Mainlining - Grow 3
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sunny747
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Not much of a heavy yield so far. A bit disappointing, but I still have 30-40 days left.
The smell, like the other CBD I grew is very piney. Like turpentine.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS! I want two ounces out of this lady that I have been nurturing for about 4 months!
In a week I'll be able to move my other 150w above her so she'll have 300w hps all to herself.
I do love the pics from the top though. Mainlining is very cool.
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The smell, like the other CBD I grew is very piney. Like turpentine.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS! I want two ounces out of this lady that I have been nurturing for about 4 months!
In a week I'll be able to move my other 150w above her so she'll have 300w hps all to herself.I do love the pics from the top though. Mainlining is very cool.
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sunny747
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I had a ton of small popcorn buds growing and 8 decent looking colas which was the goal so I chopped the heck out of the bottom of this plant. I see potential for the 8 colas to fatten up, but so far it's not happening. The pic looks like this plant will throw down several ounces, but so far I'm looking at about an ounce I think. I'm praying to the MJ Gods to fatten her up.
The trichomes do look awesome however. These CBD plants are very very resinous and smells very fruity. I smoked some of the harvested popcorn buds. Not sure I felt much. I'm sure it's way too early.
The trichomes do look awesome however. These CBD plants are very very resinous and smells very fruity. I smoked some of the harvested popcorn buds. Not sure I felt much. I'm sure it's way too early.
Dexter McPherson
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Nice work buddy, how much did she yield in the end?
I'm also main lining my girls and they are progressing nicely..
I'm also main lining my girls and they are progressing nicely..
sunny747
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Thanks so much. Yea, the shape is really cool. She is not finished yet. Not a real big yielder I think. She has 300 w of hps on her and good soil condition etc, but I'm not seeing the weight I'd like. (Everything looks bigger on camera
....She is real sugary and resiny though. One mistake that I made was cutting off all of the center buds. The ones that are left are actually turning out to be nice little nugs around 3 grams or so. I was just trying to fatten up the mains.
I might try this again with a more stable strain. I can never get enough of quality Indica. I just ordered Super Skunk and NL x Big Bud.
Post us a pic when your girls get going..
MonkeyGrinder
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The center buds?
Dexter McPherson
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Thought she was already done, didnt notice the dates
You can shape the girls into anything with main-lining, thats one of the reasons why I do it..
The other is the the food distribution in the plant that you manipulate with main-lining and thats how you get serious yields
I trimed everything besides eight main colas this time as you should cause I left some last time and they didn't get even..
Main-lining is gonna get you the best yield indors but proportional to your light wattage, and the strain is important..
You should do great with NLxBB, it's highly recommended for its dominant main cola
Meet the girls..
You can shape the girls into anything with main-lining, thats one of the reasons why I do it..
The other is the the food distribution in the plant that you manipulate with main-lining and thats how you get serious yields
I trimed everything besides eight main colas this time as you should cause I left some last time and they didn't get even..
Main-lining is gonna get you the best yield indors but proportional to your light wattage, and the strain is important..
You should do great with NLxBB, it's highly recommended for its dominant main cola
Meet the girls..
sunny747
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Nice! I love the pics from the top on a mainlined plant. So cool.Thought she was already done, didnt notice the dates
You can shape the girls into anything with main-lining, thats one of the reasons why I do it..
The other is the the food distribution in the plant that you manipulate with main-lining and thats how you get serious yields
I trimed everything besides eight main colas this time as you should cause I left some last time and they didn't get even..
Main-lining is gonna get you the best yield indors but proportional to your light wattage, and the strain is important..
You should do great with NLxBB, it's highly recommended for its dominant main cola
Meet the girls..
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So you do strip off everything but the main colas like I tried? Branches from lower on the 8 branches will rise up and fill in the center, but that seems to take a lot of energy. I couldn't tell if this was beneficial or not. I did this around 30 days into flowering, maybe too late.
You think it's a good technique for the nl x bb? I was planning on just letting the dominant cola do it's thing. No LST or anything. If you think it will improve yield I'll do an experiment and mainline one and run one regular without any training.
Looking at this pic I think.. Jesus, that's a monster! It's really not. I may get 2.5 ounces. but it tells that when I'm looking at other people's pics to understand that the camera can be deceiving and that my plants are doing just fine. "Cola envy"
Dexter McPherson
Member
Here is NL mainlined
Two plants, 300gm each under 600w..
You have to do all the topping and training in vegging and if you time it right it will add only 5 days per step so two weeks in total..
My bigger girl vegging is six weeks from seed..
Two plants, 300gm each under 600w..
You have to do all the topping and training in vegging and if you time it right it will add only 5 days per step so two weeks in total..
My bigger girl vegging is six weeks from seed..
sunny747
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Maybe I waited too long to top each step of the way. I liked to see significant growth on each shoot so they were long enough to tie down. It took me forever to vegHere is NL mainlined
Two plants, 300gm each under 600w..
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You have to do all the topping and training in vegging and if you time it right it will add only 5 days per step so two weeks in total..
My bigger girl vegging is six weeks from seed..
Maybe i could just top, top, top as soon as possible then let the shoots grow a bit, then tie down or train... They'll still be soft enough to work with.
Dexter McPherson
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Your girls look realy healthy mate so they must be enjoying their grow space and that is the most important thing because we torture them alot
I would only suggest to switch to bigger pots since you grow in soil and they recover slower than hydro or coco, go for 6 or 7 gal for best results..
I'm in coco-perlite and 4 gal autopots and am also switching to 6.6 gal xl pots for flowering but will keep the 4 gal for vegging to speed it up..
You have an amazing main-lining thread here by Nugbuckets that I learned from..
Couple of things that work well for me..
Wait for six nodes to develope before first topping..
I top the girls each time in the evening hours, about an hour before lights off so they can recover during the night, it speeds things up..
If your new colas are not big enough leave all te fan leaves for a day or two but be sure to remove all the possible bud sites except the top ones, it will direct all the juices only to them..
After each topping give them 3-5 days to recover, if they are healthy it will be enough time..
Don't point a fan directly to them it slows down the recovery..
I hope it helps a bit mate
Stay green
Dex
All the stupid things that have been written and posted on this forum by me are pure fabrication of my imagination..
I would only suggest to switch to bigger pots since you grow in soil and they recover slower than hydro or coco, go for 6 or 7 gal for best results..
I'm in coco-perlite and 4 gal autopots and am also switching to 6.6 gal xl pots for flowering but will keep the 4 gal for vegging to speed it up..
You have an amazing main-lining thread here by Nugbuckets that I learned from..
Couple of things that work well for me..
Wait for six nodes to develope before first topping..
I top the girls each time in the evening hours, about an hour before lights off so they can recover during the night, it speeds things up..
If your new colas are not big enough leave all te fan leaves for a day or two but be sure to remove all the possible bud sites except the top ones, it will direct all the juices only to them..
After each topping give them 3-5 days to recover, if they are healthy it will be enough time..
Don't point a fan directly to them it slows down the recovery..
I hope it helps a bit mate
Stay green
Dex
All the stupid things that have been written and posted on this forum by me are pure fabrication of my imagination..
sunny747
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Your girls look realy healthy mate so they must be enjoying their grow space and that is the most important thing because we torture them alot
I would only suggest to switch to bigger pots since you grow in soil and they recover slower than hydro or coco, go for 6 or 7 gal for best results..
I'm in coco-perlite and 4 gal autopots and am also switching to 6.6 gal xl pots for flowering but will keep the 4 gal for vegging to speed it up..
You have an amazing main-lining thread here by Nugbuckets that I learned from..
Couple of things that work well for me..
Wait for six nodes to develope before first topping..
I top the girls each time in the evening hours, about an hour before lights off so they can recover during the night, it speeds things up..
If your new colas are not big enough leave all te fan leaves for a day or two but be sure to remove all the possible bud sites except the top ones, it will direct all the juices only to them..
After each topping give them 3-5 days to recover, if they are healthy it will be enough time..
Don't point a fan directly to them it slows down the recovery..
I hope it helps a bit mate
Stay green
Dex
All the stupid things that have been written and posted on this forum by me are pure fabrication of my imagination..
Excellent tips.. Thank you. It seems like I could definitely improve upon the process some.
sunny747
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I always like to make a final report and finish up a grow log. Here she is Barneys CBD Blue Shark. Fox Farms. 300 w of HPS. 3 gallon pot mainlined.
I like the smoke, Terpines are decent. I need to sample a little more to speak of the effects. So far I feel it's surprisingly potent for 6% THC Strain.
Colas were very heavy. Had to tie them up near the end. 68 days in flower.
I like the smoke, Terpines are decent. I need to sample a little more to speak of the effects. So far I feel it's surprisingly potent for 6% THC Strain.
Colas were very heavy. Had to tie them up near the end. 68 days in flower.
Dexter McPherson
Member
Nice timing on the harvest mate
Spot on..
Spot on..
sunny747
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Alright, Here is the smoke report.
I rolled a joint and it burned really poorly. I figure the medicine is just too wet still. I ground some bud and let it sit out for a while then packed a bowl. That burned better.
I was able to smoke the crap out of this bud and not get too high. This sounds like a bad thing, but it's really not. Most people I know don't want to get super medicated. I had almost no mental high, just a nice relaxed, but alert feeling. I've renamed this bud "70's show" because it reminds me of 70's weed. It's exactly what I was shooting for.
At a supposed 6% THC and 6% CBD I give this strain a thumbs up for medical and recreational use. People with high tolerance won't dig it too much though.
I rolled a joint and it burned really poorly. I figure the medicine is just too wet still. I ground some bud and let it sit out for a while then packed a bowl. That burned better.
I was able to smoke the crap out of this bud and not get too high. This sounds like a bad thing, but it's really not. Most people I know don't want to get super medicated. I had almost no mental high, just a nice relaxed, but alert feeling. I've renamed this bud "70's show" because it reminds me of 70's weed. It's exactly what I was shooting for.
At a supposed 6% THC and 6% CBD I give this strain a thumbs up for medical and recreational use. People with high tolerance won't dig it too much though.