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Another Monday top of the page update (amazing how that worked out 
) on the Purple Ghost Candy from @SeedsMan!
And another set of pics on how I train my plants (since they seem to be going over well).
Sunday (day 47) showed me enough growth of the top nodes to start the training. Here's a pic to show about how long they need to be:
They aren't long enough to tie down yet, but they are long enough to get StankClips® around. StankClips are a technique I first saw @Van Stank use years back and have found it really helpful to get the training started early. They're just small pieces of pipe cleaner that attach the top node branches to the fan leaf that grows from their base:
You can see that there's not much of a bend there since the leaves aren't close to horizontal, but since they're big enough to tie to the pot lip, I do that with pipe cleaners and binder clips. Here are the top pipe cleaners looped around the petioles of the fan leaves:
It's important to be very gentle at this stage, with the pipe cleaners barely causing a bend in those top node branches. You can see the slack in the pipe cleaners as they attach to the binder clip on the pot's lip:
And from the front to show both sides:
Here's what it looks like from above:
Finally, every morning I shorten the length of the pipe cleaners and pull those top fan leaves a little flatter, until the top nodes are horizontal.
I will also be sliding the StankClips out along the branches as they grow, until they're long enough to tie down on their own.
That's it for today, and thanks for following along!
) on the Purple Ghost Candy from @SeedsMan!And another set of pics on how I train my plants (since they seem to be going over well).
Sunday (day 47) showed me enough growth of the top nodes to start the training. Here's a pic to show about how long they need to be:
They aren't long enough to tie down yet, but they are long enough to get StankClips® around. StankClips are a technique I first saw @Van Stank use years back and have found it really helpful to get the training started early. They're just small pieces of pipe cleaner that attach the top node branches to the fan leaf that grows from their base:
You can see that there's not much of a bend there since the leaves aren't close to horizontal, but since they're big enough to tie to the pot lip, I do that with pipe cleaners and binder clips. Here are the top pipe cleaners looped around the petioles of the fan leaves:
It's important to be very gentle at this stage, with the pipe cleaners barely causing a bend in those top node branches. You can see the slack in the pipe cleaners as they attach to the binder clip on the pot's lip:
And from the front to show both sides:
Here's what it looks like from above:
Finally, every morning I shorten the length of the pipe cleaners and pull those top fan leaves a little flatter, until the top nodes are horizontal.
I will also be sliding the StankClips out along the branches as they grow, until they're long enough to tie down on their own.
That's it for today, and thanks for following along!
that keeps on giving!
to my perpetual! When to top is really grow-dependent so I don't suggest anyone pick a number from where I do mine. I only top once, and it's usually above the 8th or 9th nodes because height isn't a big issue for me since my plants are grown outside all day (inside at night with some supplemental lighting to keep them in veg, or no light at all for flowering). My only height constraint is carrying them through the door twice a day, so as long as I can bend over a bit while carrying them I can let them get pretty tall.
But with ur expertise, it's a good thing. 
Yes, yes... all in good fun.
