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LST - Autos

Fusionstarted grow question 5 years ago

Does anyone have a diary of autos LST side by side with the other training methods? Having hard grabbing the concept on longest training method with shortest life span.

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Fusionanswered grow question 5 years ago

@Nobody01 , agree with the idea of short term LST and combined methods (Topping /FIM) but can't see it being benificial the whole grow as does take longest time to do properly. Could easily see other methods creating larger auto yields

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Fusionanswered grow question 5 years ago

@Nobody01, thx. I'm looking for a same auto strain , same feeding, same medium , different training methods. HST, LST, Topping, FIM , along with one left to grow natural as the control plant.

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NobodysBudsanswered grow question 5 years ago

I have notes from 2 old auto grows from plants that took ~10-11 weeks for harvest, but not diaries. Five weeks are all I had both times for vegetative growth. I kept it bent over for 21-23 days before letting top grow vertically with ~14 days for the terminal bud to catch up. 6-8 strong colas are possible in that time frame for me LST methods and 50-50 soil/perlite mix at that time and a bunk light, lol.

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