Advanced LST - old school Bonsai style

a good friend of mine thought me this technique years ago. it's actually very simple and quite effective.


start with some simple stainless steel wire which should be available at any hardware store.



add a pair of clippers and a nice tall clone.



pull a length of wire longer than the branch you plan to work with. clip it.





now comes the gentle part.

ever so carefully wrap the wire in loose loops around the full length of the stem.







by leaving the wires long you can allow for future growth.


now comes the fun part.

now that the branch is wired you can simply bend it into the desired shape you seek.









these plants are being vegged under 500 watts of MH. they will be placed outside in the ground in about a month. i will be building a screen for them to grow thru. gonna be some nice little hedges by the time i'm done.

Awesome, look forward to seeing how it flowers up! I was just talking to a friend about bonsai plants a couple of hours ago

very good idea that was......

that is a brilliant idea

Its really cool to check out in person how crazy the plants are growing all these directions I was amazed staring at them for days yesterday.. I hope they don't term hermie on ya=)

sick im doing the same thing with my diesel which is a sativa phenotype will post pictures soon

i might try LST on an ouside plant...just tie a piece of that wire to a heavy rock and just bend the plant over

rollingafatty said:

i might try LST on an ouside plant...just tie a piece of that wire to a heavy rock and just bend the plant over

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just dont trip the wire

you all realize these will go in the ground outside in about a month?








if you wrap the wire around a pencil then slide the pencil out you can make a screw. hold the stem and wire between your fingers and twirl and push. it will screw down wrapping around the stem as it goes. then just bend it around the main stalk to hold in place. i can make any shape i desire.

This is a beautiful and simplistic idea - you rock for sharing it I like being able to place the branches exactly where i want them for space and maximizing light indoors as well. I'm gonna try it out on future plants.

10 ft plants my friend... they're gonna be bushes when you put them out... haha...


so basically... your LST'ing your plants... =]

i do the bonzais for my moms...

lumberjack_ian said:

10 ft plants my friend... they're gonna be bushes when you put them out... haha...


so basically... your LST'ing your plants... =]

i do the bonzais for my moms...

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i'm putting them in the ground and throwing a screen over them. scrog.

fdd2blk said:

i'm putting them in the ground and throwing a screen over them. scrog.

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haha

that'll be interesting

i think he is using the wire for lightning rods....he does grow trees......

BIGMIKE13 said:

i think he is using the wire for lightning rods....he does grow trees......

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franken weed

I like it!!!!

i wanna try

I did this technique on my plants today. It was so simple but i would have never even thought about doing it like this. I am finaly able to position all the bud sites in direct light from the hps. I consider it something like a SCROG but you are able to remove the plants from the grow room when needed. Can't do that with a SCROG. Thanks for posting how to do this.

Thanks for sharing. great idea! As you've seen with the sideways daze and some other training I've done you know I'm not afraid lol, but this looks like an even better way than I've seen before. Can't wait till next hmmm oct/nov

Yea, this has to be the easiest way of LST that i have seen. The only problem that i had was when i was putting my last plant back in the grow room. A branch from the plant right next to it got tangled with the plant i was moving and i broke one of the lower branches clean off. It was a big one. Oh well, i accept the setbacks like that while i am learning new things. I am going to do this to all of my grows in the future.