Mainlining help!!!

Pkeh · Mar 22, 2016

Hello everyone I just joined your forums to further my knowledge in cultivating medical marijuana. I have grown before from seed but I got my hand on a clone and I need some help, shes growing beautifully in my DWC I just have a question I wanted to try mainlining as I got 10 clones for free and wanted to try it on one but I'm having difficulties on locating where? Since it's not symmetrical I'm a little confused and would love some guidance / advice since I will be doing a journal which I will be updating weekly starting this Friday

Here are pictures of anyone can help out I'd greatly appreciate. If possible to copy my photo and drawn on it where I should be cutting and what I should leave ect thanks

Gary Goodson · Mar 22, 2016

You need to top it 1st. Then just bend at an even point to make the T, like this

moonstar45 · Mar 22, 2016

is it still advisable to mainline a clone? aren't the internodes already alternating at this point?

Gary Goodson · Mar 22, 2016

moonstar45 said:
is it still advisable to mainline a clone? aren't the internodes already alternating at this point?

Yes, look at the pic I posted. That plant had alternating nodes. You just bend them at the same spot.

Pkeh · Mar 22, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
You need to top it 1st. Then just bend at an even point to make the T, like this

Thank you so top at the red? And clean other growth aka blue lines cut that to?

Gary Goodson · Mar 22, 2016

Cut/top at the red line. Then the 2 blue arrows will become your tops. Trim the X's

Pkeh · Mar 22, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
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Cut/top at the red line. Then the 2 blue arrows will become your tops. Trim the X's

Thank you so much, should I wait or do it now? Cause I know it should have a decent rootball before I can show a pic and you can tell me?

hellmutt bones · Mar 22, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
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Cut/top at the red line. Then the 2 blue arrows will become your tops. Trim the X's

Actually because it is a clone i would cut at the first black x from the top. Just my 2 cents

Pkeh · Mar 22, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
Actually because it is a clone i would cut at the first black x from the top. Just my 2 cents

Why is that ?

hellmutt bones · Mar 23, 2016

Pkeh said:
Why is that ?

The seed that grows into a plant thave the perfect structure to create the Y effect that you want in a plant that is ready to be mainlined.

and then theres a clone where the Y effect is harder to replicate be cause its a clone the internodes are not equal in proximity to each other. Thus making it harder to mainlining.

i would also cut ur plat where see the white line.

Pkeh · Mar 23, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
The seed that grows into a plant thave the perfect structure to create the Y effect that you want in a plant that is ready to be mainlined. View attachment 3638995and then theres a clone where the Y effect is harder to replicate be cause its a clone the internodes are not equal in proximity to each other. Thus making it harder to mainlining.View attachment 3638996i would also cut ur plat where see the white line.

When should I top the root ball is this big, would it be ok to do now? Also you're saying cut off at the white line leave the 2 shoots below it and then as it grows I'll have to pinch and bend to slow growth to the upper shoot to allow lower shoot to catch up in dominance?

Gary Goodson · Mar 23, 2016

The way hellmut bones does it will mean you have to waste a lot of time and plant material. The way I showed you, you don't have to waste any time/growth. It's fine, I guess, if you don't mind cutting half your plant off. How long do you think this took to grow?

Do you see all that wasted growth you'd be cutting off? I'd have to argue that my way is more efficient. Top it now, clean out the lower growth, and train the 2 new shoots as the grow. They don't need to be big Y lateral branches before you start training.

rob333 · Mar 23, 2016

Pkeh said:
Hello everyone I just joined your forums to further my knowledge in cultivating medical marijuana. I have grown before from seed but I got my hand on a clone and I need some help, shes growing beautifully in my DWC I just have a question I wanted to try mainlining as I got 10 clones for free and wanted to try it on one but I'm having difficulties on locating where? Since it's not symmetrical I'm a little confused and would love some guidance / advice since I will be doing a journal which I will be updating weekly starting this Friday

Here are pictures of anyone can help out I'd greatly appreciate. If possible to copy my photo and drawn on it where I should be cutting and what I should leave ect thanks

View attachment 3638766

im over cutting i just pull the tip out for a better result

hellmutt bones · Mar 23, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
The way hellmut bones does it will mean you have to waste a lot of time and plant material. The way I showed you, you don't have to waste any time/growth. It's fine, I guess, if you don't mind cutting half your plant off. How long do you think this took to grow?
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Do you see all that wasted growth you'd be cutting off? I'd have to argue that my way is more efficient. Top it now, clean out the lower growth, and train the 2 new shoots as the grow. They don't need to be big Y lateral branches before you start training.

Well you want to force the plant to force itself to grow more shoots, and more branching while keeping the plant short.
Imagin maine lining with one or two gigant branches and then having 5-6 smaller ones. U want all of them the same height.

Gary Goodson · Mar 23, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
Well you want to force the plant to force itself to grow more shoots, and more branching while keeping the plant short.
Imagin maine lining with one or two gigant branches and then having 5-6 smaller ones. U want all of them the same height.

I dont know what that has to do with letting a plant grow to 2ft tall just to cut it in half. You can top it young and train the 2 new shoots as they grow and still end up with a T, even if its already alternating. Im saying I would get the mainlining process started now so he wont have to cut all that much off his plant.

hellmutt bones · Mar 23, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
I dont know what that has to do with letting a plant grow to 2ft tall just to cut it in half. You can top it young and train the 2 new shoots as they grow and still end up with a T, even if its already alternating. Im saying I would get the mainlining process started now so he wont have to cut all that much off his plant.

Bro his plant is like 6inches! This is the best time to top. If ur gonna top do it right. Top right where i showed you and ur gonna keep it short and bushy the way Gary told you will still have a main stem.
That main stem has to be cut out all together to induce more branching to be able to mai line.
Like this here

Pkeh · Mar 23, 2016

Gary Goodson said:
The way hellmut bones does it will mean you have to waste a lot of time and plant material. The way I showed you, you don't have to waste any time/growth. It's fine, I guess, if you don't mind cutting half your plant off. How long do you think this took to grow?
View attachment 3639138
Do you see all that wasted growth you'd be cutting off? I'd have to argue that my way is more efficient. Top it now, clean out the lower growth, and train the 2 new shoots as the grow. They don't need to be big Y lateral branches before you start training.

hellmutt bones said:
Well you want to force the plant to force itself to grow more shoots, and more branching while keeping the plant short.
Imagin maine lining with one or two gigant branches and then having 5-6 smaller ones. U want all of them the same height.

There's no wrong answer I just want what would be more efficient and to answer probably 5-6 weeks growth my clone has been in for a week Friday and cut maybe 2-3 weeks ago

Pkeh · Mar 23, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
Bro his plant is like 6inches! This is the best time to top. If ur gonna top do it right. Top right where i showed you and ur gonna keep it short and bushy the way Gary told you will still have a main stem.
That main stem has to be cut out all together to induce more branching to be able to mai line.
Like this hereView attachment 3639247

Alright topping tonight I'll post pic at 8pm

Pkeh · Mar 23, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
The seed that grows into a plant thave the perfect structure to create the Y effect that you want in a plant that is ready to be mainlined. View attachment 3638995and then theres a clone where the Y effect is harder to replicate be cause its a clone the internodes are not equal in proximity to each other. Thus making it harder to mainlining.View attachment 3638996i would also cut ur plat where see the white line.

So cut the white line and cut blue lines what is red line indicating

Gary Goodson · Mar 23, 2016

hellmutt bones said:
Bro his plant is like 6inches! This is the best time to top. If ur gonna top do it right. Top right where i showed you and ur gonna keep it short and bushy the way Gary told you will still have a main stem.
That main stem has to be cut out all together to induce more branching to be able to mai line.
Like this hereView attachment 3639247

I prefer to have some room underneath the plant. It'll still branch out just fine.

^2 wks into flower

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