
Bending
#1
Posted 01 April 2010 - 04:30 PM
Here's 4 Blue Moonshine plants before the bend on the left side...
#2
Posted 01 April 2010 - 04:33 PM
Be careful to not snap the stems and keep bending the main growth tip down below the smaller tips. This will let the lower tips take off.
Its just that easy....
I continue to bend as time goes on as the main tip always wants to get back up on top until the lower ones really get moving...
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#4
Posted 01 April 2010 - 04:40 PM
the "node" that forms when you bend will grow back double strong... This is an easy peasy method to train your plants with minimal supplies and effort...

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#5
Posted 01 April 2010 - 06:33 PM
Excellent thread bro,TY for sharing this with us!!:rasta:If the stem snaps you can use some twist tye and splint the break, or if it is low enuff, use it like a clone and root it seperately and just let the plant be topped...
the "node" that forms when you bend will grow back double strong... This is an easy peasy method to train your plants with minimal supplies and effort...
hehehe
COLA city,gots to :love: it!!:)
#6
Posted 01 April 2010 - 07:41 PM
#7
Posted 01 April 2010 - 08:23 PM
#8
Posted 01 April 2010 - 08:56 PM
Its a great way to train plants easily. Some strains like it better than others:rasta:
I prolly should have left one normal for educational purposes... Doh!!
#9
Posted 01 April 2010 - 09:58 PM

#10
Posted 02 April 2010 - 12:50 PM
What also works very well is pinching the growth shoots. You don't have to clip them at all, just pinch and break enough of the inner tissue so the top bends over. Good writeup though, I really like LST training because it doesn't require you to cut the plant.
Thats what I do for momma's :rasta:
#11
Posted 03 April 2010 - 12:01 AM
#12
Posted 03 April 2010 - 12:28 AM
like some sort of horticulture pimp.
yeea I said it.
bend them bitches.
Big ups P. Nice looking plants.

#13
Posted 03 April 2010 - 12:47 AM
#14
Posted 04 April 2010 - 07:02 AM
You described the tek down to a T, bending tips is such an excellent way to bush out the plant without stressing it. I'd much rather bend the tips than top, also - the supercropping method described by kcmoxtractor is another I use occassionally - works wonders !
#15
Posted 04 April 2010 - 09:32 AM
I have bended a little every day since the original bending and here is where we are....
I like to incorporate "the stretch" into the bending if I can so I have the plants in flower for a week or so before I bend to allow the smaller, lower shoots to really catch up...
#17
Posted 07 April 2010 - 11:27 AM
#18
Posted 07 April 2010 - 09:12 PM
#19
Posted 10 April 2010 - 12:41 PM
Bending seems so much better for them than hacking away on her,
like she puts more energy into healing wounds (stress) than growing tips,
plus you get alot of light penetration into the lower buds. :)
the plan is to incorporate more LST, i think a SCROG or something along the lines of this thread.
Lookin good p-man:weedpoke: