Hey guys. Doing my first autoflower grow. It is mephisto genetics and approx 24-25 days in. Pre-flowers and pistils appeared on Day 22. I want more than one main cola so tried my hand at LST, which for now is just holding the top of the stems down on both which was really hard for such a shrub short plant with tight nodes.
It's max heights are 40-50 cm by harvest. Mine is sitting around 13 CM before I LST'd them. Can anyone tell me how I'm going? I'm not even sure if I LST'd the stem correct. Also from around day 16-17 I noticed quite explosive growth for about a week and now she has sort of slowed. Can I be expecting her to grow a bit bigger/taller/wider between Week 4 (now) till about week 6 when pre-flowering seems to be over and actual flowering has begun.
Thanks a lot for any input. some pics attached. sorry for bad angles.
1st girl
2nd girl
1st girl LST
2nd girl LST
Not as well as the other [FIXED] She is now like the other one basically. Like in 3rd picture.
TBH the LST was stressing me out because the stem so short and nodes so tight I felt like I was doing HST and then half a leaf ripped off lol. I was concerned I LST'd too early for this strain because I wanted her to branch up a bit more to bend stem better.
Edit: Both plants have their tops/main head pulled to the side and held down which has exposed 5 smaller heads. Some of which I pulled over so that they're all on the adjacent side to hopefully eliminate apical dominance and and they all become dominant main heads once they catch up. Not sure if more heads are to come but I assume they may, lots and lots of pistils popping up all over.
Small question; Is it ok for me to have their main heads tied/bent down for an extended time while the smaller heads catch up or should I do it for 2-3 days, undo them and give them a break for a few days and then LST again.
Please anyone weigh in, rookie, expert. Any reply is valuable to me... Thanks.
It's max heights are 40-50 cm by harvest. Mine is sitting around 13 CM before I LST'd them. Can anyone tell me how I'm going? I'm not even sure if I LST'd the stem correct. Also from around day 16-17 I noticed quite explosive growth for about a week and now she has sort of slowed. Can I be expecting her to grow a bit bigger/taller/wider between Week 4 (now) till about week 6 when pre-flowering seems to be over and actual flowering has begun.
Thanks a lot for any input. some pics attached. sorry for bad angles.





TBH the LST was stressing me out because the stem so short and nodes so tight I felt like I was doing HST and then half a leaf ripped off lol. I was concerned I LST'd too early for this strain because I wanted her to branch up a bit more to bend stem better.
Edit: Both plants have their tops/main head pulled to the side and held down which has exposed 5 smaller heads. Some of which I pulled over so that they're all on the adjacent side to hopefully eliminate apical dominance and and they all become dominant main heads once they catch up. Not sure if more heads are to come but I assume they may, lots and lots of pistils popping up all over.
Small question; Is it ok for me to have their main heads tied/bent down for an extended time while the smaller heads catch up or should I do it for 2-3 days, undo them and give them a break for a few days and then LST again.
Please anyone weigh in, rookie, expert. Any reply is valuable to me... Thanks.
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