Field Notes

bad things can happen to good plants
a plant branch shown snap after taking LST low stress training too far  Read more...
goal of LST isn't to bend every branch
this plant is covered in training clips, but the canopy is still uneven. here's the lesson i learned about LST: branch angle matters far less than branch placement. Read more...
day one, already locked and loaded
day one, already locked and loaded Read more...
hemp cordage can build a beautiful plant. but there has to be a better way.
these are old photos. that's a plant at our old place in illinois — fabric pot on scrap plywood, branches spreading wide, doing its best. look closer at the second photo. that's a bamboo stake threaded through the grommets as an anchor point, with cordage and clips holding the branches down (not in photo, sorry). that was my system. that was a lot of growers' system. the problem isn't that growers are doing it wrong. the problem is the tools were never designed for this. hemp cord, wire ties, binder... Read more...
how to low stress train cannabis in a fabric pot (and why your wire ties are lame)
stop using wire ties. HempHooks LST clips anchor to fabric pot grommets, train branches progressively, and never damage stems. death to garden wire. 🪝 Read more...