I've topped twice now at 21 days from germination. I wanted to use LST.
I've got between 30 and 45 shoots growing on all plants. Is this to much to keep on top of with LST . I've got 20 plants to keep up with. Is there another less time consuming way?
you want 4"x4" to 6"x6" per cola, otherwise you're going to have a bunch of foliage and shoots overlapping and lots of congestion.
work backward from area you want to fill.. do the math on number of vertical shoots that will fit in that 4x4 or 6x6 perceived grid, and go about making that happen.
Thinning it out is no problem... try to be systmatic and spread it around evenly.
too much shoots, yes. cut a few and keep the best. after a few days from the cut, LST her all. for a lot of plants i would recommend a big net over all of them, so, you can put the buds through the holes and stuff...
I try to find plants that have growth that I don’t have to do anything with but some clean up. But when I get a sativa crawling like a vine and get sick of bending her over I’ll put a tomato trusseling cage around her