Contributed By: C-Note
So you
want to Scrog but have no clones? Limited on space with
that sneaky cabinet grow? Well don?t stress out!
The benefits of Paperclip training are:
1) More light reaching the centre of the plant
2) Shoots grow vertically off the stems
3)
Controls the over all height
4) Stimulates stem
growth by bending the stems (stress's the inner herd,
causing it to grow stronger and bigger)
5) Increase
in overall yield
This process starts early in
plant development. Begin training when you have either
FIM, pinched, or topped your plants. I firmly believe in
FIMming and have had excellent success doing so. But the
first step is to get paper clips that have plastic
coatings. You do not want to get ones that are silver as
they create hot spots and will hamper growth. Bend them
straight out -- they will be about 3? in length. You
then bend the first inch into a hook so you have what
resembles a walking cane, but with a paper clip. You
then proceed to bend the stems down parallel with the
medium. You should end up with a ?T? when you?re done.
You?re going to continue to train the stems parallel
with the medium until you want to begin flowering.
