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H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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For nothing but big tops, I trim all the shoots right at flip. I think for this one (only 4 main limbs) I'm good to let some extra growth build up.
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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@McFrosticles Since I only grow for me, I have the ability to experiment. One that I did was having a "V-8" manifold, pruned clean until flip, and another V-8 that I left some limbs on so it had a nice even canopy and looked like a SCROG. Both were in the same room, fed the same etc. When harvested cleaned and dried, both plants were within a 1/4oz of each other in yield. One had 8 big fat flowers, the other had 18-20 smaller, but also-dense flowers. Bothe smoked the same, tasted the same, etc. Only difference was the size of the 8 big ones.
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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Evenin'

My Northern Lights is officially done being messed with. For now ;)
I had a runt limb, and I wanted to re-top a limb to see what happens. Since I was doing that, and it was only a 4-top I left one extra sprout on the 2 others.
Everything has now leveled out and is growing evenly.
The blue arrow was the runt, the purple arrows are the limbs with a sprout, and the yellow are the topped ones.
So I now have either a 7-top, or a 5-top with 2 second stringers ;)

So my gardening notes from this is that yes, everything you leave on below the top detracts from top growth. This goes from veg to harvest. The thing I'm watching now is to see if the former runt now overtakes the others since it has been clean-pruned of all lower shoots.IMG_9073 - Copy.JPG
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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I guess my main interest in growing manifolds is that it is like bonsai, as much art as it is science. Also, plants that are not mainlined have the same traits - it is just more obvious on these because they grow quicker.

Example - this is a monster-cropped clone it initially had two main sprouts and they had a natural manifold shape, so I put her in a big pot and went with it.
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On this pic you can see the scars from all the shoots I ditched
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She's 102 days old now, 42 from flip, and it might as well have been a true manifold.
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Hempire828

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04F6E4F6-3CC5-4BC6-AFFD-C062AA311715.jpeg I’m going to veg these a bit more to let the branches reach the ring then separate the 8 sites and see what happens... I’m in a 3x3x6 can’t have too big of a :leaf:..

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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Hempire828 said:
View attachment 4331938 I’m going to veg these a bit more to let the branches reach the ring then separate the 8 sites and see what happens... I’m in a 3x3x6 can’t have too big of a :leaf:..

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
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It looks like you used nodes 2 and 3 on this limb, instead of 1 and 3. Did you take the bottom shoot off then top the upper one? That should be cool. I'm trying new stuff too, just to see what matters. That should definitely help keep the center open for light.Capture.JPG .
 
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Hempire828

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Yes I was thinking maybe I could totally feel the top up with colas and have zero small buds trying to come in... I just want fat medium length colas... I do think I got carried away with the defoliation of fan leaves.. should’ve left the lower outside big fan leaves
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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I do that too sometimes, especially if I am vegging for a while longer. I think from here on out it's more beneficial to remove shoots that you aren't keeping, but leave the fans on unless they shade stuff.
 
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McFrosticles

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H.A.F. said:
I guess my main interest in growing manifolds is that it is like bonsai, as much art as it is science. Also, plants that are not mainlined have the same traits - it is just more obvious on these because they grow quicker.

Example - this is a monster-cropped clone it initially had two main sprouts and they had a natural manifold shape, so I put her in a big pot and went with it.
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On this pic you can see the scars from all the shoots I ditched
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She's 102 days old now, 42 from flip, and it might as well have been a true manifold.
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Nice plant! Whats your method for monstercropping? Which week in flower, how do you root?
 
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McFrosticles

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H.A.F. said:
I just took clones in week 3 of flower and followed the directions like a regular clone. It just takes longer than a regular clone, and I don't think it's worth the time...​
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Ok thanks. A bit off topic but if you were to take cuttings from the moster cropped plant, will those be like regular cuttings as the plant is now in veg, or are the genetics now so that everything will have crazy growth? I have 7 plants from seed atm with 1 being a strong winner, would like to save the genetics but those bushes seem like a lot of hassle to upkeep lol, maybe for another thread but would appreciate your input
 
H.A.F.

H.A.F.

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McFrosticles said:
Ok thanks. A bit off topic but if you were to take cuttings from the moster cropped plant, will those be like regular cuttings as the plant is now in veg, or are the genetics now so that everything will have crazy growth? I have 7 plants from seed atm with 1 being a strong winner, would like to save the genetics but those bushes seem like a lot of hassle to upkeep lol, maybe for another thread but would appreciate your input
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The flower clones take a long time because they have to revert to veg again, then when ready back to flower. I would take clones before you flip.
 
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