I'm on day 19 of my grow and am having probs Help Please (pics)

[HARDDON]

Trust me bro, it is ready to be tied down.

Just cuz she's short n bushy doesnt mean she wont benefit freom it. I wish to hell I had tied whore down a long time ago. My GOD I oculd have done some wonderful things with her had I got this far before and new the room I had to have but dont.

You wanna tie her down now and get those early shoots blasting out. Remember as she grows, the earliest shoots will be the smallest and least yielding shoots.

Those fans leaves are gonna be huge so start the light getting to the growth just under the main tip ASAP.

The sooner they get developed the sooner the main bud shoots will be springing up all over the place.

Here is Whore, then and now...I should have tied her earlier, like when they were your size....

[HARDDON]

Oops.

Here the pics...

Days 33 - 46 - 28 - 18

[magic bud]

Cheers m8 I'v just bent the first one does it look ok? if it does i'll go and do the other 6 :-)

[HARDDON]

Looks good.

However, the way you have the rope lassoed around the pot is a bit cumbersome.

Think about the future.

You are gonnd have to tighten her down, again again and again.

As those shoots grow, you're gonna want to add those to the TIE DOWN program as well.

THink for now but also for later...

Those pots seem pretty big so it will be a while before you need to transplant...so...I would drill small sets of holes at the top rim of the pot and tie to those holes.

After a while you will want to remove that initial tie, as she will be permanently bent at that spot once the main stem turns back up. (A few days and then tie her again)

Also that rope might me a tab bit wide....I prefer twisty ties as its is far easier to work with. No tieing knots and stuff....

You will want to be able to adjsut on the fly with these tie downs, so make it easier on yourself now by planning for the future. Get a better tie down material...

Other than that, you did a fine job.

Plan on them looking like hell from here out cuz you wanna tie and bend tie and bend.

THat plant is the PERFECT candidate for a long, wide, mutil bud shoot plant. You gonna luv it....

...if you don;t kill it....

heheheheee

[magic bud]

I'v done tham all now except for 3 as ones too small and i ran out of string for the last two. When i untie and retie the plants do I rebend the main stem in a different direction or to I wait for a new big stem to develop and bend that one.
Your plants look well tastey m8 did you smoke them beauties yet ?
Thanks Harddon m8 heres pics of them all bent last night and them growing again this morning :-)

[HARDDON]

NOt too bad bro...

But....

Try to leave the base of the main stem pointing directly up and down. The part you want to bend is all ABOVE the main stem.

Some of them you have bent too far as the entire plant is now 'leaning.'


Remember, 1/2 inch a day or 2.

Take it easy and slow and allow the tie down to force the stem to GROW INTO the bend, rather than force the stem to bend to be tieddown.

You got the right idea, I just think a little less force and a little more coaxing is all you need.

Keep the base of the main stem straight so it can support the plant later on when it becomes bud laden and heavier.

Looking good...

[magic bud]

Thanks m8 I gotta wait 5 and 1/2 hours now for lights to come on than im gona re do it all with twisty ties i bought ill post the pics later :-)

[HARDDON]

They are in veg cycle are they not?????

If so, turn the lights on and getto work. no need to rest during veg like in flower.

[magic bud]

I waited till the lights went on themselves just to be on the safe side m8 but i'v done them now i used 2 ties in each to keep the stalk in place what do you think?

[HARDDON]

Well the first pic you fucked up.

Seems like you tried to 'counter' the bend of the main stem. This tie will reduce the ability of the stem to grow and thicken at that point where the tie is.

NOT GOOD. You are now stressing the stem in opposit directions. THis is not really what we wanted to achieve.

We want to arrive at a tied down plant that allows more light to the secondary growth. The tie at the stem base serves NO purpose in arriving at that goal.

REmove it and just loosen the first tie at the top....the fern will right herself up and then take her down like I said a half and inch a day or two.

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PIC 2 I guess is a nother view of fern / pic #1.

LMAO...man you didnt fuck around did you? You bent that bitch 90 degress and said fuck to hell with the gentle...kind...soft approach.

Not sure why all the twisty tie...

two holes at container edge.

run the end of the twisty up thru the hole.

run it and just loop it across the stem you want to bend.

run it down thru the second hole.

gently twist the ends together.

start slow and take down a little more every day.

make sure the twusity tie doesnt cut into the stem.

You got the right idea....just take it easy.....one tie....one bend....one tie...one bend.

remember the goal.....

to allow light to hit the secondary growth. if it doesnt accomplish this, dont put a tie there.

attached is a pic of WHORE who almost got killed last week. since she wilted, it is fairly easy to see how i have tied one of the stems...blow up the picture and look at the right side of the pic....

do it like that.....simple and clean....

I knew the LORD had a reason for the disaster for WHORE....

THANK YOU LORD FOR ALMOST KILLING WHORE SO I COULD SHOW HER PICS ON THE TIE to magicbud....