MissBotany said:

Can you post a picture of your plant?

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MissBotany said:

Can you post a picture of your plant?

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SoLowDolo said:

Most people say to wait till u got 5 or 6 nodes, then top it above the 3rd node. I don't see any reason you couldn't mainline it. I'm not saying it's the best thing to do for you but it can definitely be done.

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MissBotany said:

I would wait until it gets 5 nodes, 6 max to mainline. I’ve mainlined a few times and find the plant recovers faster if you let it grow to 5 or 6 nodes. If you mainline too early, it seems to take forever to recover.

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MissBotany said:

Just make sure you give it enough time to bounce back. You’ll know when she’s ready to be topped again because the growth will speed back up.

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Thejoeybrown said:

Like said before. Wait until there is about 6-7 nodes from the bottom.
Then top down to the third node. And start your main line.
The plant just simply isn’t ready that’s why it’s too squat still. Give it some time and follow the mainline protocol.

Here is some of my old mainlines I did a while ago

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MeanGreen420 said:

Thanks for the info I was wondering if this how they normally grow I thought they just shoot straight up till harvest

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Thejoeybrown said:

No not at all bro.
But it is helpful to grow a plant naturally without any “tech” to get an idea of how they grow so you understand what exactly you are trying to manipulate.
I understand that isn’t always possible with space constrictions and what not but growing a small plant without training or lst or topping will give you a lot of knowledge on what you are trying to do with the training.

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MeanGreen420 said:

Yeah I kind of jumped past the slow learning part lol. I guess I'll be figuring it out one way or another though

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Thejoeybrown said:

It’s not so much about slow learning. I’m a believer of fast learning. Haha. I never dumb myself down just because people say you’re supposed to go slow. That being said there is a lot of cache in knowing how a plant grows at each stage. And there isn’t really a way to do that without watching a plant do it’s own thing and just grow freely. Then you know what you want to manipulate.

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MeanGreen420 said:

Does mine look normal lol

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Thejoeybrown said:

As normal as it gets bro. Looks good!

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