GHS Trainwreck Grow Log, LST

[bigtopsfinn]

update?

Here are the new pics... She has been doing very well and growing a lot. Now I have little buds starting to form at the top of each stem.

I will start to give it the Plagron Top Activator Tomorrow. I think to be safe, I will have one bottle with the Top nutes, one bottle with the bloom nutes, and one water. I will alternate between the three each time I feed, which is usually twice a day (there is very low RH here and my plant dries out very quickly)

Here are the pics!

[hydrocannabis]

dammm she is looking great.:thumbsup:

looks like I still need more pratice on lsting my plants when they R still small.
well heres to great luck on flowering her great.

:thumbsup:

[bigtopsfinn]

Hello again,

Here she is, almost 3 weeks now into flowering. I have been feeding her twice a day, alternating between regular water, bloom nutes, and top activator nutes.

She is in a 10 liter bucket now, but I think it will be too small for the long run... now i gotta find another bucket and some decent fertilizer. I bought some fertilizer the other day but its total shit... a lot of nutes and keeps water.

Here are the pics, enjoy!

[FunkMeister]

wow i def wanna know how u made that happen .. but im having a hard time understanding what u did with the LST (im still tryna get how it works) can u explain in thurough detail plz lol

[stinkybudz]

Ill draw a picture for you and explain it, click on pictures because they are to small to just look at


[align=center]a plant at a young age looks something like THIS

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You tie the top part down gently something like THIS


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Then those little leaves you see coming out grow up to be side branches resulting in a bushiness visual, adding more bud spots in a vertical restriction and also resulting in an even canopy and more main colas like THIS


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Hope this helps, tell me if you need more explanations


Sorry for hijack

[4x4Turbo]

I couldn't believe my eyes after looking at your last picture number 5 up close. AMAZING. I can only hope to grow mine looking that sweet. I'm definitely going to try lst when i plant in hydro!

[bigtopsfinn]

No problem about the hijack, its always good to hear a couple different methods. Here's how I did it:

1: Drilled holes all around the top rim of my bucket, about 10 total

2: Once the plant became tall enough (I think about 5 nodes in my case), I bent down the top so it was parallel to the ground, and tied it down using nylon string.

3: Kept an eye on it for the next couple days, and as soon as a branch started to outgrow the "canopy", I would tie it down also. Repeat this step until you are satisfied with your canopy, and stop about a week before flowering.

4: The main growth stem will always jump up after you tie it down, so I started to tie it down going around the rim of the bucket until it grew at the same rate as the other "tops"

5: After a week or so, your plant will be covering and hanging over one side of the bucket, and the soil will be exposed on the other (you can see that from my earlier pictures). This is not a problem. As the plant grows more, you can pull the growth stems towards the empty side of the bucket.

6: When I was getting closer to flowering, I didn't do any major training. By major I mean I wouldn't bend any stems to the point that they were parallel to the ground. I did tie down a couple stems, but only bending them slightly to make more room for the other bud sites.


This is my first time growing, so I did not want to get too fancy with this. I will be transplanting into a bigger pot, so I think I will have to tie down the stems again (pain in the ass). However, since I only have one plant, I will do a little more training just to spread it out more. I have a lot of bud sites below the canopy, and I will try to get more light into there. I'll post some pics when I do that, maybe later today...

Hope this helps!

oh yeah, keep in mind the space that you have available. You can get really carried away with this thing and easily outgrow your space.

[bigtopsfinn]

3 weeks of flowering done, 6 more to go...

She ended up outgrowing her old container, which was a 10 liter bucket, so I went and bought a 23 liter container today. I drilled holes along the top rim, on the side of the bucket around the bottom for fresh air, and a few more holes in the bottom for drainage.

I had a lot of strings tied up in the old bucket, and had to cut them all away and start over. What I did this time was spread out the canopy to get more light inside the plant, and hopefully more buds as a result.

As I explained in my last post, I did not bend any of the stems parallel, just enough to get them where I wanted them. I will have to see how the plant adjusts to the new ties, and I might have to do a little bit more LSTing in the next few weeks.

Here are the pics:

[bigtopsfinn]

Been almost a week now since I re-potted and re-lst'd. She didn't grow much in the first few days, but its been growing steadily again. Here are some more pics...

[bigtopsfinn]

Some more pics from today...