LST v’s HST

Day 15: It’s been another great week of growth. These Orion’s are much further along at this stage than the ones I grew in soil in my last diary. They are also further along than any other autos I have ever grown so I’m presuming this is the benefit of growing in Coco Coir, which is why I switched to this substrate in the first place. I raised the light a little to maintain a distance of 60cm and a light reading of 20,000lux 💡 I will be beginning my HST this week. I will be topping one off these plants. I will be using the method I have seen the grower @JohnnyBlaze using in his diaries and Johnny has been giving me some advice and has kindly offered to answer any questions I have going forward. For the second plant I will be mainly using LST but I do plan on using a bit of HST when I bend over (super-crop) the main stem some time most likely in week five. Day 17: I topped the HST plant today at the forth node. Day 18: (Tues)Watered both plants to runoff. They took 2ltrs each. I removed the cotyledon leaves(seed leaves) from both plants. The HST plant has had no issue with being topped yesterday and there was visible growth in the forth nodes(now top branches). I went ahead and removed the bottom nodes also so now I am left with six branches. Day 21: Removed the lowest fan leaf 🍃 from each plant. Started tying down the branches on the topped plant. I’ll start LST on the other plant in the next day or two. I’m just giving the branches a chance to get a bit longer.