TRAINING YOUR PLANTS
When you’re securing heavy
plants, or lots of them,
some special equipment
will make the arrangement
more functional.”
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Setting up a string trellis can be as simple as using basic
materials like PVC, metal conduit, twine, pipe cleaners and
eye hooks. When you’re securing heavy plants, or lots of
them, some special equipment will make the arrangement
more functional. Plant clips designed especially for string
trellising have small channels that grip the string securely,
and large diameters that provide support without the risk
of girdling or cutting plant stems. These accessories are
inexpensive and reusable. Once in place, they don’t slip and
can be repositioned easily without damaging plants.
Adjustable trellis hangers or roller hooks, sometimes called
yo-yos, are another handy tool. When dealing with long vines,
using an adjustable hanger makes it easier to create slack
in the line. This lowers the plant, making it lean or sag. It’s
a creative way around ceiling or light elevation limitations,
where the available vertical space won’t accommodate mature
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specimens. The idea is to grow plants as high as possible, and
then drop and lean them somewhat to exploit any unused
lateral space.
In a growroom environment, influences are often magnified
and the way one plant develops will have an impact on others
nearby. Effective cutting and training strategies do more
than produce better individual plants. They help create a
more efficient, productive and dynamic growroom.