Kabakcilar
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Do I need to cut off the head of my plant? I want to do LST and is it necessary to cut off heads in this application?
Do I need to decapitate my plant?
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Good morning Amigo.Do I need to cut off the head of my plant? I want to do LST and is it necessary to cut off heads in this application?
Your knee deep In LST already.
I wouldn't top her just keep spreading.
Beautiful work, the only thing is she is a touch hungry
Keep up the good work.
Stay safe
Bill284
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Kabakcilar
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I don't understand, is it necessary to cut off his head once?
Günaydın Amigo. Dizin zaten LST'de derin. Onun üstüne yayılmaya devam etmezdim. Güzel iş, tek şey onun bir dokunuşa aç olması
no it’s not necessary,
topping breaks apical dominance but plant will slow down for recovery, lst does the same thing it breaks apical dominance but since there’s no cut - no recovery time is needed.
Apical dominance works this way, the tallest branch gets the most auxins or the most growth hormones. If you elevate the skinniest branch to be the tallest, it will outgrow the others…
Instead of having 1 giant cola aka Christmas Tree style plant, we use lst to give an even canopy that way all the branches get the same amount of auxins
your training looks great!!!
topping breaks apical dominance but plant will slow down for recovery, lst does the same thing it breaks apical dominance but since there’s no cut - no recovery time is needed.
Apical dominance works this way, the tallest branch gets the most auxins or the most growth hormones. If you elevate the skinniest branch to be the tallest, it will outgrow the others…
Instead of having 1 giant cola aka Christmas Tree style plant, we use lst to give an even canopy that way all the branches get the same amount of auxins
your training looks great!!!
You do not have too top your plants. 
You are way beyond that.
Some do it to younger plants to split them.
But yours is flat and well trained.
As @013
mentioned doing it slows her a bit.You skipped that and just went straight to training, which is faster imo.
Keep on going
Stay safe
Bill284
No. LST usually stands for Low Stress Training which is what you have been doing by gently bending over the stems.
HST or High Stress Training is the technique when the growing tips, especially the main or larger tips, are cut off.
