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How far into flower is it okay to bend (LST)? Am I there yet?
corianderstarted grow question 5y ago
I see a couple little flower hairs coming in on the cheese plant. I've read that you are not supposed to train auto-flowers very far into flower, but I was hoping to get one or more bends in over the next week. Anybody have any thoughts?
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blendmedmedmananswered grow question 5y ago
you can train the plant(s) anytime after the 3rd week, these are autos so be careful as some autos do not like to be messed with, hope that helps
MangoDuduanswered grow question 5y ago
With regular i bend into the secondo week of flower, with auto only in the first so you can already ben for a week 😊👌🏼
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