3 meter outdoor plant in Africa: LST & topping help

Cany0ne

Active Member
Hi,

I planted this girl around April and left for a while and now she is enormous about 3 meters high (topped grosely by a friend otherwise she would be higher). Soil is bad, exposition not great, but I guess the climate is ideal. Variety is just any bush weed from seeds found here.
Flowering hasn't started yet, but I'd like to do some LST & topping and any other sorts of pruning or methods to maximize my yeild.
I started by topping all the higher branches, mostly because I was freaking out it would grow too tall and go above the wall. Today I started doing some LST by bending it a bit (see pictures).
Now I'm not so sure if I should bend it more ? I'm a bit scared to stress the main trunk and break it if I overdo it.
And then what sort of cutting should I start doing to maximize yeild?
Any other suggestions are welcome!

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Cany0ne

Active Member
Hello,

Just wanted to bump this up. I've topped the tall branches two times now meaning 4 secondaries are growing from them. Not sure how to proceed to stop it from growing over the stress, I've bent it a bit but its tricky because the main trunk is big.
Thank you!
 

xtsho

Well-Known Member
Supercrop it and tie it down if you need to.

Is it an African strain? If so what kind? I just got finished growing some Ethiopian and it turned out to be some good smoke.

Here's what I mean by supercropping and tying it down. I had to cram this Oldtimers Haze in a 4 x 4 tent. A combination of supercropping and bungee cords. Not the prettiest method but it did the job.

 
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