1) There bout 10inch and there side shooting like mother bitch's is it abit late to LST?
I LST'd the hell out of one plant and it got so used to it after a while, I could have done balloon animals with it.

2) will the LST slow down the growth at all
Yeah, my one looked a little droopy for a couple of days now and then, after a vigorous LST session.

3) ...which ones would i be tying back (fan leaves, side shoots, both)??? and is there a rule for tying the, like tie the fan leaves across and only the side shoots slightly? this is the only thing i can think of
Dunno, didn't do that, just LST'd the stem back and forth, and poked the fan leaves behind the little budsites and they stayed there.

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