How-To : LST (Low Stress Training)

[DierWolf]

Originally Posted by jezlton

Hi DierWolf, Can you help me, another bl$*dy begginer! can't seem to find anyone who can tell me what EC readings plants like at which stage?
I think it's related to P.H (5.7-6.3?). Please help as much as you can!!
Jez.

Check the Charts thread under beginners section.... i assume your in hydro.

[Westwood]

really appreciate this type of info, i will be growing skunk #1 shortly and i heard it grows like wildfire, if i lst the shit out of it, how tall do u think it will reach when fully grown?

[DierWolf]

as tall as the buds grow..

yes skunk grows very strong just like the Power Plant does. very strong trees.

[Westwood]

ok i will veg until it reaches 1 foot tall then onto 12/12 to create a sog effect but this will only be one plant lol, i will also lst and top, whats your thoughts dier wolf? am i a looper?

[nazthing]

hey guys, i'm about 8 days into flowering and just exterminated my males. Can i keep lsting for a while during flowering? Or is it just something that can be done during vegging?

[Runthru888]

Originally Posted by nazthing

hey guys, i'm about 8 days into flowering and just exterminated my males. Can i keep lsting for a while during flowering? Or is it just something that can be done during vegging?

I hope your females didnt get knocked up(pollinated) by the males.

[Flarkington]

Originally Posted by DierWolf

Well here we go, LST (Low Stress Training) the ultimate way to maximize your yield.

STEP 8 : Continue to repeat step 7.... During all this time of repeating step 7 you should also be tieing down horizontally the new branches that have formed from the main stem as much as possible until you use up as much space as possible inside the pot.

STEP 9 : After you have used up all possible space inside the pot (or your eggcrate) its time to just let it flower.. This is a side view of how it will and should look by that time with all the side branches growing upwards towards the light.... these will all become Collas unlike a non LST plant will only have one colla.

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<br>in step 8 it says you should be tieing down all the new branches, but then if the branches are tied down, where do the branches that become colas in step 9 come from?

[toastybiz]

Those are the same branches -- when the branches get trained out to the sides they turn up to the light and then flower out as tops.

[Flarkington]

would it be a bad thing to cut the large fan leaves off? it would seem like more light would get everywhere else if they were gone.

[toastybiz]

Tuck them or tie them out of the way rather than cut them. Cut healthy leaves only as a last resort.

[its_420]

DIERWOLF dude thanks so much for posting this thread!! ive been looking for exactly this!! i didnt know u could make it spiral like that, i was just going to anchor it to a 90 degree angle and leave it sideways!! anyway thanks a million man!! +rep for sures!!!

[killadaninja]

Originally Posted by its_420

DIERWOLF dude thanks so much for posting this thread!! ive been looking for exactly this!! i didnt know u could make it spiral like that, i was just going to anchor it to a 90 degree angle and leave it sideways!! anyway thanks a million man!! +rep for sures!!!

i once lstd a a skunk 1 in2 the shape of a penis didnt work great though

[DarwinsApe]

like everyone else i just wanted to say thanks! this info is great, i should b setting up a hydro grow soon and will utilize this method to its fullest

[420lover]

Thank you very much for this info. I have a small space without a lot of height, and I didi this yesterday and the plants already started growing back up toward the lights. Thanks again great post

[Alex Pope]

good tutorial bro i will try it on my first grow and see how it turns out thanks again