Playing with planties: How to train a "Fleche "😈

Love it I can’t wait to put another p in ppk for pain argh :persevering_face:

Grunt noise :joy: :joy: :joy:

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4 days later and my White Truffles is almost begging for the torture to start… :smiling_face_with_horns:

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Give it to me baby. :joy:

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Ha han, ha han… :wink: :zany_face:

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If she only knew :laughing::laughing::love_you_gesture:

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I just noticed that you’re transplanting to locations near the edge of your pots, rather than the center. That’s worth noting for the benefit of novices like me! :grinning_face:

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That way the canopy will be mostly centered right above the pot. This leaves room in your tent/grow room to fit as many pot as will fit/as you want, and still get a really great canopy. :wink:

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Ok then, let’s get this payty started! :smiling_face_with_horns:
@Olaf.ILGM , the fun part begins here :zany_face:

First thing to do is to supercrop our victim.
Grab the stem between your thumb and index and use the squeeze roll technique to soften and bend it.

Once it’s supercropped, I like to give her some support by adding a stake.

Next, hold on to the first node to support it, grab the next node and squeeze and roll the stem until both sets are aligned perpendicular to the soil. You should hear/feel a small “click” when doing this.

Then, repeat the same process with every node…

Now, it’s normal for the leaves to brush against the soil at this point. They should perk up with the light. Just make sure not to create some damp spots when you water. When the branches becomes longer, I had additional stakes and support.

Now you should have something similar to this:

@madhatter1 or @PogueMahone , I forgot who wanted to do a backflux with the Flèche…
It’s done the same way, but you should have planted your victims back to back in the middle of your pot. Then supercrop both planties in opposite directions. :nerd_face:

Have fun Legends :+1: :grin:

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“I add additional stakes…”

:man_facepalming:

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That’s so cool! :star_struck:

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Appreciate this thread Kap! How long after a transplant would you wait to flèche? I have some Mariwanna in solo’s that will be transplanted tomorrow. I want to try this technique on them but they are already 3 weeks old :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Give your plant a couple of days to recuperate from the transplant and if she’s tall enough you’re good to go. I like them to be at least 5-6 nodes tall before doing this. And don’t forget: DO NOT TOP ANY BRANCHES YET. :nerd_face:

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Perfect! I just checked and mine are at 4 nodes. Ill be able to wait an extra few days after transplant for that 5th node.

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Do you have to tie it pretty tight at the top to keep her from trying to un-twist? Or is that what the click you hear/feel does, keep the twist permanent?

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Nope. I do “touch ups” every now and then. If she really wants to un-twist it would be because you didn’t twist it enough the first time. You need to hear or feel the “click” when you twist. That click is the fibers breaking. You could also plant stakes on each sides and tie the offending node to it. That’s what I’ll do when the node’s branches get longer. :wink:

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The twisting to get all nodes facing the same is nice to know. When I super cropped some taller branches a while ago, the nodes facing down grew straight up next to the others facing up and it was a bit of a mess. Twisting the branches a bit would have made it easier

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I’m having Arrow flashbacks! Nice work @kaptain3d

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Amazing stuff. Love this kind of torture!!!

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I’m with you Kapp. I’ll eventually do both methods. It’s nice watchin live as compared when I was following Arrow’s thread. :+1:

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