Murder//Mitten
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High Everyone :wave: Here is a little something ive been working on 
From seed to flower, you will see a plant's response to LST as I manipulate its branches. The pictures will show you first hand the cause and effects of LST.
A Brief Review:The main idea behind LST is to keep the top growth and side nodes low to the ground. These simple procedures have a profound effect on the plant.
The plant hormones at work here are the Auxin.
"Auxin participates in phototropism, geotropism, hydrotropism and other developmental changes. The uneven distribution of auxin, due to environmental cues such as unidirectional light or gravity force, results in uneven plant tissue growth. And generally auxin governs the form and shape of plant body, direction and strength of growth of all organs and their mutual interaction." (Efflux-Dependent Auxin Gradients as a Common Module for Plant Organ Formation).
In theory, the movement of auxin to the nodes trick the lower branchs or side branches into thinking they are a top cola. Some growers report increased yields of 200%. However, the relationship between LST and increased yields is still debated.
What is certain though, is that LST can create a perfect and even canopy. Therefore, the canopy and buds can receive equal amounts of light, resulting in maturation of buds at the same pace. The equal amount of light a LST'd plant gets is far superior than the "christmas tree" plant (New innovations of vertical lighting challenge this) But The problem of two part harvests or immature popcorn buds are resolved with LST done right.
There are many methods or ways of doing LST (i.e. egg crate method, pipe cleaner, string method, etc...) This paticular LST method bends the plant's main stem around the container, until the plant does a full rotation, or fills up the entire pot. (I used paperclips, they work perfectly) Once you have a healthy set of top nodes you can begin flowering (You can really start flowering whenever.) In flowering you must still maintain the now very large bush of weed. (Keeping adequate airflow)
I believe the pictures are pretty self explanatory, look for the bends and notice how the top growth tries to straighten back up. Further along notice the amazing amount of side growth.
Check it out
First bend.
This is when i added a screen and started flower. Once you are done with veg, its up to you what you want to do from there. I had a 3 gal so it was pretty cramped. Decided a screen would be my best bet.
And there you go! Hope you guys enjoyed this and maybe helped you better understand LST in a visual interpretation.
From seed to flower, you will see a plant's response to LST as I manipulate its branches. The pictures will show you first hand the cause and effects of LST.
A Brief Review:The main idea behind LST is to keep the top growth and side nodes low to the ground. These simple procedures have a profound effect on the plant.
The plant hormones at work here are the Auxin.
"Auxin participates in phototropism, geotropism, hydrotropism and other developmental changes. The uneven distribution of auxin, due to environmental cues such as unidirectional light or gravity force, results in uneven plant tissue growth. And generally auxin governs the form and shape of plant body, direction and strength of growth of all organs and their mutual interaction." (Efflux-Dependent Auxin Gradients as a Common Module for Plant Organ Formation).
In theory, the movement of auxin to the nodes trick the lower branchs or side branches into thinking they are a top cola. Some growers report increased yields of 200%. However, the relationship between LST and increased yields is still debated.
What is certain though, is that LST can create a perfect and even canopy. Therefore, the canopy and buds can receive equal amounts of light, resulting in maturation of buds at the same pace. The equal amount of light a LST'd plant gets is far superior than the "christmas tree" plant (New innovations of vertical lighting challenge this) But The problem of two part harvests or immature popcorn buds are resolved with LST done right.
There are many methods or ways of doing LST (i.e. egg crate method, pipe cleaner, string method, etc...) This paticular LST method bends the plant's main stem around the container, until the plant does a full rotation, or fills up the entire pot. (I used paperclips, they work perfectly) Once you have a healthy set of top nodes you can begin flowering (You can really start flowering whenever.) In flowering you must still maintain the now very large bush of weed. (Keeping adequate airflow)
I believe the pictures are pretty self explanatory, look for the bends and notice how the top growth tries to straighten back up. Further along notice the amazing amount of side growth.
Check it out
First bend.
This is when i added a screen and started flower. Once you are done with veg, its up to you what you want to do from there. I had a 3 gal so it was pretty cramped. Decided a screen would be my best bet.
And there you go! Hope you guys enjoyed this and maybe helped you better understand LST in a visual interpretation.
