When the plant adapts to the new tied position, it will resituate its tops towards the light. So if you pull down the top of the plant, and its facing outward at a 90-degree angle, you need to plan ahead knowing it will right its top.
So how do you plan ahead?
First of all, don’t tie the tie too high up on the plant. If you grab the very top of the plant, the plant needs to actually grow to resituate itself. You need to leave a somewhat generous amount of plant above the tie. In other words, you need there to be at least half an inch of stem above the tie (because that’s where the bending will happen).
So I showed you a bad candidate, how about a good one.
A nice lanky plant like the one pictured here is a good place to start. Notice the nice amount of formed branches, and also the the generous room allotted for the ties. You know at this size, she’s got some healthy roots already, and will make you fight to pull her out.
Looks like this girl is ready to begin her training. |