NugHunter 's "Tie Stickin" LST Method !

i like to call my method "tie-stickin" ...what i do is take wooden skewers used for making kabobs and the twisty ties that come in a box of garbage bags..for the larger branches i twist the tie around 2 skewers..then i use the skewers to hold back the plant branch and place the pointy ends in the dirt up to the depth of my liking..on the smaller branches i use just one skewer to hold the plant branch back in the place i want it.....this method take alot less time than the string tie back method and its very easy to adjust ..it took me longer to explain it than to actually do it !...as you can see from the pics the plants have a "bonsai" look to them now and the side shoots will eventually turn into "main colas" ..keep on keepin on !..


View attachment 2483885View attachment 2483886View attachment 2483887View attachment 2483888

Nice method.. I've done something similar before, the only problem that really arised was that the skewers moulded because they were wood and not bamboo.. Just something to watch out for..

x iGrow x said:

Nice method.. I've done something similar before, the only problem that really arised was that the skewers moulded because they were wood and not bamboo.. Just something to watch out for..

Click to expand...

good point...bamboo is the way to go...by the way these plants are autos and have never been topped ..just tie stick'd

Yeah they look really good man.. Nice luscious green, and branching out nice too.. Keep up the good work

haha looks good man!

here are a couple of updated pics a few days after "tie stickin" ..this is a NLxBB auto fem aout 23 days from seed ..the side shoots are now growing like crazy and the plant is very wide and short with about 6-8 main shoots that should develop into nice colas!...this method is the easiest way i have ever tried and re-adjusting them or adding new tie sticks only takes a few seconds yet the results can be noticed within a few hours.

plants have shoots and side shoot going wild everywhere ....this one has 1 twisty tie stick and 5 single sticks

View attachment 2493440

day 65 nl auto