1st time "Manifolding"

RottieLvr

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Merton said:
Those are looking good, for sure! I just have two questions for you, have you taken into account the flowering stretch for your grow space? Also, how long did you veg them for while mainlining them?[/QUOTE
Hey thanks. Yea, I always take grow height into consideration, but I don't worry about it since my tent goes all the way to the ceiling and I have about six feet of vertical grow space. If need be, I'd just tie down the stems. These ladies veg'd for eight weeks, and they are now on day eleven since being flipped. ;)
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Nice! Yeah, I was just checking out some other first time mainlining results since I am in the same boat as you are. I vegged mine for 9.5 weeks, then they hit the two week mark yesterday. The stretch really caught me off guard a bit, and hope they stop stretching soon! Anyway, nice work man! I'll have to keep an eye on your thread too!
 
RottieLvr

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Merton said:
Nice! Yeah, I was just checking out some other first time mainlining results since I am in the same boat as you are. I vegged mine for 9.5 weeks, then they hit the two week mark yesterday. The stretch really caught me off guard a bit, and hope they stop stretching soon! Anyway, nice work man! I'll have to keep an eye on your thread too!
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I'm not sure what your growing, but I believe the stretch I'm getting with my Northern Lights is due to genetics. Northern Lights is a pure Indica, but it tends to grow to 4-5 feet tall, and the leaves are long and skinny like a Sativa. When I first started growing NL I was afraid the seed bank send me the wrong seeds, but after reading about the strain I was relieved to find out it's just in the genetics. I'm not sure what the third plant I have growing is, but you can see it's taken on more of a bushy appearance. All three plants in the picture are Indica dominant strains. lol
 
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Yeah, I've got some Girl Scout Cookie seeds. There are some pretty good details, and pictures on my thread...you should check it out!
 
RottieLvr

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PerfectGrower said:
I find pruning techniques to be quite fascinating :)

I'm watching!
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Then you'll like this. I ended up supercropping my two northern lights plants that were flipped to 12/12 eighteen days ago. I supercropped six of the eight stems on #1 and one stem on #2 as seen in the background of the first three pics. I tried tying the branches down on NL plant #1, but I would have needed the whole tent for the one plant. Most of the main bud sites are about level with each other now. I believe the third plant in the fourth pic to be moby dick, but I can't be certain. I know her eight main colas are really looking nice. Notice in the last pic how the bud sites are standing back up already, only a couple hours later. Anyway, we have a long way to go.
 

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My two NL and one MD ladies have been in 12/12 cycle for five weeks now. The MD is thriving, but the NL had dismal bud growth. I chopped the NL so I could move the MD directly under the lamp to get the best bud growth. The NL showed very little bud development and I believe their growth was stunted. I think I'll leave the "mainlining to the pros and just grow some weed next time lol.
 

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Kevin the Great

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RottieLvr said:
My two NL and one MD ladies have been in 12/12 cycle for five weeks now. The MD is thriving, but the NL had dismal bud growth. I chopped the NL so I could move the MD directly under the lamp to get the best bud growth. The NL showed very little bud development and I believe their growth was stunted. I think I'll leave the "mainlining to the pros and just grow some weed next time lol.
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Dude, no offense, but what the fuck is going on in there? That's the lankiest skinniest plants I've ever seen.
What's the light you are using and how big is your tent? How big are the pots and what soil are you using?
Sorry if this is in the thread already, but it looks like you could use a little help.
 
RottieLvr

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Kevin the Great said:
Dude, no offense, but what the fuck is going on in there? That's the lankiest skinniest plants I've ever seen.
What's the light you are using and how big is your tent? How big are the pots and what soil are you using?
Sorry if this is in the thread already, but it looks like you could use a little help.
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Northern lights grown in a 4x4 tent with a 600 watt Hortilux Blue bulb. They were germ'd in fox farm light warrior and veg'd in fox farm ocean forest soil in 3 gallon pots. You can read what I did to them earlier in the thread. I should have kept training them to keep all the growth tips the same height, but I left them go and they just went crazy.
I should add they are fed 1/2 tsp. Jacks Bloom every other watering, and all three plants seem to like that cycle. I think I could have fed the #1 NL plant a bit more, but I didn't want to burn her. Another thing I was thinking about was genetics. These are northern lights, which are "indica dominate" but usually grow long skinny leaves and tend to grow taller, sometimes 4 to 5 feet. Anyhoo, that considered, and the fact that I stressed the fuck out of them may have contributed to their demise? I believe the last straw was when I supercropped a few of the main growth tips to level out the canopy about a week into flower. Oops. All in learning, but a tragic loss for my mind, body, and soul. ;(
 
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The small stuff on the bottom and inside. You'll see what I mean after harvest... the inside leaves could be thinned, it's dark in there and the airflow is almost nonexistent. Open it up a little. A little, you can always take another leaf later if you need to. I do not advise taking any more than you need to...
 
RottieLvr

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Kevin the Great said:
The small stuff on the bottom and inside. You'll see what I mean after harvest... the inside leaves could be thinned, it's dark in there and the airflow is almost nonexistent. Open it up a little. A little, you can always take another leaf later if you need to. I do not advise taking any more than you need to...
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Ok, yea, that's what I thought you meant. Just wanted to make sure I understood what you were saying. That lower stuff is a pain in the ass at harvest time lol
 
HockeyBeard

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RottieLvr said:
Ok, yea, that's what I thought you meant. Just wanted to make sure I understood what you were saying. That lower stuff is a pain in the ass at harvest time lol
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One of my mainlined branches from a Grape Stomper OG. It's my favorite training technique. Be very prudent and merciless when cleaning up undergrowth. With this technique and my side lights, I had a very minimal amount of annoying lowers that didn't do much.

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HockeyBeard said:
Sneak peek of my next run coming - 8 mainlined plants
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Very nice. Looks like all the same strain in 5 gallon pots? What size tent are they in and what you using for lighting. I'm planning my next grow now. I have 6 regular white widow seeds that will eventually end up in 2 gallon pots in my 4x4 tent. Or, I may pick up a few more 3 gallon smart pots? I'm just anticipating a couple being male, so I'd like to have a full tent this grow. This past grow, that you can read about above, didn't turn out quite as expected. Nice looking plants!
 
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