LST How to do

[Tunes420]

Hi all , there are many great ways to do LST Low Stress Training ....This is method I use that has good results for me. If you would like to try it just hit me up here or in my hydro journal if ya have any questions.

OK so you want to tie your ladies down hey
First make sure plants are ready to tie down

Height/Heath

Plant above is too small and has nuke problem/Deficiencies
First make sure they are healthy and about this big

About 5 or 6 inches is when i start ...and first thing i do is secure the bottom of stem....don't want to rip out the roots

Then find spot where you will begin.

Important... the first tie down is directly opposite of where you secured stem at bottom

gently place in medium and wrap hook around stem,under a leaf stem if you can...also right in between nodes is ok just watch they don't move and crush bud sites
Now where wire goes into medium you want to push that in as you adjust wire (bends easy ...any shape you want) and pull plant down a little at a time if it bends hard or you think it will snap ...Take a couple days little at a time to get it where you want it

i put mine about level to top of pot and follow the pot around as it grows i add wires making a circule around pot

After they turn back to light let them grow a few more inches before using same idea and follow edge of pot all the way around...




Here are a couple more clones with same lst

about 6 inches tall

this one also needed to be filled so cover up Anchor wire to secure stem



Let them grow a few inches and turn to follow pot edge....


always push wire in medium from bottom so you are pulling plant/stem down...dont push...cause if it slips ...it snaps


continue around the pot and tie down after it grows a few inches 3-4

What happens is all the side branches grow and you end up havening a lot of bud sites even at top

the pot starts to fill...these were veged for 12 days then put in 12/12 so going for stretch to stop at other end of pot where i started. (yellow pots)
Blue pot i will veg for another week or two. and will post more pics of these 3 as they are tied down all... and green mojo to you all

[Tunes420]

Here are some results with same LST method in soil grows

[Newby]

I'm going to try the same outdoors in my small pots.

+reps :)

[Tunes420]

Great idea....no reason outside plants can't be trained
OK here is a update on LST progress 2 weeks later.....

I let them grow a bit then tie them down
Setting Sun pointed out a great tip for lst....always water a couple hours before training so stem will be more flexible/less likely to SNAP!

[Tunes420]

Whoops posted twice ....cause i am high....on this...

bud on left and it is more dry now than in pic

[BILBUS]

Man thats unbelievable..You always hear bending them down ,but this is the first time Ive seen it ..WOW ive been a fool Thanks for the picts

[Tunes420]

NP BILBUS .... always glad to help And

[Tunes420]

OK here is a update on LST progress 4 weeks later.....

[The Weed]

Super picture story! Well done. This should become a very useful thread.

[spike69]

very good tunes I will be useing this right away on a plant thats 3 in,right now.thx for the xelent post.you da man

[Tunes420]

The Weed

spike69
..................Glad someone can use something i learned here

[Tunes420]

Start...

Halfway point....

Finished...

[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.

[Screwnuts33]

Very nice. I am planning to LST half of my grow and let the other half go natural to compare yields. Same strain, same nutes, lights, and tent. It will be fun to compare the results.

[Setting Sun]

This is such a great tutorial and thread.

I love the pic where the plant's canopy is so thick that the reference Bic lighter just sits up there.

Thanks Tunes!