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Done the LST, now what??

Sonnyhad

Sonnyhad

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After the LST we give these things, how many are enough bud sites?? Never thought about it before until now!
 
Although a funny question to start that's a good question. Is there a point where the overall potential of the plant is compromised? As in fewer colas/bigger buds..more colas smaller buds. I'm ok with smaller buds as long as they are sound. Is there a premium ratio that includes pot size?
interesting thought sonny..thanks :)
 
It depends on so many variables that this becomes a thesis in its own right.

In my experience:

Indoor plants using the manifold method tend to benefit most from 8 colas.

Indoor plants using SoG or ScrOG tend to do best with 8 - 16 colas.

Out door plants benefit from as many colas as the plant can make.

The limit of what the plant can produce is mostly based on the light available to it. If there is more light than the plant can make use of then Co2 can be used to boost the yield.

The number of colas one uses is mostly for trying to create a flat canopy under the lights and reduce the christmas tree shape.
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Tika said:
Although a funny question to start that's a good question. Is there a point where the overall potential of the plant is compromised? As in fewer colas/bigger buds..more colas smaller buds. I'm ok with smaller buds as long as they are sound. Is there a premium ratio that includes pot size?
interesting thought sonny..thanks :)
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All my plants are in a gallon and half pots and killing it.
the two I just harvested still had plenty of room in there.

Although I did not have my regular root wizard when I started them...or they would of been too small of pots.
 
There's definitely going to be a tradeoff. You have to find the happy medium that works for you. The balance in between what the plant can sustain and more bud sites. You have to factor in environment and strain too.

I sometimes lose perspective. This is a weed after all. It's the journey trying to figure out how to dial in the grow that is so alluring to me.

I think I over-medicated a bit...
 
Huh..well my collas / LST semi severe are no where your sizes and I am in 5 gallon pots of coco coir thinking they are root bound
whats up with this?
 
And yes MoreN .i have LSTd so that all the branches think they are collas...for even canopy ( granted I have ones I shoulda lollipopped and didn't) but this is making me think to go 4 or 8....
well. Pics to follow
you all are great!
 
Yeah Tika, I've been thinking I have a 80" height limit so with light fixture clearance above the plants I'm limited to how tAll the plant should be when it goes in there, figurine it will double in height. But how many buds is the ideal amount?
 
These plants are blue dream, in 5 gal with pro mix. They are 8 weeks from sprouting, I have been LST on them since I first could and there are a lot of bud sites, I don't know exactly, I only have 10 fingers and there's way more than that! .....LMAO
 
Just a thought, isn't it better to get as many top bud sites as possible then deal with it as they grow, you can take away but not add
 
I think the magic number depends on the grower, to an extent. But 8 mains is a great place to start.

I just want to warn people, the bigger the buds, the higher the chance of bud rot. If you can't control your humidity late in flower, grow more colas and smaller buds.
 
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