Growing colas horizontally to the light.

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Karelpolacek

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Hi,
my plants are in the 4th week of flowering. In an effort to make the colas even with other branches I bent all the colas in 90 degree angle so they are growing horizontally, parallel to the floor. The plants grow up and then they turn 90 degree, so the colas are getting light from the side. I didn't crash or break any stem. I have 5 plants in 2ftx2ft tent. There is a 200W LED light, which is now about 8in above the plants. The height is no problem, I have plenty of vertical room. It is my first growth, but I have been reading a lot and studying the plant. I couldn't find any thread on this.
My question is , will this technique increase my yealds? Is it good way to go? Will the main colas develop buds growing horizontally as good as if they were growing vertically? Is the side light good to them?
Thank you
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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you'll gain yields on the side nugs. But be real careful, you may stunt the plant if it suffers too much physical trauma, which would defeat the purpose of it all. A good rule of thumb is any additional lumens presented to the plant whereas prior it wasn't, will usually add to your yield. But to be frank if yields are your concern, i'd upgrade to a 600w hps if temp allows, if not a 400w hps, would get you better results, but i'm kinda biased against LEDs. Another idea is to purchase a small (2' X 4 bulbs) CFL setup in the red spectrum, that'd add significant lumens to the side branches, and in turn your yields would be higher.
 
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Karelpolacek

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Recommended LED light for this area is 150W, I put 200W LED. It looks very good in there. I think the buds are developing just great. It is 4th week in flower and for this time the buds are pretty good. I only grow with LED, because my friend sells them and he wants me to test them.
I am just concerned about developing the main cola in the horizontal position. I feel like it is actually getting even more light, when it is horizontal, because the surface of the main cola , which gets direct light from the LED, is larger. As I said, it is my first time growing. I appreciate your help.
If I want to form big colas, is it a good idea to grow them horizontally?
What do you think?
Another idea is to grow the colas straight up and once they are ready to harvest, chop them down and continue growing the other branches. With which technique will I get better results?
It is a small room, only 2x2ft. The plants have different heights, I don't know why. I started them from clones, probably the clones weren't that good. After this bending the height of all of them is equal.
 
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Karelpolacek

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Anyway I started bending them in the 3rd week of flower. They were vegging for 6 weeks, I FIMMED them after 4th week (probably too late), and I think I miss FIMMED them (fuck I missed FUCK I MISSED, lol) because no new colas developed. Every plant just seems to have one cola.
Anyone who can answer my questions from my last post?
Thank you
 
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Karelpolacek

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The mainlining looks great! I will try that next time!
The LED is from one local brand MAZAR, you guys won't know this brand, but in my country it is considered as a good one. I live in the Czech republic, but I used to live in Florida.
So what do you guys think about my bending technique, which is probably the supercropping technique, but I am not sure about that.
How will I reach big colas? Can I keep them growing horizontal or should I untied them and let them grow vertical?
Thank you
 
GroErr

GroErr

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Karelpolacek said:
Recommended LED light for this area is 150W, I put 200W LED. It looks very good in there. I think the buds are developing just great. It is 4th week in flower and for this time the buds are pretty good. I only grow with LED, because my friend sells them and he wants me to test them.
I am just concerned about developing the main cola in the horizontal position. I feel like it is actually getting even more light, when it is horizontal, because the surface of the main cola , which gets direct light from the LED, is larger. As I said, it is my first time growing. I appreciate your help.
If I want to form big colas, is it a good idea to grow them horizontally?
What do you think?
Another idea is to grow the colas straight up and once they are ready to harvest, chop them down and continue growing the other branches. With which technique will I get better results?
It is a small room, only 2x2ft. The plants have different heights, I don't know why. I started them from clones, probably the clones weren't that good. After this bending the height of all of them is equal.
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I'm not sure there's any real gain or loss from growing them sideways. As already mentioned be careful at this stage, you're a little far into flowering to do any excessive training that could hurt/slow down flowering.

That said, I do this with sativas under LED's because they grow so dense and tight nodes, no light can get to the centre. However I do it to open them up and let the middle shoots grow through and from about week 4-5 vegging, and give them 2-3 weeks to adjust and grow the centre stalks up through. By that time, any branches that had been tied sideways have bent themselves towards the light and start growing up again. This is just standard LST training. I don't go overboard and bend them at 90's, too much stress for my liking, just spread their legs to let the light down and grow out/gain on the centre branches/colas.
 
Silky Shagsalot

Silky Shagsalot

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i start tying down in early flower, and some folks think that is too late. if you started training after day 30 of flower, your plant won't respond the same as in veg, or early flower. i've tied down late like you, and the plants/buds don't "reach/bend," for the light like they do early on. they didn't for me anyways..... if you do the main-lining thing, i'm almost positive, it's a lot longer grow...
 
d0rk2dafullest

d0rk2dafullest

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To correct everyone he didn't break snap any stems, this is called LST. U should of done this earlier like the first week of flower. Ur plants are in the middle of flowering n won't respond as well as if u did it sooner. Experiment n learn. Experience is the best teacher.
 
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