# How to train white widow autoflower **URL:** \ **Category:** Autoflowers\ **Tags:** white-widow-autoflow, autoflower, indoor-grow\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741 "2020-09-25T04:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/1 "2020-09-25T04:46:23Z")
hi! im a first time grower in need of assistance. i am currently growing a single white widow autoflower and am very confused on how to train it, when to train it, and if training is a good idea at all! my plant first sprouted 15 days ago (on 09/09/2020). i cant figure out how to upload a photo from my mac but please help me!! ---
**Author:** ![GreenSnek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greensnek/32/366307_2.png) [@GreenSnek](https://ilgmforum.com/u/GreenSnek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/2 "2020-09-25T05:14:59Z")
Welcome to this awesome community. All you should do with autos is low strength training as soon as a node gets long enough to reach the edge tie some twine under the branching node and it tightly to the side of the pot ,i use a tight ring of twine to anchor, then keep doing that every other node in a spiral around the pot, some use tape but I don’t trust tape to hold and thatll keep them nice and low like these ![20200920_232314](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/a/6/ea6a2d68a71b14f6358b34a857f6ba1e48de1326.jpeg) ![20200924_182637](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/0/4/e04a755301f0c33dfdbbb974f91da6396bd30d8d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/3 "2020-09-25T05:17:39Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/a/8/0a8af315f5302c78942f7d19efa2c4cdb9a67f26.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/4/e/34e4deaa63638611e1983ebf61cf0c68b5004611.jpeg) this is where she’s at now ---
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/4 "2020-09-25T05:18:56Z")
and thank you for the warm welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GreenSnek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greensnek/32/366307_2.png) [@GreenSnek](https://ilgmforum.com/u/GreenSnek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/5 "2020-09-25T05:19:15Z")
Looks like a sativa dominant if shes stays that bushy ( like my Jack herer on the left) you may not need to lst ---
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/6 "2020-09-25T05:21:21Z")
thank you!! and your plants are beautiful ---
**Author:** ![GreenSnek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greensnek/32/366307_2.png) [@GreenSnek](https://ilgmforum.com/u/GreenSnek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/7 "2020-09-25T05:23:41Z")
Thanks I messed up their first 3 weeks so bad since its my 1st grow but they bounced back beautifully, I can already tell yours is gonna be a giant 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Deepsix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/deepsix/32/855169_2.png) [@Deepsix](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Deepsix)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/8 "2020-09-26T00:27:24Z")
Welcome to the community. You can use binder clips too. ---
**Author:** ![SKORPION](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/skorpion/32/310569_2.png) [@SKORPION](https://ilgmforum.com/u/SKORPION)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/9 "2020-09-26T15:38:32Z")
I just lst, I tie it off with a pipe cleaner a different direction every other day. I like to start mine about the time the canopy is about the size of the pot it is in. ---
**Author:** ![SKORPION](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/skorpion/32/310569_2.png) [@SKORPION](https://ilgmforum.com/u/SKORPION)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/10 "2020-09-26T16:24:36Z")
White widow is a great strain to start with. A few of the first widows. ![IMAG0092](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/5/d/6/5d6867a0632b4fab76451c1d135c862fdba7af1e.jpeg) ![IMAG0094](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/4/6/046a28958101793d6d1724ffd69a8f4f23370510.jpeg) ![IMAG0103](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/6/0/5/60501b4db3d070b0898af1f10c23e22199cd2374.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/11 "2020-09-26T16:38:45Z")
did you do any training? ---
**Author:** ![SKORPION](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/skorpion/32/310569_2.png) [@SKORPION](https://ilgmforum.com/u/SKORPION)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/12 "2020-09-26T16:46:59Z")
Yes just basic lst. To fill in the plants and thicken them up. In the last pic you can still see the pipe cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![IP54](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ip54/32/410620_2.png) [@IP54](https://ilgmforum.com/u/IP54)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/13 "2020-09-26T17:20:36Z")
Just to be clear to a indoor/autoflower newb…this whole training thing…is this just one plant you’re training or multiple plants per pot? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![littlemermaid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/littlemermaid/32/396230_2.png) [@littlemermaid](https://ilgmforum.com/u/littlemermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/14 "2020-09-26T17:21:33Z")
just one plant ---
**Author:** ![SKORPION](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/skorpion/32/310569_2.png) [@SKORPION](https://ilgmforum.com/u/SKORPION)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/15 "2020-09-26T17:21:50Z")
Lst is just pulling the top to the side to allow light to reach the bud sites blocked by the main cola. ---
**Author:** ![IP54](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ip54/32/410620_2.png) [@IP54](https://ilgmforum.com/u/IP54)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/16 "2020-09-26T17:23:28Z")
Gotcha…thank you both! ---
**Author:** ![SKORPION](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/skorpion/32/310569_2.png) [@SKORPION](https://ilgmforum.com/u/SKORPION)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/17 "2020-09-26T17:23:43Z")
Anytime… ---
**Author:** ![Tinman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/tinman/32/321818_2.png) [@Tinman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Tinman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/18 "2020-09-26T21:30:51Z")
![20190916_072436](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/3/5/43525bd321e47a86f65d1bb9e4ae26ba25b6efc9.jpeg) heres one i did, once you tie it down leave it that position, as the lower branchs grow up u can tie those down till the canape is full ---
**Author:** ![Tinman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/tinman/32/321818_2.png) [@Tinman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Tinman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/19 "2020-09-26T21:33:40Z")
![20190916_170950](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/6/d/96d6c2ce9c95fc1bde8964faa06d07af69c61bfc.jpeg) ![20191112_152603](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/4/d/94dbc2df2fd20c73f0c511303e5368257509685e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GreenSnek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greensnek/32/366307_2.png) [@GreenSnek](https://ilgmforum.com/u/GreenSnek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741/20 "2020-09-27T02:49:44Z")
So I tried binder clips and I must admit it is slightly easier and doesn’t scrunch up the fabric ![20200926_091134](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/8/6/4862ef4402bc16eb3f8acf6468323da2ae4bf9ae.jpeg) [Next page](https://ilgmforum.com/t/how-to-train-white-widow-autoflower/54741.md?page=2)