Question on LST...NEED ADVICE FAST

[LetsSeeYa]

Sorry forgot the guide:rasta:

LetsSeeYa Reviewed by LetsSeeYa on 01-21-2010. Question on LST...NEED ADVICE FAST I just put my babies into flower 3 days ago and I can see they are going to get too tall for my flower chamber. I want to do LST to halt the vertical growth but here is my problem: I am leaving for 3 days and won't be able to tend to my plants. Will tieing the tops down for 3 days in one direction be too long? I have read alot on LST but can't seem to find out how long to tie them down in one direction before bending them the other way and tieing them down to a different side of the pot. HELP Rating: 5

[LetsSeeYa]

Sorry forgot the guide:rasta:

[bcals0087]

Nice work bcals, this is what I get my girls to look like:

Thanks yours looks real nice as well. How much did you end up yielding from her?

[redtails]

About 30g dry. Not bad for an autoflower that was only supposed to get to 25g indoors. She wasn't dense at all, strain seems very inconsistant as all 3 I've grown are different phenos.

[lampost]

Nice pics guys! Redtails that is really interesting, I've never seen such a little bush like that... nice work!

Here's some pics. These are only 16 days old (from clone). I think I let it get a bit too far outside of the pot. It's kinda leaning way off to one side, I need to kinda reign her in.

Also, do you trim off the fan leaves that can't turn themselves back up toward the light? You can see in one of the pics that this leaf just won't get any light. Seems like there's no point keeping it there.. I've got a few leaves that have been pretty much turned upside down. What do you think?

[jtsik330]

I think you should leave the fan leaf, For some reason I feel the more i trim off the slower the growth?

[redtails]

Try taking the stem of the leaf between your thumb & forefinger on both hands and gently twist back & forth so you can loosen it up and rotate it to the right position. Never tried it on a leaf but I know it works great on younger branches.

[bcals0087]

I would just leave them period considering it won't matter if the light can't reach the leaves underneath. The plant will just suck up what it can out of it and then it will die. Then either it will just fall off itself, or when the majority of it looks crispy, just poke it lightly and it should just fall off. If you cut it or remove it any other way it'll just stress the plant.

It may seem like something so small that wouldn't effect the plant, but every little bit counts in getting the best results. immitate nature!