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Hi there!

Im growing 4 critical rapido in 6l air pots in a dr90 along with a 400w HPS ligjting system. I am on day 11 at the moment. As I go through many threads im noticing people are LSTing and getting lovely yields of delicious cannabis :D

I just need help really on how to go about it as im a new grower. Check out my thread by going through my profile if you want.

I was planning on using string to help pull out the stems so they get more light, but I have also noticed people are bending over the main stem to expose bud sights :D

Any advice, diagrams or anything will be greatly appreciated folks!

Thanks once again :)
 
Take it in stride mate.. little by little... It is something that you gradually do as the plant is growing...I think zip ties work great... that way you can tighten things up as needed quite easily as time goes on.. I got this pic from another site.. hope no one minds... and I hope that it helps!
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Hey welcome to AFN and with 4 plants in 6L airpots in the dr90 you should be good for not LSTing but if thats somethng you want to try then go for it I found this diagram for you to help you understand how to start it.. If anyone else has any more please chime in:smokebuds:LST.jpg
 
I have enough space for it to grow vertically. But I notice some people just pull the main stem over so basically all the side branches take over and produce basically more bud? Thanks for the advice guys too!
 
I have some awesome success with LST.
Think of it like this:
The plant is trying to send its biggest most productive flower as high up as possible so it has a chance to grab any wayward pollen floating its way. It uses hormones to know which piece is the highest up so in case something happens, the plant can send another higher up to catch pollen.
So once you have 3 or 4 sets of nodes and the side branches have started to grow outward, you want to gently pull the top down to the same level as the upcoming side branches. After a few hours, the plant will decide it needs to do something about this. It will continue to grow, but you will start to see one or two of the side branches growing a little faster and taller. After a few days, when the growth has become uneven again, you will want to start pulling branches down to make an even canopy. Continue to do this until the vertical growth has started to halt and the stems are starting to firm up.
By doing this technique, I usually get 2-3 main colas with many more larger buds than I would normally see. I also have noticed that the popcorn buds stretch toward the canopy and I end up with very very few popcorn buds at all.
You can check out my thread

https://www.autoflower.org/f5/darwi...er-multi-strain-perpetual-cfl-grow-15117.html

Maybe you can get a few tips that'll help you out.
Good luck man! You'll have fun doing it for sure.
 
Good question, nice answers. Usefull for me too. AFN is the best ;)
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I think orginally lst was being used for people with issues with height and yes you can increase the yield of a single plant but it will take up more space where you could have a second plant and I am not sure that you wold get more bud with a single lst then you would with 2 normal plants. You might check out stunted threads as he is doing some neat stuff with lst'ing.
 
Thanks for the advice guys!
The idea that they create a massive cola is obvious but ive never thought thats why they do it, ive learnt so much stuff from this site!
Gonna lsr one plant.
 
Darwin explained it perfectly! i'm hooked to lst. without it i dont think my plant would've that many budsites :smoke:. you should def try it :peace:
 
My friend and I are currently both running autos pounders. Everything is exactly the same, except I am going to LST and she is not. I will tell you that we usually try and run the same strains at about the same time, and usually I end up with less popcorn at the least and usually about 10-15% more than she does, but we are gonna put this to rest once and for all. I will be sure to post results on the experiment.
 
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