I'm new to the board and new at growing, nevertheless, I want to tie my plant down for experience and for the grow. Are there pictures of a start to finish tie down that I could see? The instructions say to make the first tie 2/3 the way up the plant and bend it but don't stress it. How far can you bend a plant before it becomes stressed? Please advise.
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greenmonkey
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you want to bend the plant enough so the side branches are exposed to full sunlight but not so much that you snap the trunk of the plant.
Thats the beauty of low stres training ... minimal stres and you can bed it as much as you want and how you want ...just do it nice and easy , You dont want something like this
...And secure the base of you stem ... You dont wanna your roots damaged.After the stem is hard and woody you dont need that counter tie.
Enjoy and have fun with canna experiments!
xjackflashx
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these plants are pretty pliable and they will let you know when they had too much...just simply bend the plant down at no more than a 90* angle and youll be set...this in turn will allow your off shoots to grow just as tall as the main center section along with giving your plant a more bushier look compared to the typical christmas tree shape..here is a pic of my baby to give you an idea of what it would look like at the time of flowering if you tied it down..i stopped tyin it down when i almost went completly around my planter with tie downs around the edge and it was tall enough to get sun but low enough to be incognito...you can see where i drilled holes around the edge for this sole purpose.......
greenmonkey
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great pic haze, like how it shows the different stages of growth and the outcome of lst
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Mountainman80
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Just tie them over six inches.per.week.u will be fine
Hey Buddy where are you digging up these threads, this one is 2009.
Top left corner has the date Amigo.
Hope your having a great weekend.
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Mountainman80
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Well I. Still learning to nsvagate through here again. J reply to something outta dateHey Buddy where are you digging up these threads, this one is 2009.
Top left corner has the date Amigo.
Hope your having a great weekend.
Stay safe
Bill284
Sometimes I think that what is happening is that you are looking through a listing of msgs in one of the many sub-forums and reading the ones that you have an interest in. You do not notice the date the first msg was posted or the date of the last msg.
The first picture shows the dates two messages were started. One was in January of last year and the msg below it in August of 2005. Then at the other side is the date of the last time someone replied which was February 1 of last year. The order that the msgs are shown is based on the last reply. If someone was to reply to either on of those then the msg is moved to the top. Not sure if that give any help in figuring out how old a msg thread is.
What I usually do is click on the "New Posts" and when that opens up it gives a listing of msgs with one or more new replies. They are in order of the last reply with the most recent at the very top. I can then scroll down through the list going from page 1 to page 2 to page 3 and so on. After about 4 or 5 pages I get to msgs that already existed the last time I took a look.
Maybe that helps, maybe not.
ever since they put in the " Similar Threads" at the bottom of the threads . people have been replying to old threads more oftenSometimes I think that what is happening is that you are looking through a listing of msgs in one of the many sub-forums and reading the ones that you have an interest in. You do not notice the date the first msg was posted or the date of the last msg.
The first picture shows the dates two messages were started. One was in January of last year and the msg below it in August of 2005. Then at the other side is the date of the last time someone replied which was February 1 of last year. The order that the msgs are shown is based on the last reply. If someone was to reply to either on of those then the msg is moved to the top. Not sure if that give any help in figuring out how old a msg thread is.
What I usually do is click on the "New Posts" and when that opens up it gives a listing of msgs with one or more new replies. They are in order of the last reply with the most recent at the very top. I can then scroll down through the list going from page 1 to page 2 to page 3 and so on. After about 4 or 5 pages I get to msgs that already existed the last time I took a look.
Maybe that helps, maybe not.
It would help if the oldest threads were at the bottom of the list maybe
Good point. Forgot about those.
When I am looking at a msg thread and I get to the bottom where the empty box is for posting my own reply I do not go any further down so I rarely see the older threads.
The "Similar Threads" does not show up on the listing of "New Posts" either.
Mountainman80
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Yes it helps ur right I keep.forgetting about the date in bottom corner of the post on starting to.get the hang of it thank u for the pictures to help navagate me through hereSometimes I think that what is happening is that you are looking through a listing of msgs in one of the many sub-forums and reading the ones that you have an interest in. You do not notice the date the first msg was posted or the date of the last msg.
The first picture shows the dates two messages were started. One was in January of last year and the msg below it in August of 2005. Then at the other side is the date of the last time someone replied which was February 1 of last year. The order that the msgs are shown is based on the last reply. If someone was to reply to either on of those then the msg is moved to the top. Not sure if that give any help in figuring out how old a msg thread is.
What I usually do is click on the "New Posts" and when that opens up it gives a listing of msgs with one or more new replies. They are in order of the last reply with the most recent at the very top. I can then scroll down through the list going from page 1 to page 2 to page 3 and so on. After about 4 or 5 pages I get to msgs that already existed the last time I took a look.
Maybe that helps, maybe not.
Hey Buddy hope you weren't upset I pointed it out.
If you don’t know right, not your fault.
We all do it on occasion.
Hope your having a great day.
Stay safe
Bill284
And, no problem for dredging up an old thread. I've bookmarked a couple from this one for use later on so 
CelestialNurseries
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At least no one complains when we hijack the thread about bag seed and start talking about the live action Pinocchio movieAnd, no problem for dredging up an old thread. I've bookmarked a couple from this one for use later on so
Mountainman80
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I am glad u pointd. That out to.me another member poitned me out on it few days ago.I don't mind I need to start looking at the datesSometimes I think that what is happening is that you are looking through a listing of msgs in one of the many sub-forums and reading the ones that you have an interest in. You do not notice the date the first msg was posted or the date of the last msg.
The first picture shows the dates two messages were started. One was in January of last year and the msg below it in August of 2005. Then at the other side is the date of the last time someone replied which was February 1 of last year. The order that the msgs are shown is based on the last reply. If someone was to reply to either on of those then the msg is moved to the top. Not sure if that give any help in figuring out how old a msg thread is.
What I usually do is click on the "New Posts" and when that opens up it gives a listing of msgs with one or more new replies. They are in order of the last reply with the most recent at the very top. I can then scroll down through the list going from page 1 to page 2 to page 3 and so on. After about 4 or 5 pages I get to msgs that already existed the last time I took a look.
Maybe that helps, maybe not.