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gotot

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:leaf:well i saw a post on here about growing around the potter and keeping the plant low rather then grow up.... i like how this is going so far... all my side growth is now all going up... i wont have low branches... its all ganna be up on top .. if u understand

this is some bag seed at about month and a half under 2 30w cfl and 3 26 w cfl about 4 inch away:leaf:
i'm doing that too but not as extreme cuz my babies are too small, when did u start?
 

born2killspam

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The unserated single leaf is stress related.. Often observered in new growth when taken out of flowering.. I think pruning damage can do it as well..
It should repair itself in a few nodes.. It will probably move on to 3 unserated lobes, then try to grow some deformed 5 lobed leaves before it looks normal again..
 

flashgee

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got a few clones on the go (pure power plant and skunk 11) gonna try the lsting on them, i will top as well and send each new top the other way
 

gotot

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:leaf:well i saw a post on here about growing around the potter and keeping the plant low rather then grow up.... i like how this is going so far... all my side growth is now all going up... i wont have low branches... its all ganna be up on top .. if u understand

this is some bag seed at about month and a half under 2 30w cfl and 3 26 w cfl about 4 inch away:leaf:
what happens when you get all the way around?
 

headbandrocker

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Dood i got some 5 ft ladies 1 week into flower,is it to late to lst them? i could put them back in veg too if ness,but i want to fishem and they were 5ft going into 12/12
 

CaliGurl

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yes far to late to do any sort of real lsting. the stems by now are thick and will not bend far with out snapping, you can prolly get the first foot or so bent over. I had a mother for 13 months that i lsted to the point it was getting ridiculouseand had no where else to tie to

Dood i got some 5 ft ladies 1 week into flower,is it to late to lst them? i could put them back in veg too if ness,but i want to fishem and they were 5ft going into 12/12
 

born2killspam

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You consider pinching? Its a tough plant, you can compress the stem and bend it into a sharp corner.. The pinching just helps prevent the stem from cracking when you bend it too harshly to call it LST..
Pot plants can be pretty tough.. Heres a natural scenario I witnessed years ago..
My dad's friend had some outdoor plants.. Mid way into the veg cycle, rabbits got at them.. They damaged the stalk enough to make some plants tip to the ground, but then moved on to the newer growth..
The guy was hardcore on letting nature do its own thing, and he just left them that way.. What ended up happening is nodules formed at the damaged stalk just like one would expect from super-cropping/pinching, and as an added bonus, 5 side shoots actually cloned and dug roots like a strawberry plant! He only started with 4 plants, and he pretty much ended up with 9 that were considerable shorter, but he figures yielded more.. Strong plants won't stall for too long with good pinching, whether or not its better in the long run to flip them back and get them ready without a time crunch depends on your growing patterns.. If I planned to have another crop ready right after this, I'd keep going, and make sure I was smarter next round, but if not I'd spend the extra time to revert, because if you were to pinch those nicely, not only would your height issue be solved, but your yield could skyrocket.. 5' indoors is only condusive to efficiency indoors in certain stadium grows..
 

born2killspam

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In a way its not for you to decide 100%.. The plant kind of decides how densely you can/should wrap it up.. You can only force your opinion on it so much.. When the side branches get signifigant good luck.. Sometimes it works like a treat, other times its a bit awkward, but it still works fine..
I'm guessing most of the ultra-perfect LST wrapping examples are the result of a couple generations experience with a particular plant/pheno..
 

markj

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cool LST man.
I just started today with one of mine. It's almost 3 weeks old, and tied down today for the first time.
 

BornGreen1987

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This is my Kali Mist 4 weeks into flowering.
I've been tying down the main stem in a circle, she's about half way around, check it out.
 
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