LSTing

So I have a few plants outdoors, and at 2.5' they were OK, and 3' is fine too, but now I am getting close to almost 5'. That's beginning to be a problem for stealth reasons.

The stalks not that big and because of my idiot dog, I've learned the stalk seems very flexible.

I was thinking of trying to bend over my plants and run the stalk almost horizontal. It should allow more light to all the lower nodes.

Any opinions, or reasons I shouldn't do this.

Btw I have topped once, but being my first grow, I did it too late, the new growth has come in good.

LST will be perfectly fine. I do it all the time, and is a recommended practice for stealth and height limitations. If the stalks are a bit rigid, you can also supercrop; pinch the stalk until it 'squishes' between your finger and thumb, and it will naturally fall over to the side. Prop it up horizontal, and the plant will form a knuckle around the wound and continue to grow. Thereafter as the plant tries to reach upward at the tip(s), you can easily LST from there.

-spek

Bomixius said:

So I have a few plants outdoors, and at 2.5' they were OK, and 3' is fine too, but now I am getting close to almost 5'. That's beginning to be a problem for stealth reasons.

The stalks not that big and because of my idiot dog, I've learned the stalk seems very flexible.

I was thinking of trying to bend over my plants and run the stalk almost horizontal. It should allow more light to all the lower nodes.

Any opinions, or reasons I shouldn't do this.

Btw I have topped once, but being my first grow, I did it too late, the new growth has come in good.

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LST is the shit. Go for it.

I LST'd 1 plant and left another untrained (same strain) and the LST'd one is going to yield as least double the untrained one.

spek9 said:

LST will be perfectly fine. I do it all the time, and is a recommended practice for stealth and height limitations. If the stalks are a bit rigid, you can also supercrop; pinch the stalk until it 'squishes' between your finger and thumb, and it will naturally fall over to the side. Prop it up horizontal, and the plant will form a knuckle around the wound and continue to grow. Thereafter as the plant tries to reach upward at the tip(s), you can easily LST from there.

-spek

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Hell yeah! For the longest time I was afraid to supercrop, always thought I would do something wrong. A couple days of nursing it and it's good!

ayr0n said:

LST is the shit. Go for it.

I LST'd 1 plant and left another untrained (same strain) and the LST'd one is going to yield as least double the untrained one.

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Love a good lst.

Remember what ur dealing with. There are species of Cannabis used to make rope. All species of Cannabis are super resilient and you can bend, break, tie, pinch and prune back the stems with great results. Be fearless. The species is very forgiving.