Norris McSquirter
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if it's green leave it alone , if it yellows or signs of a problem then feed with nutes , let the plant talk to you and tell you it is starting to need something , if it isn't broke don't try to fix it , these are super resilient weeds, I am not sold on the idea of lst and heavy bending of auto plants , so I am curious to see what this does to your yield on a auto .
I think that your advice on letting the plant talk to you is probably good for LST too... small, short and squat maybe don't bother. bushier and more aggressive growth potentially worth it.
I have 2 GDP blast autos, one 4th wk bloom the other 4th wk veg I didn't check the label and assumed that they were fem and my original 3 became 1 so I popped in another 2 and got one girl.
Both are very similar in shape - squat and small but in my newb enthusiasm both got LST.
I am not sure if this will yield better or the same as if I just left it - some extra small colas vs smaller main one.
older plant @25 days
Older plant day 50
I also have two auto northern lights blue glue. These are taller and bushier and based on the response in growth once LSTed I am pretty sure that this was a good call, yield will tell of course.
Day 22 NLBG clear shot of bulldog clips and soft wire too