nts from growing excessively tall and involves taking the growth shoot’s top center.
Procedure to Follow
Remove the center of the growing shoot, leaving a few centimeters or a quarter-inch of stalk above the top branch line. This is important since a new development spot has been developed, and instead of the previous stalks, a new point will branch out into several stalks.
Method 2: Low-Stress Training (LST)
LST is outstanding for its simplicity. The plant is trained in a slow, low-stress manner once it reaches a height of 6 inches. You do not have to use any tools or implement any drastic measures to achieve the desired results.
How to Perform LST?
What you need are your hands and a few minutes each day. All you have to do is bend, push, turn, weave, fit, clamp, twist, or tie the stem of your plant to train it into a certain shape.This is an important step if you’re growing multiple plants in the same pot.
Right Amount of Pressure is the Key
The trick with LST is to avoid hurting roots and stems but still influencing their growth patterns without providing too much pressure on them. You can do this by tying thick twists onto the stem without cutting into it.
If you have a large container or pot, you may lay down about 2 inches of the plant’s stem. This method encourages more bud sites to develop on the plant than if you had not trained it with low stress.
Method 3: Fimming
Fimming is also known as pinching, nipping, and occasions removal of the apical meristem (new growth at nodes). The apical meristems are the areas of new growth on lateral branches.
These buds will develop in a similar way to how they were formed on the main stem. But instead of one new shoot, you will have two shoots that share one node or stem.
Fimming V/S Topping
Topping and fimming are both accomplished in the same manner. To fim, you must follow the path of topping. To carry out fimming, however, you must go via the process of topping. Instead of chopping off the new growth shoot, though, you instead chop halfway down the stem and slice from there.
Fimming is Better
It has an advantage over topping in that it provides less stress to the plants and allows them to recuperate faster than when the topping is utilized. Fimming stimulates the plant’s lowest nodes to grow more.
Method 4: Branch Grafting
Branch grafting is another easy method of preventing plants from growing excessively tall. This means joining together two plants with different characteristics except for their heights. It’s also called Tip Grafting.
Things You Need
- To branch graft two plants together, you will need a knife for cutting the stem and long tweezers.
It’s best to use at least three nodes of vegetative growth of both plants involved in the process. The vegetative part is the new healthy stems that have not yet flowered or set their buds on them.
The branches must be the same thickness. If they are not, you should consider doing something else because your success rate will decrease substantially. The stem of both plants involved in this process must also be cut to flat on the surface.
Procedure to Follow
Step 1: Sanitize your Tools
Before you start, make sure to fully clean all tools used with rubbing alcohol or even peroxide. Not only will this help you to prevent the spread of diseases, but it will also create a clean environment that is free from any debris or other contaminants that might affect your graft.
Step 2: Cut the Tops
Cut off the top part of both plants using the knife, and your tweezers should be ready with their lock properly in place. Place one plant on top of the other so that they are perpendicular to one another.
Step 3: Secure and Clamp Them
Secure both plants by winding nylon thread around them to keep them together while the grafting is underway. Once you have done all this, pair your plants with rubber bands and make sure they are still clamped tightly together to form new pathways for nutrients.
Method 5: Keep Lights Closer to The Plants
Plants naturally grow towards sources of light. If you don’t do anything about it, they will grow taller and ta