New Grower Training autos

[GCase]

Just wonder if anyone has out of necessity or for experimentation trained (not the cardio form :twist their auto(s). Could be many are doing so and I have not run across the thread. If, so, I would be interested in your technique and at what age to begin. I would like to force it (I say "it" because forcing "her" sounds real bad) to take a 60 degree angle horizontally. Just one plant under an LED. Experimental in nature. I may be way off base on this--but, I did read about the technique summarized in a grow book this evening. BTY--I did see what looked like a trained auto in this month's (Feb 2012) photo contest.

 

[JM]

it's called LST = Low Stress training search with the search box for that... should get lots of hits... there's quite a few memebers who do it... it lso will delay harvest a hair usually.

 

[Muddy]

I've trained mine to sit up, speak, lay down, and roll over. :smoke: Seriously, I've done it with both indoor and outdoor plants. Tie them off and slowly start pulling them over, a little every day till you get where you want.

 

[gtron]

Some of the ladies like to get tied down on occassion!
But what should the safe word be?
I know!
"Smoke me" !
"You want me to smoke you? Oh you naughty girl, I am going to smoke you alright!"

 

[Tenakey]

How many days in do you start training her to be a good girl?

 

[GCase]

I knew I'd get a good rise out of this thread. Great levity. Muddy--just what I was looking for--one plant running the length of the LED. You do have a sculptor's touch. Thank for pictures and encouragement in proper voice commands. Tenakey--mine will never be good girls--they will somehow call in a witch doctor to reset the PH--way down. :twist: gtron in a part of southeast asia they say "you want me smoke" and you pay. Of course, I have only read such statements in books.

 

[Muddy]

You could start them as early as week 3 or 4 if you wanted. The one in the second picture I didn't start until much later when I saw how big it was getting. I was running out of head room and needed to reduce it's overall height. By then the stem was getting woody, so I couldn't bend it any further without risk of breaking the stalk. Had i started it earlier I probably could have gotten it horizontal like the one in the second pic.

How many days in do you start training her to be a good girl?

 

[JM]

I've trained mine to sit up, speak, lay down, and roll over. :smoke:

now thats funny! I knew someone had good LST pix!