The Main-Lining Thread
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Sparehead
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Meant to track these better but oh well. Haven't mainlined in quite a while but after dealing with sloppy ass plants the last few rounds I decided it was time to get serious. Hate trimming larfy shit. First pic is my last grow...Im pretty ashamed of it...very lazy on that last one. Next pics are the three I have rocking now
gr865
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Update, week 8 day 56 of 12/12
All is well here at Casa GR8's! The ladies and their clones are all doing ok, have come out of their mutation period but the tips of BW 5 are stretching again. No light change, time change nute change, or love change, so unsure about it. I have contacted MNS with pics but have not heard back them yet.
On the two in the cabinet I have backed off the N, and am using .25 rate and tonights feeding will switch to .10 rate of N and at the same rate of P and K with next feeding and remain there till next week. I will then cut off all N, begin flush and use only pH'ed water until harvest on 4/20 @ 4:20 in the afternoon, after a bowl at 4:20 PM. And as usual on 4/20, I will wake up and do a bowl at 4:20 AM then go back to sleep.
Under the 400W HPS we have:
Black Widow 1
Black Widow 5, notice the spikes, they only started on 3/26 and have grown about three inches since then. I am thinking it's got to be related to the pH issues I had a few weeks ago. This is the thin cola plant but has begun to fatten up, I expect gr8 things over the next few weeks.
I have added two 18" T8 uvb's to the cabinet. Manually moving this light around the cabinet every two hour. I have the fixture about 12" from the plants.
I used them for my past LED grows and liked the results. I grew three grows using the uvb and two grows without the uvb, same strain on two of the grows one with the uvb and one without. Saw more trichs on the uvb plant and I believe it was just a bit better IMHO. I know it caused no harm so going to use it here.
Under the CLW SS400 LED in the bloom mode.
(4) BW 1's and (3) BW 5's
The Mothers of the above plants are under the T5's.
As of right now the one on the left (BW1) will be the keeper(?) .
That is based on growth rate, size and density of the cola. Final decision will be made after I cure and take some buds to the panel for a taste test. It will be a blind test because they are all blind.
Let's see how they do this next week!
GR
All is well here at Casa GR8's! The ladies and their clones are all doing ok, have come out of their mutation period but the tips of BW 5 are stretching again. No light change, time change nute change, or love change, so unsure about it. I have contacted MNS with pics but have not heard back them yet.
On the two in the cabinet I have backed off the N, and am using .25 rate and tonights feeding will switch to .10 rate of N and at the same rate of P and K with next feeding and remain there till next week. I will then cut off all N, begin flush and use only pH'ed water until harvest on 4/20 @ 4:20 in the afternoon, after a bowl at 4:20 PM. And as usual on 4/20, I will wake up and do a bowl at 4:20 AM then go back to sleep.
Under the 400W HPS we have:
Black Widow 1
Black Widow 5, notice the spikes, they only started on 3/26 and have grown about three inches since then. I am thinking it's got to be related to the pH issues I had a few weeks ago. This is the thin cola plant but has begun to fatten up, I expect gr8 things over the next few weeks.
I have added two 18" T8 uvb's to the cabinet. Manually moving this light around the cabinet every two hour. I have the fixture about 12" from the plants.
I used them for my past LED grows and liked the results. I grew three grows using the uvb and two grows without the uvb, same strain on two of the grows one with the uvb and one without. Saw more trichs on the uvb plant and I believe it was just a bit better IMHO. I know it caused no harm so going to use it here.
Under the CLW SS400 LED in the bloom mode.
(4) BW 1's and (3) BW 5's
The Mothers of the above plants are under the T5's.
As of right now the one on the left (BW1) will be the keeper(?) .
That is based on growth rate, size and density of the cola. Final decision will be made after I cure and take some buds to the panel for a taste test. It will be a blind test because they are all blind.
Let's see how they do this next week!
GR
Doogle1976
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gr865
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Update: MNS Black Widow
Week 9, 63 days of 12/12
Nutes have been cut off to both plants, now pH'ed water only using GH CaliMagic which is a 1-0-0 @ 3ml and one tsp of Epsom per gallon. I am out of rain water but expecting heavy rains starting tonight, that should fill my 300 gallons of containers.
As I stated prior, I will harvest BW1 on 4/20 but I am going to let BW5 go for another week or so. BW1 has plumped up nicely and lovely trichs, according to MSN this is the week the really put it on. BW5 is airy but beginning to thicken. They are both lovely plants, less my pH fuck up. Cola are all around 16" +/- and the fragrance is getting very nice.
Black Widow 1
Black Widow 5
In one of my last post, I stated I have been using two 18" T8 uvb's on BW1 for about the past 8 + days and will use it through harvest. Keeping it about 15 to 18 inches above the plant. BW5 has been getting some of that light but will be put under it after I harvest BW1. This is just complementary to the 400W HPS in the cabinet.
GR
Week 9, 63 days of 12/12
Nutes have been cut off to both plants, now pH'ed water only using GH CaliMagic which is a 1-0-0 @ 3ml and one tsp of Epsom per gallon. I am out of rain water but expecting heavy rains starting tonight, that should fill my 300 gallons of containers.
As I stated prior, I will harvest BW1 on 4/20 but I am going to let BW5 go for another week or so. BW1 has plumped up nicely and lovely trichs, according to MSN this is the week the really put it on. BW5 is airy but beginning to thicken. They are both lovely plants, less my pH fuck up. Cola are all around 16" +/- and the fragrance is getting very nice.
Black Widow 1
Black Widow 5
In one of my last post, I stated I have been using two 18" T8 uvb's on BW1 for about the past 8 + days and will use it through harvest. Keeping it about 15 to 18 inches above the plant. BW5 has been getting some of that light but will be put under it after I harvest BW1. This is just complementary to the 400W HPS in the cabinet.
GR
LetsGetCritical
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mns critical haze 16 mainline 9 weeks 12/12 today , needed a single stake and some heavy wire for support
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gr865
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mns critical haze 16 mainline 9 weeks 12/12 today , needed a single stake and some heavy wire for support
LGC,
Wow, impressive, I guess I need to give that Crit Haze a shot. Looks like two of those would work great in my cabinet.
Can you give me a shot of something in perspective so I can get a little better idea of the size of those ladies.
Thanks,
GR
MyLittleGrundle
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DAMM!!!!! That looks amazing. Great job.mns critical haze 16 mainline 9 weeks 12/12 today , needed a single stake and some heavy wire for support
LetsGetCritical
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thanks guys I will get a perspective shot later on 
gr865
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Day 70 of 12/12
Well, here we are near the end of this grow.
I will be harvesting BW1 on Monday 4/20 and BW2 a week or so later. Checked trichs, some lightly cloudy and a few with just a tiny dot of amber in the center of a few trichs. BW2 is still filling in and has mostly clear trichs.
I have started pre harvest trim, removed the fan leaves and any dead or dying leaves, will trim the rest on harvest day, with final trim after dried.
Fan leaves removed 4 days prior to harvest
These cola are all 12+"
"Sticky Fingers" Stones, came on my Jango station while I was pruning.
BW5, removed the dead and dying leaves, fans will be removed at some point next week. Nice buds but still a bit airy.
BW5
BW5 is a sativa strong pheno, hope the high is very sativa.
Will take some pics during the harvest of Black Widow 1 @ 4:20PM on 4/20/15. Lol just love it.
GR
Well, here we are near the end of this grow.
I will be harvesting BW1 on Monday 4/20 and BW2 a week or so later. Checked trichs, some lightly cloudy and a few with just a tiny dot of amber in the center of a few trichs. BW2 is still filling in and has mostly clear trichs.
I have started pre harvest trim, removed the fan leaves and any dead or dying leaves, will trim the rest on harvest day, with final trim after dried.
Fan leaves removed 4 days prior to harvest
These cola are all 12+"
"Sticky Fingers" Stones, came on my Jango station while I was pruning.
BW5, removed the dead and dying leaves, fans will be removed at some point next week. Nice buds but still a bit airy.
BW5
BW5 is a sativa strong pheno, hope the high is very sativa.
Will take some pics during the harvest of Black Widow 1 @ 4:20PM on 4/20/15. Lol just love it.
GR
gr865
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4/20/15, day 74 for Black Widow 1 and chop day @ 4:20 PM.
BW5 has the cabinet to itself for a short period of time then, she gets chopped and the clones get to move to the cabinet, and they are ready for that.
I started my trim a few days prior to harvest day. Dead or dying leaves first, select fan leaves when I open the cabinet to move the uvb light I will remove a few leaves at a time, then today I do about a 80% trim. I will do full trim prior to jarring.
@4:20PM I started the chop.
One bud prior to trim
After trim
Bud after trim
Hung in closet to start the drying process. Usually I cut the individual stems but this time I cut the whole plant at the base of the trunk and going to dry this way.
And what a great day it has been.
Peace out,
GR
BW5 has the cabinet to itself for a short period of time then, she gets chopped and the clones get to move to the cabinet, and they are ready for that.
I started my trim a few days prior to harvest day. Dead or dying leaves first, select fan leaves when I open the cabinet to move the uvb light I will remove a few leaves at a time, then today I do about a 80% trim. I will do full trim prior to jarring.
@4:20PM I started the chop.
One bud prior to trim
After trim
Bud after trim
Hung in closet to start the drying process. Usually I cut the individual stems but this time I cut the whole plant at the base of the trunk and going to dry this way.
And what a great day it has been.
Peace out,
GR
fishdeth
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Mmmmm finger hash !Day 70 of 12/12
Well, here we are near the end of this grow.
I will be harvesting BW1 on Monday 4/20 and BW2 a week or so later. Checked trichs, some lightly cloudy and a few with just a tiny dot of amber in the center of a few trichs. BW2 is still filling in and has mostly clear trichs.
I have started pre harvest trim, removed the fan leaves and any dead or dying leaves, will trim the rest on harvest day, with final trim after dried.
Fan leaves removed 4 days prior to harvest
These cola are all 12+"
"Sticky Fingers" Stones, came on my Jango station while I was pruning.
BW5, removed the dead and dying leaves, fans will be removed at some point next week. Nice buds but still a bit airy.
BW5
BW5 is a sativa strong pheno, hope the high is very sativa.
Will take some pics during the harvest of Black Widow 1 @ 4:20PM on 4/20/15. Lol just love it.
GR
LetsGetCritical
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pic taken at near 10 weeks 12/12 , she is half chopped down now
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gr865
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Week 11 day 77
Chopping on Sunday or Monday. She has thickened a little but going to be thin buds and low weight. Not sure of the smoke but disappointed the the grow over all, maybe my fault but should not of been this hard.
Anyway, here is a pic of BW5, having the room in the cabinet since BW1 is in the closet drying, I have bent and twisted her to get the best light she can for these last few days.
Here are a couple of pics of some of the other ladies.
The group of clones that is in the closet waiting to get into the cabinet.
Some clones I cut day before yesterday for a friend. Rooting them in straight coco.
They were taken from the mothers before I began to Bonsai them. I now have the mothers in 3 inch plastic nursery pots, straight coco. I will begin shaping the Bonsai's after they have recovered from the massive chop I gave them.
Before, this pic was taken on 4/2, did not get a pic before I did the deed.;
After, taken on 4/22
GR
Chopping on Sunday or Monday. She has thickened a little but going to be thin buds and low weight. Not sure of the smoke but disappointed the the grow over all, maybe my fault but should not of been this hard.
Anyway, here is a pic of BW5, having the room in the cabinet since BW1 is in the closet drying, I have bent and twisted her to get the best light she can for these last few days.
Here are a couple of pics of some of the other ladies.
The group of clones that is in the closet waiting to get into the cabinet.
Some clones I cut day before yesterday for a friend. Rooting them in straight coco.
They were taken from the mothers before I began to Bonsai them. I now have the mothers in 3 inch plastic nursery pots, straight coco. I will begin shaping the Bonsai's after they have recovered from the massive chop I gave them.
Before, this pic was taken on 4/2, did not get a pic before I did the deed.;
After, taken on 4/22
GR
Indian Spices
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cool thread! you really worked the technique to its maximum! great!
What really gets me is, how sturdy cannabis can be! when you read through the forums.. I think.. so many people make it more complicated as it should be! You know... its also called weed... and it is weed... it grows nearly everywhere if allowed..
you may take your time till you get to know the plant well enough to react the correct way. You will not grow your perfect crop on your first try.
try to understand the plant
that said... if you cut it, bend it and so on, your plant will adjust. just a few days of veg more.
this main lining is super cool. will try it out with my young gilrs
gr865
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Final weight 6.2 zips buds, 1.15 zips larf. Really did not have that much trim but the strain was so thin and airy that I put a lot of BW5 in the Larf jar. Going to make some cannabutter tomorrow.
8 tops from the BW1 Mainline
Individual pics of BW1
Entire group of BW1 and BW5
I did not take a pic of the Tops from BW5, just too busy in my shop to take the time. Maybe later. I was surprised the BW5 actually out weighted BW1 by about a .25 zips, it was the more airy of the two plants.
Well hopefully this will get me by and with the clones flowering now I hope to get by till the fall grow. Think I am going to compost BW5 clones, over 6 weeks flower and hardly any bud formation.
GR
8 tops from the BW1 Mainline
Individual pics of BW1
Entire group of BW1 and BW5
I did not take a pic of the Tops from BW5, just too busy in my shop to take the time. Maybe later. I was surprised the BW5 actually out weighted BW1 by about a .25 zips, it was the more airy of the two plants.
Well hopefully this will get me by and with the clones flowering now I hope to get by till the fall grow. Think I am going to compost BW5 clones, over 6 weeks flower and hardly any bud formation.
GR