Plant training: Difference between revisions

The main concept of training a plant is to shape the canopy and stems in a way that will maximise yield, for example, without training the upper canopy can have fan leaves that shade bud-producing stems, via training it is possible to force lower branches to grow away from more dense areas to receive more light and airflow. This allows the plant to be more open, giving each branch more growing room and a chance to branch further.

 

LST should be applied as soon as the plant has 2 nodes as this is when it is flexible and not brittle. One of the best options with LST is to try to make the main stem grow sideways so that most of the branches aren't in the shadow of the main canopy as they would be if the canopy is directly above.