LST-ing for 1st time help appreciated ;)

[ckarrson]

Here are a few pics of my plants I tied it down with some sewing string, made sure not to put to much tension in the string, and bent it down quite a ways just not all the way....as of now....

The two seedlings in the cups are like 2.5 friggin weeks old, I guess the roots are looking for enegry to strive, thier friggin soil is always wet, so thats not helping much, but I think I'm going to put one of them in the woods behind my house as a "back up plant" Im gonna put it in a big pot. I know thats not a good idea but IDC weeds are weeds it will slowly mature hopefully, not to mention the thick canopy it will be fighting with for sunlight the whole time.....oh welll but yeah got off topic for a bit...here are the pictures what do you guys think

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ckarrson Reviewed by ckarrson on 05-09-2009. LST-ing for 1st time help appreciated ;) Here are a few pics of my plants I tied it down with some sewing string, made sure not to put to much tension in the string, and bent it down quite a ways just not all the way....as of now.... The two seedlings in the cups are like 2.5 friggin weeks old, I guess the roots are looking for enegry to strive, thier friggin soil is always wet, so thats not helping much, but I think I'm going to put one of them in the woods behind my house as a "back up plant" Im gonna put it in a big pot. I Rating: 5

[camoxnhx]

So in the bottom of those plastic containers did you put holes in the bottom of them to allow for drainage for excess water? If not the water will get stagnate and can cause root-rot. but as far as the LST it looks good just be gental.

[syde00]

You might also want to consider light-proofing your plastic containers... you don;t want light hitting the roots.

wrap them with tin foil or something.

like camoxnhx already said... i suspect you didn;t put holes in the bottom of those containers to let the excess water out and your roots have probably been trying to grow in very muddy soil... which they won;t like at all!

[ckarrson]

I put holes in the containers I drilled 3 1/8th inch holes on the sides and 4 on the bottom...I really don't know If that is gonna do anything....

The potting soil I use is looks great and fluffy...really light stuff UNTIL I water it then it takes days and days of sunlight that is hard to come by at their current location to dry the soil out....I think I might repot with hella perlite next time.

One of the little guys I put in a huge pot (about a foot deep and 10 inches across don't know the gallon size) with the same soil and placed it in a sun-spot in a creek bed....hope it doesn't flood and wash away :wtf:

Thanks for the advice keep it Flowing :dance:

-ckarrson

[filo6942]

You might also want to consider light-proofing your plastic containers... you don;t want light hitting the roots.

wrap them with tin foil or something.

like camoxnhx already said... i suspect you didn;t put holes in the bottom of those containers to let the excess water out and your roots have probably been trying to grow in very muddy soil... which they won;t like at all!

what happens if lights hits the roots? do your buds go stale? mind dont...:stoned:

[syde00]

I put holes in the containers I drilled 3 1/8th inch holes on the sides and 4 on the bottom...I really don't know If that is gonna do anything....

I'd drill em out to 1/4 inch and see if that helps.

I just checked out my store-bought pots, my smaller 4" pots the holes are 1/4 inch, and my 8" pots they are 1/2 inch.

I;m thinking that at 1/8th, water won;t flow very well through them naturally (meaning without pressure being applied)

As for the potting soil being fluffy, thats pretty normal, once you start adding water it starts to compact down a bit.

Addind some more perlite would certainly help too like you mentioned, but like most things in the world, too much of a good thing can be bad, so just don;t go TOO crazy heh!

[syde00]

what happens if lights hits the roots? do your buds go stale? mind dont...:stoned:

I don;t think it'd screw up the buds, more than likely it'll just slow growth a bit.

I don;t think anything bad would happen unless the roots were really really dried out.

but.... light encourages algae growth, and algae is more than happy to grow on perlite thats surrounded by nice damp soil If algae starts growing in your soil it'll start stealing nutrients away from the plant to feed itself.

[ckarrson]

I think I'm going to have to go with the a 1/4" holes

Do I have to keep tightening the string for the LST daily or whatever to "break in the stem" sorta thing????

[Italiano715]

I think I'm going to have to go with the a 1/4" holes

Do I have to keep tightening the string for the LST daily or whatever to "break in the stem" sorta thing????

Decided to join the group! :thumbsup:

You do not have to necessarily tighten the string as to when you tie them down the first time they should be tied the way you like. If it is secured correctly the tops should only turn back up to grow vertical. As the tops grow higher then you continue to tie them down and eventually you will go into flower which THEN you will cut the strings for the plants when they start budding. I know it probably will seem unusual having all this string holding down each branch, but eventually it will all come off anyways, so no biggie.