Mainlining - Grow 3

[sunny747]

Nothing new.. They're just vegging in my tent. Foliage is filling back in..

 

[sunny747]

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This is the Blue Shark CBD. I like the genetics of this way better than the CBD Critical Cure. This looks much more indica to me. What is your take? The Critical Cure definitely looks sativa.

These plants are finally vegging now that I quit messing with them.

 

[LokoTrashman]

nice looking girls there man
The plant in the image I think its a hybrid, the leaves on an indica would be thicker, some overlapping each other, I would think so.
I also got my plant to sprout a few days ago, hope I have time enough to mainline at least 4 main colas, since I recently found out that outdoors plants can start flowering under 14/10, so that leaves me with 4 maybe 5 weeks time to grow my girl and do some training on her

 

[sunny747]

Just an update. Not much going on. This is turning out to be the longest veg in history Seems like about two months of training. Getting taller. I would kick it into flower, but I have an autoflower going too and it needs the hours of light. I did some cleanup work on the bottom. This girl is very bushy and lush. I also added a ring to spread her out. The coat hangers could no longer keep her in line.

 

[jacksthc]

Just an update. Not much going on. This is turning out to be the longest veg in history Seems like about two months of training. Getting taller. I would kick it into flower, but I have an autoflower going too and it needs the hours of light. I did some cleanup work on the bottom. This girl is very bushy and lush. I also added a ring to spread her out. The coat hangers could no longer keep her in line.View attachment 3231656

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Mainline gives you a good Ideal, how to lst, top and trim leaves to get some good results

I would never mainline my plants as I understand how the plant will reacted

next grow u can try topping , lst and remove less leaves at the right time and get the same results in 5weeks

only problem you have now Is you should be in flower a week ago, you can't keep her in veg

 

[sunny747]

Mainline gives you a good Ideal, how to lst, top and trim leaves to get some good results

I would never mainline my plants as I understand how the plant will reacted

next grow u can try topping , lst and remove less leaves at the right time and get the same results in 5weeks

only problem you have now Is you should be in flower a week ago, you can't keep her in veg

yes, I wouldn't try this again. I have had similar results with LST. What catches my attention and scares me a bit is that you say I can't keep her in veg. I have been wondering about this. What happens if I keep her in veg?

 

[jacksthc]

The shoots will keep growing and the cage will no longer support the buds, you need to use bamboo to hold the shoots/buds in place
and they will get very high, so you could run out of height

if you have the light, time and space I can show you how to double the yield from this plant (only because I make the extra veg time productive )

 

[sunny747]

The shoots will keep growing and the cage will no longer support the buds, you need to use bamboo to hold the shoots/buds in place
and they will get very high, so you could run out of height

if you have the light, time and space I can show you how to double the yield from this plant (only because I make the extra veg time productive )

Yea, that'd be awesome! All I have is time.

 

[cottee]

Ok, now what do I do? Wait a few more days then tie the stems to the lower ring? Are the shoots supposed to grow on the outside of the ring or the inside? I'm thinking outside..
Also, when should I flip the lights? How big should I let them get? I don't want them too massive.
One more thing.. This is the seedling.. She has 8 strong shoots and a few coming out of the intersection of the "Y" where she was fimmed. these inner shoots are weak looking. Should I cut them off?View attachment 3204813

Were du get them rings from dude

 

[sunny747]

Were du get them rings from dude

Any home depot sells the rings. They sell tomoto cages, but I found them difficult to cut to suit my needs. This is just a coat hanger that I bent into a circle. it doesn't support the plant at all it just creates space in the center to allow more light in.

 

[sunny747]

Okay.. 8/25. I put my remaining plant into 36 hours of dark and set the lights to 13 light/12 dark today. Looking forward to the stretch. She looks very lush and healthy. She hasn't been growing much for the past week. She's probably maxed out for veg growth.

 

[HockeyBeard]

Ok.. I just Edward Scissorhandsed them.. Now I can see what's going on again.. I cut them down to 8 distinct shoots and removed the million small shoots below the tops and most of the fan leaves.
Now I have a nice big bag of green leaves.. I'm thinking I'll use them in my green smoothies.. Any thoughts on that? I see people juicing the leaves.. Any way, here they are.. The second one is the seedling.. I think I might not try this with a clone again. Just makes it a little more confusing, but then again I saved $15 on a seed.

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Just showed up to the party, think I'll stick around a bit!

I too hear great things about juicing the leaves. I think you need a masticating juicer to get the best mileage out of the leaves.

 

[sunny747]

Just showed up to the party, think I'll stick around a bit!

I too hear great things about juicing the leaves. I think you need a masticating juicer to get the best mileage out of the leaves.

I was reading about it.. The leaves need to be from maturing/flowering plants... I made a smoothie from popcorn buds and leaf from my last harvest. It was fine. I probably drank it a few times. Didn't notice any benefit.

 

[HockeyBeard]

That's probably one of those things you need to do regularly, and the health benefits aren't really going to be really really pronounced at first. You know, like working out...

 

[sunny747]

WE HAVE PISTILS! About ten days into flower now since I flipped the lights. I had to supercrop one side of the plant because oddly one side shot up while the other side didn't. Even though I always rotate. She looks good though. Healthy and very bushy. Even though I put the ring in the center to keep her spread out she has filled all the way back in.

I'll post pics next week.

 

[sunny747]

She got pretty stressed since I was away and she didn't get enough water. A lot of the lower leaves were dried out and falling off. The canopy still looks good though. I'm sure she'll be fine.

 

[Eazy1]

Looks good ! . I'm mainlining 4 plants in a aeroponic system . Veg time is painfull. Iv just gone for 4 colas a plant . Do u think you can get the same results as 8 tops as I have 4 plants giving me 16 tops in total ?

 

[sunny747]

Looks good ! . I'm mainlining 4 plants in a aeroponic system . Veg time is painfull. Iv just gone for 4 colas a plant . Do u think you can get the same results as 8 tops as I have 4 plants giving me 16 tops in total ?

Hahha.. Someone who shares my pain I think plants yield what they are going to yield for the most part, but the mainlining makes for nice coverage. Plus it's kind of fun to experiment.

I think it depends on the light and space you have. I went for 8 since I use 2 150 w HPS. I don't get deep penetration. What's interesting is, if you look at my last pic I have 8 large, tall colas around the outside and several small branches now coming up the middle. You may end up with 4 outer colas and more in the center.

What I like about multiple topping or mainlining is being able to place a ring in the center to widen her out and allow light to penetrate the center. I just added another ring. (It's really just a coat hanger bent into a circle).

I think 4 will suffice if you get good penetration.

Post a pic if you can. I'd love to see it.

 

[Eazy1]

My cameras fucked . Il try borrow one later . Have U tried the uncle bens method for 4 colas it seems so much quicker and less stress with just as good results ?

 

[Eazy1]