not my motherlanguage!

 

[Boognelson87]

Well, just something to add. When training or moving a trained plant I have broke off more branches than I would like to admit. However, when this happens I will put it back together with a needle they always grow back. I've yet to fail having cut the head off the snake reattaching and it keep on slithering.

 

[Capt.Quirk]

It's all grower preference through trial and error. I settled on waiting for a well developed fifth node, clearing out under four and breaking apical dominance. Then a continuous spreading and tying down nodes around the pot.
Auto Blueberry Domina. Organic soil auto grower.

 

[Plenty420]

It's all grower preference through trial and error. I settled on waiting for a well developed fifth node, clearing out under four and breaking apical dominance. Then a continuous spreading and tying down nodes around the pot.
Auto Blueberry Domina. Organic soil auto grower.

Very nice plants!
After watching loads of stuff on YouTube you're actually the first one I see who is removing the lower nodes on autos. I began training them after the second and third set of leaves which led to the situation now where my lower, tugged under, big fan-leaves more or less are lying directly on the soil's surface. I just don't like how this looks but I hope they will stretch quite fast and I'll be able to remove the lower leafs.
They still look good and I can observe the lower nodes growing in size. I adjust my training spots and tug away big leaves daily, luckily without any issues of breaking but I have to admit that the biggest one of them looks more and more confusing as it is developing a number of nodes just 2 to 3 cm above the soil with an equivalent amount if ever bigger growing fan-leaves
Now, I'm running the autos under a HLG550 V2 R-spec with the 30W UVA supplement barr and started the grow around 150W + the 30W barr and increased the Wattage slowly to where I'm now which is around 250W + the bar (I'm not sure if the 30W UVA barr is integrated in the dimmer) and today it's day 19. I have my light still at 36 inches/90cm and I wasn't able to find much information and wattage and light-distance as the flower grows older.
I'd be really grateful for advice to give them the maximum amount of light without burning them of course. How do you run your light.
These are my first three autos and they've got a 4x4 tent I use flora-flex nutrients, molasses (also a first so I'm very careful with the amount) and Azos and Mykos. Ha, i just realize now that I changed everything apart from Floraflex...so they look a bit lonely but soon they'll get company of some fem plants - ready to transplant - which I can have together with the autos on 18/6. Then my humidity issues will become a little bit easier with more foliage in the tent. At least that's my hope. Ok..... humidity.
What range is ideal?
I think it's really interesting to grow autos for the first time. Do I have to be concerned about the stem being........like the Pisa-Tower (and worse)?? I try to straighten it daily but I'm afraid to straighten it without harming the plant
Your's are really beautiful, my friend. Do they also work as good as non-autos??
Thanks for sharing