New Grower can Topping My Green O Matic ?
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Dreadlow
Community Service. BOM thread
Hey smokerz, howd it hangin dude? I would have to say that MOST of the growers on this forum would not recommend topping an autoflower as their limited lives mean they might not fully recover and damage your yields. LST is certainly the safer option and you can get some pretty spectacular results. There are quite a few threads on the subject and some journals that are worth reading, ill try and find you some links.
It's a good idea if you head over to the introduction section so everyone gets a chance to say hello, and then when you're ready, start yoursrlf a grow journal. This is the best way to get the most out of afn, and makes it easier for prople to help you out.
Peace and happy growing!
It's a good idea if you head over to the introduction section so everyone gets a chance to say hello, and then when you're ready, start yoursrlf a grow journal. This is the best way to get the most out of afn, and makes it easier for prople to help you out.
Peace and happy growing!
Dreadlow
Community Service. BOM thread
Hey dude, no need to apologise, it's all good! Here is a journal which was recommended to me when I was asking about LST
https://www.autoflower.org/f52/dps-auto-ultimate-auto-white-widow-34410-6.html
And here's a couple of paragraphs written by the fantastic Son Of Hobbes which was a big help for me:
"One reason a lot of people LST is to keep a more even canopy level to allow more equal light dispersion to bud sites. Stick your hand straight up and down in front of you and take your other hand and place it on top of that to form a "T". Imagine your horizontal hand is the light and your vertical hand is the plant. When the light is coming down, it's having to penetrate through that spire/top level of buds. With LST, you can train the growth down to a more horizontal canopy (so instead of beaming down on that spire of bud, it shines down with less deflection.)
The same goes if you have a monster plant that is getting out of control. LST (especially when they are younger) can make larger plants much more manageable. It's also a great method to use if you're growing multiple strains and are worried about growth/height differences.
The idea is to take the main stalk (the meristem) and gradually bend it down over time (emphasis on "gradual" and "over time.") Bending the meristem downwards tends to release a flood of auxins, which are hormones that regulate plant growth and cell elongation in plant shoots. I have three stellar examples in my grow space right now that I can try to get pictures of later on; I have LST'd down all the main stems and the resulting side branching is VERY EVIDENT.
I like to recommend people LST'ing plants like you are bending copper tubing. If you take a copper pipe and put a straight 90 degree bend it in, you crimp the tube and destroy the integrity of the inside diameter. If you gradually put the 90 degree bend in over the length of several inches, you maintain most of the integrity of the inside diameter and won't have reduced flow rate (correlate that to the stem of plants if you will haha!)
It's important to slowly and gradually pull the tips down though; too much at once and you'll be snapping limbs and stems. Too much slack and they'll perk right back up into the light (and tie those pipe cleaners tight enough, I've had plants pull my twists completely apart before in growth spurts.) It's also important that when tying down the main stem, you tie an anchor to the OPPOSITE end of where you tied the main shoot down too. This relieves some of the tension from the main stem being pulled down and will help prevent you from literally pulling your plant down on top of itself (not saying I've ever He-manned some LST before, buuuuuut.... accidents happen, right? Live and learn!)
Hope that helps bro; I'll try to get some pictures of my ladies tonight to show you how I do it. Everyone has their methods and hopefully you'll see there are actually a plethora of reasons to LST if that is what suits your grow."
Hope this helps dude
Peace
https://www.autoflower.org/f52/dps-auto-ultimate-auto-white-widow-34410-6.html
And here's a couple of paragraphs written by the fantastic Son Of Hobbes which was a big help for me:
"One reason a lot of people LST is to keep a more even canopy level to allow more equal light dispersion to bud sites. Stick your hand straight up and down in front of you and take your other hand and place it on top of that to form a "T". Imagine your horizontal hand is the light and your vertical hand is the plant. When the light is coming down, it's having to penetrate through that spire/top level of buds. With LST, you can train the growth down to a more horizontal canopy (so instead of beaming down on that spire of bud, it shines down with less deflection.)
The same goes if you have a monster plant that is getting out of control. LST (especially when they are younger) can make larger plants much more manageable. It's also a great method to use if you're growing multiple strains and are worried about growth/height differences.
The idea is to take the main stalk (the meristem) and gradually bend it down over time (emphasis on "gradual" and "over time.") Bending the meristem downwards tends to release a flood of auxins, which are hormones that regulate plant growth and cell elongation in plant shoots. I have three stellar examples in my grow space right now that I can try to get pictures of later on; I have LST'd down all the main stems and the resulting side branching is VERY EVIDENT.
I like to recommend people LST'ing plants like you are bending copper tubing. If you take a copper pipe and put a straight 90 degree bend it in, you crimp the tube and destroy the integrity of the inside diameter. If you gradually put the 90 degree bend in over the length of several inches, you maintain most of the integrity of the inside diameter and won't have reduced flow rate (correlate that to the stem of plants if you will haha!)
It's important to slowly and gradually pull the tips down though; too much at once and you'll be snapping limbs and stems. Too much slack and they'll perk right back up into the light (and tie those pipe cleaners tight enough, I've had plants pull my twists completely apart before in growth spurts.) It's also important that when tying down the main stem, you tie an anchor to the OPPOSITE end of where you tied the main shoot down too. This relieves some of the tension from the main stem being pulled down and will help prevent you from literally pulling your plant down on top of itself (not saying I've ever He-manned some LST before, buuuuuut.... accidents happen, right? Live and learn!)
Hope that helps bro; I'll try to get some pictures of my ladies tonight to show you how I do it. Everyone has their methods and hopefully you'll see there are actually a plethora of reasons to LST if that is what suits your grow."
Hope this helps dude
Peace
shes got a while to go either way u decide to do. at least 4 nodes. she looks a little top heavy. do you have a fan with a breeze on her. that will make her stem much stronger. or what I would do also is fill my pot up couple more inchs with soil.. more roots bigger plant.you can add soil till bout half inch below first 2 round leaves. peace
