LST - can I make it work?

**purfict** · 01-04-2010, 05:21 PM

So I have been reading about low stress training your plant, and since i dont want to have my plants grow tall, i think this would work for me. My plants are quite stretched as they had poor lighting in the beginning so I need help on how to bend my stems. My plants are approximately 9-10 inches tall, consisting of 7-8 nodes. However, the first nodes on all plants dont start until about 6 inches up the stem. Therefore my plants have about 7 nodes within 4-5 inches of the top of the stem.
I want to bend my plant, but its hard to bend it between a node due to the closesness of the nodes. Should i bend the plant before any of the nodes? What do i do? ill post pictures asap---dead batteries...

please help..

**mcpurple** · 01-04-2010, 05:59 PM

go to the search bar and type in calling all lsters

**GeeTee** · 01-04-2010, 06:16 PM

since ur plants are that big id start like a or 2 node below the top wer the stem is still flexible. bend till bout 90 degrees and tie er down

**RedClaywarrior** · 01-04-2010, 07:11 PM

always kinda curious about what lst stood for, thanks. big help

**mcpurple** · 01-04-2010, 07:17 PM

also ben a coupl hours after u water the stem will be much more flexible

**GreatwhiteNorth** · 01-04-2010, 07:56 PM

Another alternative is to "Super crop" which is where you actually pinch the main stem (or branch) until it crunches and bend to a 90. It sound pretty brutal but a healthy plant will recover and send her head up towards the light again within a day & the healing will only take 4-6 to be complete.
I use both methods all the time & works like a charm.
GWN.

**riddleme** · 01-04-2010, 08:00 PM

Just put the plant in a bigger pot and put dirt right up to the first set of leaves, you'll lose that 6" of stem (which will turn into roots) and you'll be off with a smaller plant

**purfict** · 01-04-2010, 08:11 PM

thanks for all the help. I think I am going to go ahead with getting deeper pots and burying the plants so that they are only about 8 inches. From there, I will LST which will hopefully be much easier.