honestly.... from this go round. I popped 6 beans. All 3 of which were LST'd were male. =P But I topped/clipped and bonsai'd another so much from a sprout that all it's leaves are frosty from defensive stress and it showed female yesterday. I let another go normally until she had little pre buds then I LST'd her. and the 6th one was stunted so I mutilated it for a re-veg experiment.

But I solely do not believe LST affects M/F ratio.

You COULD just be patient and veg them to 6 nodes or so, then go into flower, kill off the unwanted males, go back into veg, or LST your canopy according to the amount room left. =D

besafe:jointsmile: