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Low Stress Training Tutorial ver.0.1
OK then, many of you asked for it and here it is. I had to grow a practice plant just for this Low Stress Training tutorial.
just kidding, but here's a little one I'm going to be putting outdoors soon. It's an og Kush S1 offspring, of my first ever grow. It's being grown out to determine its likelihood of herminess©. I've got three of them and I'll do different grow strategies for each of them. Others will follow soon. But for now here is the beginning of a properly low stress trained ONLY plant.
Step #1 Fasten a counter acting yarn, string, etc... to the base of the stem. I like to put it just below the first set of true leaf stems.
You can see I've use a stake and a pipe cleaner to secure the stem in a vertical position. I'm not bending anything yet, just creating a counter force to balance it out when you pull it the other way. This also hold the plant in place so the you don't uproot the seedling while you constantly pull the stem more and more sideways.
Step #2 The double tap... No no that later. Step #2 is limber up... (zombieland) what this means is that you just bend the stem back and forth a little eventually leaning it to the direction you're planning on guiding it around the pot.
Just us a finger and bend it towards your destination. You'll see that it doesn't take much and it will want to stay bent over.
Step #3 attach counter string for larger plants or place a guide/stake to secure the stem I'm the desired position
I used a length of coated wire to pin the stem near horizontally. With the next node that grows at it end is clear of the previous the stake can be moved up the stem and by then you should be growing horizontal.
You can see that the very bottom node will become new auxiliary shoots. And the growth at the node above(at the bend) will know become my secondary shoots. The main stem will continue around the pot.
This is merely the beginning of this tutorial, I'll eventually be combined them all into one and post the conglomerated training sessions. Hope this helps those who were asking.
The next one will be a topping and flux, and the last I'll do a topping and pinwheel. Sounds good?
KiG
cheers
Let's Begin A Journal With Autos by SolarEclipse
OK then, many of you asked for it and here it is. I had to grow a practice plant just for this Low Stress Training tutorial.
just kidding, but here's a little one I'm going to be putting outdoors soon. It's an og Kush S1 offspring, of my first ever grow. It's being grown out to determine its likelihood of herminess©. I've got three of them and I'll do different grow strategies for each of them. Others will follow soon. But for now here is the beginning of a properly low stress trained ONLY plant. Step #1 Fasten a counter acting yarn, string, etc... to the base of the stem. I like to put it just below the first set of true leaf stems.
You can see I've use a stake and a pipe cleaner to secure the stem in a vertical position. I'm not bending anything yet, just creating a counter force to balance it out when you pull it the other way. This also hold the plant in place so the you don't uproot the seedling while you constantly pull the stem more and more sideways.
Step #2 The double tap... No no that later. Step #2 is limber up... (zombieland) what this means is that you just bend the stem back and forth a little eventually leaning it to the direction you're planning on guiding it around the pot.
Just us a finger and bend it towards your destination. You'll see that it doesn't take much and it will want to stay bent over.
Step #3 attach counter string for larger plants or place a guide/stake to secure the stem I'm the desired position
I used a length of coated wire to pin the stem near horizontally. With the next node that grows at it end is clear of the previous the stake can be moved up the stem and by then you should be growing horizontal.
You can see that the very bottom node will become new auxiliary shoots. And the growth at the node above(at the bend) will know become my secondary shoots. The main stem will continue around the pot.
This is merely the beginning of this tutorial, I'll eventually be combined them all into one and post the conglomerated training sessions. Hope this helps those who were asking.
The next one will be a topping and flux, and the last I'll do a topping and pinwheel. Sounds good?
KiG
cheersLet's Begin A Journal With Autos by SolarEclipse
no feedings required 
I like getting high with my weed than paying for weed that barely does. But you're right, I should wait and enjoy it... I've waited 90+ days already so what's another 20. Thanks Dick. 
he wasn't mine but he was cute and cuddly... Thank you for your thoughts. 
