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is this at all possible? or will it cause the plant to fall over once the stem gets to large for the zip tie?
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| You can do that to the plant no problem, unless it's going to be a mother plant the stem won't get TOO huge, and plants are very good at adapting to things like that. I also wouldn't do it too tight, since you can adjust the stake a bit also.
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| I'd put the tie on loosely so the stem can grow in girth without being cut.
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I introduced some supercropping that way in my first grow. It healed but I had to put a pressure bandage on it for a week until it did so. Everything is quick release now.
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| And don't do what I did my first time with LST... i had strings all over the place tied to stems, pulling them down. Plant grows vertical... and well, I almost LST'd a main secondary branch as well it was hanging 1/2 off the main stem. Better to LST side branches with quick release self made xmas style weights (paper clip, tape and quarter(s)) - or something that is not semi permanent.
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| I would use kite string. cheap, and you get alot of it . $2 for like 60 ft of it . you can find it at the hardware store. its soft, and made of cotton so it wont cut into stems. my two cents
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