Trellis Bay

Okay. 1st things 1st let's talk about defoliation. As that will play a part in how soon you can LST. As your plant grows. It has 2 energy drawing points at each node point. The node itself and the big ass fan leaf underneath. Normally after, your shoot aka node can stand on its own. It's best to remove said fan leaf below it. As this will transfer that energy to your node(s) and will stop making big fan leafs. If you look at my Pure Instinto grows or GHS. I pushed it to the extreme and took all fan leafs early as soon as shoots were up. Growth was slow for a few weeks. But has made for the most even nodes I've had in a grow. Also defoliation can be used. If 1 node is growing taller than the other. You can slow the one that's growing quicker by removing some of its foliage to slow down that side, not the fan leafs, "it'll be more leafs on the node itself im talking about"....and if You take 1 fan leaf or leaf from a node, try repeat on its opposite side. As for node LST. you're just not there yet. As I can see. Your plant is focusing its energy wrong and making big fan leafs. Remove them, "fan leafs", your shoots aka nodes, have enough leafs/foliage to kick start their own growth. Generally you want to see a few inches before you need to start messing with them. I even tend to leave it until more near the flip. Especially with the new techniques I've been using, removing most of the fan leafs early on. Has made for a real uniformed natural node growth. That doesn't really need LST, 'yet.

Only if you are growing in real soil. Plants do not uptake the sugars, but rather they produce different kinds of sugars of their own and then send those back down to the soil. Microbes feed on these sugars, mine the nutrients, and then send the nutes back up to the plant via the root system. The molasses adds extra sugars to the soil for the microbes to consume. I recommend Black Strap molasses because is has increased sulfur content - which cannabis loves. I would add some microbes (bacteria) and also mycorrhiza (fungus) while adding molasses. The mycorrhiza actually feed on the dead microbes and are involved in the food chain that sends the nutrients back up the plant.