Souwestnova
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Just wondering I know these produce bigger buds better but how much extra time does all this add to the length of time it takes to harvest the plant and and extra mth to the growth! As an example. Thanks
Techniques mainlining manifolds etc
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Dank Bongula
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My blueberry plants vegged for 71 days as I shaped my manifold.
March 15, 2021 was day 1.
May 24, 2021 I flipped to 12/12
and they looked like this.
I certainly could have flipped 2 weeks earlier, but I was waiting for the smaller one on the right to catch up a little more. The bigger fucker in the back though didn't want to wait any longer.
March 15, 2021 was day 1.
May 24, 2021 I flipped to 12/12
and they looked like this.
I certainly could have flipped 2 weeks earlier, but I was waiting for the smaller one on the right to catch up a little more. The bigger fucker in the back though didn't want to wait any longer.
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Star Dog
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It depends how many plants in what size room?
When do you put the screen on during veg or after flip?
Tied down
It gets left like ^^^^^
4 weeks before flipping and gives me approx the same as vegging in the net a week or so quicker minus the hassle so it's a win win for me.
When do you put the screen on during veg or after flip?
Tied down
It gets left like ^^^^^
4 weeks before flipping and gives me approx the same as vegging in the net a week or so quicker minus the hassle so it's a win win for me.
MickFoster
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I did a mainline only once.........it added approximately an extra four weeks.
That's why I don't do it anymore..........it was more of an experiment.
That's why I don't do it anymore..........it was more of an experiment.
Souwestnova
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What is it you do just let it grow or any other techniques?
Dank Bongula
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You do all the shaping and pruning in the veg state to get it where you want, then just let it go. Once it flips to flower it stretches and you just kinda keep the shape how you want with minor adjustments around the tomato ring.
There's no pruning or defol and it grows 8, 16 or 32 mains or whatever it is you left it at. No straggler shoots or or larfy shit because there is no real under canopy, just your main colas. All the real work is done in the beginning so all you gotta do is water/feed it.
I made a mistake and said manifold in my post but I meant to put mainline.
There's no pruning or defol and it grows 8, 16 or 32 mains or whatever it is you left it at. No straggler shoots or or larfy shit because there is no real under canopy, just your main colas. All the real work is done in the beginning so all you gotta do is water/feed it.
I made a mistake and said manifold in my post but I meant to put mainline.
Souwestnova
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I see. So there the main leaves then between mail leaves large ones and the stem there sprouts leaves starting this where the colas come from ?
MickFoster
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Main-Lining Tutorial on Training Marijuana Plants | Grow Weed Easy
"Main-Lining" definition: a form of training and managing canopy that builds a "hub" off of a single node and creates a "manifold" for equal energy distribution from the root mass to the growing tops.
www.growweedeasy.com
Dank Bongula
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Lol I was just about to post the sameMain-Lining Tutorial on Training Marijuana Plants | Grow Weed Easy
"Main-Lining" definition: a form of training and managing canopy that builds a "hub" off of a single node and creates a "manifold" for equal energy distribution from the root mass to the growing tops.
twentyeight.threefive
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Those look extremely small for 71 days... Is that normal for mainlined plants?
Dank Bongula
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They really don't get a chance to "grow" with all the pruning and shaping. I stripped everything but the growth tips. Once I had my 8 mains, I worked on spreading them out to match the ring. In that pic they were 12in tall by 12in wide, in 5gal pots. Today they are 25-30in tall and 18-20wide...
I guess you could say they would be considered small today, but the entirety of each plant is just 7 or 8 colas with nothing else (I lost a couple that just snapped when moving them during stretch) and each cola is a minimum of 12in tall.
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Souwestnova
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Yeah twice get it and read it. Have different conversation. Bit that is.
Dank Bongula
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Sorry, I don't understand what you mean.