Question:best Method For My Outdoor

[PrasaiLama]

Hello guys.I have some 20-day-old Lemon Shining Silver Haze babies growing outdoors. I have only grown Autoflowering so far, and just once - photoperiodic. I am reading different opinions on what methods should I use. Some suggest main-lining, some just topping once and then lollipopping, and some suggest simply lollipopping with minimum interference on the plant. The seeds are from Royal Queen Seeeds with 75% SA 25% IN genetics. I need advice from an experienced grower. Thanks!

 

[scubascrog]

how much space does it have and why are you topping it? its an indoor thing.

 

[PrasaiLama]

I do not know if it is appropriate to do so, and that's why I am asking. Also I do not want them to get too high, I want them to be max 1.7m. So should I just lollipop to get rid of popcorn buds? They have like 1.5-2m between plants.

 

[scubascrog]

hmmmmmmmm just by the time they are planted. i dont know your longitude and latitude, or how much light they get, but those things are gonna get more than 5 feet tall. trying to keep them under might be a pain in the butt. if its VITAL they dont get that tall, mainline. I had great results and follow the tutorial VERBATIM. dont lollipop then split the pathway split them on consecutive nodes until it makes like a 16 top mainline at least and let it grow out. those things if you just let them grow will most likely get 10 feet tall if they are 20 days old already and that 6 ft of space between the plants will be bush.

 

[scubascrog]

some people say mainlining sativa wouldnt be good but for the stretch control I'd go for it , hell, even do a 32 mainline

 

[scubascrog]

OH, and when it gets big enough you gotta band the main (first 2 node split) or support them up the weight of the plant (really long veg) might rip itself in half.

 

[PrasaiLama]

They are already 20-30 cm tall which is almost a foot, the biggest ones are one foot tall and they got fat, the fattest ones have a diameter of like almost a centimeter, we had massive rains here for two days so they had really got freakishly large for a month old plant in my opinion. I will most probably go for the mainlining and will keep posting here, I will even upload some pics next time I go check em.

 

[PrasaiLama]

And why would mainlining sativas would be bad? Also, it is not pure sativa, it still is a hybrid 75%S to 25% indica.

 

[PrasaiLama]

Also they get a lot of light, and have good nutrients, almost all of the GUANOKALONG organic products, they seem to like their food very very much :D

 

[PrasaiLama]

Hello again guys. I finally decided to start the mainlining method. But I have a few questions. 1st of all is there a problem if I'd chosen the 4th or 2nd node instead of the 3rd one. The reason I am asking is there were a pair of tiny leaves almost an inch above the ground, really tiny ones, do they count as a node or not ? I will apply pics. I did just a couple of plants because of this, I was not sure. You can see them on the pics, on some they are really little and on other - a bit bigger but still insignificant.

 

[scubascrog]

thats the way, now yo need to try to make the new growth grow level with the ground so tie it down, you already have the nodes on that plant so you need to top the centers on the two coming out at the first node already.

 

[scubascrog]

that will force 4 tops out, as soon as the 2 nodes start producing after this split then you top again. I'll direct you through it

 

[PrasaiLama]

I will post an update when I go check them out again this Friday. I tied them down but did not top any more. My Main Question was is there a problem if I did the topping at the 4th node rather than at the 3rd one as described in the mainlining tutorial ( a big thread I read here called "mainlining - the best method" or something like that, the nugbuckets one)

 

[scubascrog]

no not at all.

 

[scubascrog]

just make sure you top the centers on the two manifolds so you arent wasting energy on stuff to cut it off :)

 

[PrasaiLama]

Ok guys this is the result from the mainlining it does not look so good but it is what it is, maybe I should've topped at a higher node, not the 3rd one. I got 3/20 casualties, so I am left with 17 babies. THere are the pictures. THey are quite big as you can see which troubles me. Give me your opinions. I will top again soon.

 

[PrasaiLama]

This is the result of the mainlining. I think they might be too big but it is done. I have 3 casualties so that leaves me with 17/20. Share opinions.

 

[scubascrog]

you need to top them in the centers again. you should have done it after the first node

 

[scubascrog]

this is mainfolding not mainlining

 

[PrasaiLama]

I topped 2 for a second time. The nodes of the new mains on the others seemed too small do I decided to give them like four five days . They were no bigger than a pea bean. Should I go ahead and not wait for them to get bigger and just top them as well? And do you think I should've chosen a different method and started this too late? (They were like 70cm tall as you can see, most of their main stems are as fat as a pointer fonger.) I have many questions but this is my first time trying this so please be patient with me and thank you so much for your help.