Hazel is chugging along, and there’s more to work with, but her branches are still too small for LST clips. Soon enough.
So far, the only things I’ve cut off were her first set of branches a little over a week ago. She has a set of larf that will come off today.
All of her leaves are off the soil, and I’m being careful to prevent leaves from touching too much, along with providing extra air flow.
The weather will become a bit dryer for a few days, starting today, though the RH peaks have only been in the mid-40s – humid for us , but somewhat dry for most folks and tents, though.
Gotta love binder clips, in addition to soft garden wire. After this morning’s training adjustments, day 22 from sprouting:
Below, the bud on the right is the top of the main and is the biggest bud on the plant. If Hazel had been topped, then the two buds to the left would have been the top, and very likely bigger than they are now, based on my experience:
Only based on my limited experience, I’m not sure that not-topping has any benefit, just different. However, it’s been a bit more work to keep Hazel’s main tied down, since it seems without topping, this plant (compared to my plants that I’ve topped) has more apical dominance, again only compared to my plants that I’ve topped.
As well, this plant is no bigger than my other plants than I’ve topped (some say that topping autos can stunt them), but Hazel is fairly small (even for a 1-gallon plant) and went into flower somewhat early, though any conclusions are far from being scientific, since every plant is so different and I haven’t done tons of comparison grows.
But, bottom line – I think that I’ll stick to topping my plants.
when I do LST I keep tying the main down for at least 6-8 weeks . By then all the lower branches have outgrown the apical main stem by quit a bit. Then I cut her loose and watch her grow like crazy trying to catch back up during the stretch. Autos dont give ya enough time.
Do they glow in the dark? I hope so, that would be cool.
If so, I’ll move them, at least at night, I’d enjoy them much more than Hazel might. I once had glow in the dark cockroaches.
LST is all about bending plants into the shapes of animals, right?
A few days ago, I considered getting better control of Hazel’s main, but it/her stems were already beginning to harden and there wasn’t much to work with, then anyway. So, I figured it wasn’t worth the risk.
In the past couple of days, she has flower-stretched a fair amount, especially her main. So, she’s a turtle. That’s OK.
Did I mention before that I prefer topping before training?
, but somewhat dry for most folks and tents, though.
Earlier today:
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and thanks!
I once had glow in the dark cockroaches. 
That’s OK. 
) has a fluffy rear end 
, looks more like a chicken from this angle:
