Tying down method?

could someone please explain this method to me i dont clearly understand it


thanks for all the help

Its pretty simple,you tie down your plants for two reasons,one is to restrain them from getting too tall by bending & tieing off sections of the plant,as the main stalk grows you can continue to train it by tieing it down in other locations,basically sculpting the plant.

The other reason is to pull branches & bud sites into the light & out of the shade,this is used mainly in budding.

but how u do it

This is how I do it. It is simple and works well for me.

I start by leaving a 2" gap at the top of the soil line in the container.

I plant the clone at one edge of the container.

I drill a 1/4" hole at the top of the container directly opposite the plant.

I anchor the main stem at the soil line by placing a short support and use a zip tie to secure it. This keeps the bending from pulling the plant from the soil.

I tie a loop at one end of a cotton string. Using the loop I attach the string near the top of the plant.

I tie the other end of the string to the hole that was drilled in the container.

Over the course of several days I keep tightening the string until the plant is growing horizontally.

I have attached a photo of a clone that has been tied horizontal.

As the plant grows you can drill more holes to accomodate tieing down new growth.

I do this in preparation for growing on a grid - Photo attached.

I hope this helps you.

I built a frame the size of the footprint of my light. I used 1x1 inch wood and chicken wire from Home depot. I tied the branches down with nylon string.