So on another thread Brick Top mentioned a method he had heard about for keeping branches bent down. That got me thinking about all they ways I've done it in the past so I thought I'd share my favorite way and I'm hoping that others will share theirs.

So I like to use plastic coated wire that comes on a spool, basically it’s a twist tie that’s 100ft long and is commonly found with gardening supplies.

Here's my spool of plastic coated wire, one of the 4.5” pots I use for seeds/clones/vegging and a diet coke can for scale. While I'm using a 4.5" pot in these photos I've also done the exact same thing with a 10" pot.

First thing you need to do is cut off enough of the wire to make a ring big enough to circle the pot but smaller than the lip.




Here's how it should fit on your pot.

Now go get a plant that has a branch you need to tame. I’m going to use my mini mom.


Cut off some wire and make a hook on the end.


The thing I like about plastic coated wire is that it keeps it shape quite well. Take the hook and loop it over the branch you’re trying to tame.


Thread the other end of the wire between the pot and your ring.


Pull down the branch


and then hook the other end when you’ve achieved the right tension.


The best part is that both the Ring and the Hook are completely reusable.

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Current Grow: White Rhino from seed (in veg)
Previous Grow: Hashberry/Lockdown Cross
Smoke Report: 2 years in storage

I like to clone about 2 weeks into flower and once they root and start to reveg I fim them I wait about 2 weeks then tie the longest branches usually 3-5 and tie them down. I then top every branch or cola that comes from thos 3-5 main stems at least once each. The end result is a lot like this
http://s725.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=IMG00637.jpg

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Current2tentgrow http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...ml#post3449848 i put a little jim beam in my res and next thing you know there is a male plant beating on a female and 2 clones were fucking

Pics are in order of day 15 (LST start), 17, 19, 21 and 26 from sprouting.

Strain is a bagseed skunk variety.. this one is the oldest out of my current grow but the others have also been tied down from about week 2 and are catching up.

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White Widow / Mama Mia / Bagseed Skunk closet grow

jrk152, are those pipe cleaners?

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Current Grow: White Rhino from seed (in veg)
Previous Grow: Hashberry/Lockdown Cross
Smoke Report: 2 years in storage

I couldnt believe it when I opened this thread and saw that you use twist ties also! I was just thinking last night "these work so well, I need to make a thread on this.."

I use twist ties also, except I use nails in the side of my bucket as the anchors to tie them down to. This way I can put them wherever I need them in the bucket, and it also allows me to make adjustments to my ties by simply pulling the nails through a little further to tighten the strings up. This way I dont need to re-tie for a good 3-4 days inbetween tying's.

Also, if youre going to use the twist ties, I like to "curl" the end of them with my fingernail just as you would "curl" a ribbon at christmas time with scissors. Instead of folding a "hook" it rolls into a nice little circle that wraps around the stems nicely. I put that "ring" that is formed just behind the stem for the fan leaf at the furthestmost point on the shoot I am tying down.

Here are some pics of a 3 week old clone. What I did was pull the lowest stem in the opposite direction that I laid the plant down and it worked out really nice to create a "y" shaped plant. That it what the third picture is attempting to show. Few more days and this puppy's going into the bloom chamber
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PS: The lowest stem which creates the second half of the plant had to be topped, which is why it looks that way.

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Here's one of my ladies.

second pic is before I tied her down. She has already given over 50 cuttings and has been pruned back numerous occasions. She used to be real bushy, so i'm letting her fill back out.

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good job guys nice pics im deffinately going to have to try this

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Nice post technomage, I use the same technique as you. The only difference for is that I either poke small holes in the top rim of the pots or on the new square pots I have there are slits on each side of the rim that makes it easy to tie to. I have been looking all over for a spool like you have, all I can ever find is packs of pre cut twist ties in the gardening section. Keep up the nice work my friend

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CFL Grow setup "Banana OG"

personally i use this same twist tie method, but I recently saw a better idea, imo.

I wish I could remember where I saw it cuz I'd love to give the guy credit...but he puts rubber bands around his containers and just uses a loop of yarn to pull down on the branches..leaving the 2 cut ends held in place by the tension of the rubberband against the container, seems much easier and flexable then the twist ties...I know the twist ties give me headaches sometimes when im trying to get them to the right spot but they're so rigid it can be a pain.