LST How to do

[Baja Big Dog]

Great thread Tunes, nice big pictures...great info!!!

[wifecaretaker]

Originally Posted by TheCriMsonK20

I didn't see it mentioned here, but I see a lot of people asking why we LST.

To put it in the simplest terms, Cannabis is a plant that grows vertically, and attempts to get as tall as it can to reach above everything around it to catch the airborne pollen released by the male plants. If you bend the top down and tie it off, the plant "panics" and redirects its growth hormones into its lower branches and attempts to make them turn into new colas, forcing them up towards the light in hopes to grab pollen when it starts flowering. New colas = buds that the plant is trying to really fatten up in order to reproduce.

In addition to creating new colas, LST creates a short, wide canopy which allows growers to keep the light closer to the plant, which provides more light to all areas of the plant, rather than just the top. We know the additional light helps to grow fatter buds. If the grower is using florescent lighting, this is in my opinion a MUST as fluorescent lighting, as the light is much less intense than MH/HPS or any other form of HID.

Hope this helps someone out there.

Thanks thats what I wanted to know. going to give it ago next time

[MattCarnage]

My first attempt at lst

[Tunes420]

TheCriMsonK20 that is a awesome explanation and brother grower

Screwnuts33 would be nice to see side by side and i kind of had one going but choped one of two ladies for some smoke they were real close IMO yeild wise had i choped other plant little more with LST....not really enough plants to get good guess on how much more if any ....would need more than two to be sure.

SS that picture is of first two clones i ever planted in same pot...and last two I ever planted in same pot lol...Before

After

And under the hood look after taking wires off



Baja Big Dog

wifecaretaker GL hope it works as well for you

Looks great for first time MattCarnage

[Screwnuts33]

Tunes,
Once my seedlings get a little bigger I will start LSTing one of each of the strains. I currently have 16 strong heathy looking seedlings of 7 different strains. Hoping to end up with 2 ladies of each strain so I can LST half and let the other half go.

[MattCarnage]

Yup Tunes I liked how the plant came out and decided to do a journal on my next grow.
Welcome To The Thunder Dome

[Mike Hunt]

Great thread! will deffinately have to add this one to my favorites

[Dain Bramage]

way cool never been one for pruning indoor's,this seems like a nice alternative.

[Tunes420]

all...yes training has always been good to me

[Tariq]

Great pictures!

[Tunes420]

Tariq
Here is one i trained 6 inches high



next one i did like this I veg-ed longer and will get twice as much bud...and should finish about 6 inches tall

[Baja Big Dog]

Tunes...your the man!!

How long did you train them before switching lights?

When you say 6 inches, are you talking about the main stem?

Ive got a couple plants I lst'ed, but they are rowing to the moon still, about a foot tall with the leaves.....its bushing out real nice!!!

[Setting Sun]

that plant you finished at 6" is awesome!

a Bonsai with nice buds!

wish I had known about LST back when I was growing in my cab!

you da man, Tunes!

[Baja Big Dog]

Tunes...your the man!!

How long did you train them before switching lights?

When you say 6 inches, are you talking about the main stem?

Ive got a couple plants I lst'ed, but they are rowing to the moon still, about a foot tall with the leaves.....its bushing out real nice!!!

[Tunes420]

SS congrads on joining the 420team....Even thought with all your help and support you have already been part of the 420team/community for awhile now...Now people will know to come to you for help... positive you will make great addition brother grower ...
Baja Big Dog the first one i accually bent over when it was about 6 days into stretch 12/12 .....other one i had in veg room about a month and 1/2 training....Glad to hear yours are bushing out...LST is great! 6 inches from medium to highest point of plant 6" tall :)
This pic was taken 2 weeks before i chopped it down 5 1/4 inches...it finished at about 6 inches