Since I'm a little tired I forgot that I have a pic or two from uppotting, so they'll be here too.
These are both Jacinda
I decided to use Jacinda for the training pics because her open structure makes things a little easier to see.
First step is to make the Carhooks (a creation of
@Carcass ). I used to wait a little longer to start training the top branches so that I could just attach them straight to the dowel/rod (which will come up when I continue training them into shape, not today), but after
@Trala introduced me to them I realized they could be used to get started a bit earlier
The next step is to pull the top two branches down with the hooks. If you spin the pot 180 degrees after putting the fist one in, you would e putting the second hook in the same way as the first, so they actually end up on opposite sides of the branches.
Step 3, do the same thing with the next set of branches.
As you may notice, I screwed up here. I fixed it later, but as usual, I did it by moving 3 of them, instead of just one, lol.
You want these hooks as close to the stem as possible, so it is protected from being torqued in the next steps.
Step 4 is to bend the next set of branches against the skewer holding the Carhook above, and to place another hook holding the branch so that it will be growing up into an open space afterwards.
And continue doing so with all the remaining branches
And that is how I begin training my plants.
And here is a pic from above.
If there's anything you're not clear on, or if you would like me to upload a pic or two edited to highlight a step just let me know. If you would like to see a step in more detail I will be training Lucille on Thursday morning, and I will be training Jacinda sometime around then too (I've already done Donatra).
If you have any questions just let me know.
) to make sure.
Ebony is going to be a monster 
nice job Mel
