Low Stress Training (LST) Guide

haz102 said:

Those are some amazing plants there man! I hope my one will turn out like them! I tied her down again today, tell me what you think! Is she looking good? Am I doing it right?

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That plant looks ok to me haz.. Lst " light stress technique" can be done by hand too ,squeezing the stems until they feel soft then bending them over slighty ,this will give you the same affect . I think tieing them will give you stronger stems though but with good staking and a net Lst can get the best out of the plant..
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All my plants get Lst as standard now unless im looking to see a plants normal structure..



the last 2 had screens put over then at start of flower



Under side of another plant lst'd by hand them screened

Cool tip man!! Might save me buying more string!!

haz102 said:

Those are some amazing plants there man! I hope my one will turn out like them! I tied her down again today, tell me what you think! Is she looking good? Am I doing it right?

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Yep, now the nodes will start branching out fast, then you just tie them down too.. Looks like your plant could use a little more light tho, what are you using?

stumpjumper said:

Yep, now the nodes will start branching out fast, then you just tie them down too.. Looks like your plant could use a little more light tho, what are you using?

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I am using the great sun light my friend! Thanks for the tips too!

Well I guess you can't improve that bulb

stumpjumper said:

Well I guess you can't improve that bulb

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Haha yeah man I guess I can't! I often get some overcast days, so that probably isn't the best kind of sunlight. Anyway I checked her earlier and the top is facing up again and shes really starting to bush out now!

new meaning to training a plant

When can I start LST?

5th node is usually when people (I talked to) start to do it!

bump awesome lookin pics guys

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scotty bagmonster said:

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very nice work, good even canopy man.what strain?

chocoberry lovely taste not a lot of info out there but I grew 2 one normal and one lst and got a oz 1/2 off vert. and a wopping 4plus off the lst bolth with one month veg!!

scotty bagmonster said:

chocoberry lovely taste not a lot of info out there but I grew 2 one normal and one lst and got a oz 1/2 off vert. and a wopping 4plus off the lst bolth with one month veg..

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cool man. ya i love how many top can be created.

Thanks for keepin the thread alive guys, glad I could help those who've used it out.

+rep!! Very informative.

how long into grow would i w8 before starting LST?

I bend mine over at about 3"-4". It's better to start training them when the stalks are maneagable and won't snap. The older and "woodier" the stems get the more susceptible they are to snapping. If you start young you wont have to do so much bending.

stumpjumper said:

I bend mine over at about 3"-4". It's better to start training them when the stalks are maneagable and won't snap. The older and "woodier" the stems get the more susceptible they are to snapping. If you start young you wont have to do so much bending.

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Plus, the younger you start, the sooner you get rid of the apical dominance and start getting a bushier plant. Duh, but this means you can have more developed tops within a certain height, instead of needing to keep training at that given height and ending up with lots of sucker shoots. I like to train em young and let them grow vertically, not the other way around. Just doesn't structure the plant as well for strength or efficient transportation from roots to tips.

thanks for starting this thread way back when, it helped me make an informed decision on to LST or not to LST, I tried the string method but it was just way more work than I wanted to deal with so I cut hangers to start and pinned the plants down and then graduated to buying some giant pins/staples for outside antiweed fabric for flowerbeds. one plant per bucket, pineapple chunk, vegged 5 weeks, just turned light.