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Yea mainline takes to much time for me. Did one last year in a 4x4. By the time I got out of veg, I could have finished 4 plants in the same tent.
Its cool to grow a big one every now and then.
I do have some gg4 and white widow autos getting crossed right now. Last year I finally found the 2 sets I wanted to breed and they are all fat and seeded.View attachment 1226199View attachment 1226198View attachment 1226200View attachment 1226201
Thanks man always good to get some advice from the bottom of the rock. Yeah I thought it seemed early considering the stage of bud fattening. Always had heard it was at least April. Mine may come down to need haha reckon I've got three weeks of flowers left. Still might be a good chance to keep letting them fatten and have a little holiday.The general consensus is for 60% or more pistols to turn brown, and similar for the trichomes under the glass. your's looks like 90%+ white pistils and white trichomes. the bottom line: what do you prefer? and this can only come after testing the different options over a few growth seasons.
I go for 80%+ brown pistols/trichomes.
Are you in the southern hemisphere like me? I typically harvest my outdoor ladies in late April till mid-May, depending on the plants progress.
[edit:] the timing also depends on how much I'm harvesting and what's going on in my life, and how much of space is left in my drying shed.
Very little mate haha. A couple of hits of Neem oil and the moths literally haven't touched them. Saw some stippling on leaves and hit them with mite Terminator and they haven't come back either. Truth be told I've been pretty lazy with them but it's been so hot here that pests haven't had much of a chance. Ground is so dry. I literally had zero mosquito bites all season and I normally get eaten. No standing water anywhere for breeding.I vote for the poor mans mainline - top at the 4/5/6 node and then leave one below but remove everything else. Then start your training for the "manifold". Mainline is nice but adds too much time to the process for it to be worthwhile imo
Looking good dude. What you got going on for IPM with the outdoor girls?
Very little mate haha. A couple of hits of Neem oil and the moths literally haven't touched them. Saw some stippling on leaves and hit them with mite Terminator and they haven't come back either. Truth be told I've been pretty lazy with them but it's been so hot here that pests haven't had much of a chance. Ground is so dry. I literally had zero mosquito bites all season and I normally get eaten. No standing water anywhere for breeding.
That's exactly what happened to the two clones that went into the tent. Full of spider mites I didn't pick it up until right before harvest. Fucked me. Never again. Bombed the tent and grows from seed only in there hahaCool! I've never grown outdoors so just curious. I would be paranoid as hell about bringing bugs to my inside grows too
BK and I have been pretty busy lately. We are moving and had a death in the family. A lot going on right now.@BionicKroniK @ComfortablyNumb @Justlovetogrow @growsince79 where my peeps at?? Hope you all good. Love to hear your thoughts on the new grow! And see what you been cooking... Peace all
Hey mate sorry to hear that. If she's not on here much please pass on my best wishes. Hope to see you settled and back on here doing your thing soonBK and I have been pretty busy lately. We are moving and had a death in the family. A lot going on right now.
It looks like you are getting it down and built into a system that does what you need.
Life is so busy, and the plants grow so fast you look at them and think how's small they were last time you posted and are sure it was weeks ago. Turns out it was only six days.
In that time I've had a full round of leaves be damaged by Ntox, managed them around new growth, war last nite able to trim them all off and let more light and airflow through and they've never looked better. Only my second try but really seeing the benefits of lessons learned on round one. For one I spotted the Ntox the very morning it showed, flushed them heavily and will put them back on quarter strength tomorrow. Last four days just RO water and they look mint.
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I was so hesitant on grow one to remove any leaves, now I'm firmly in the other camp. The first growth leaves off nodes 3&4 (the only two I left) were as big as my head and leathery. Once they get to a point where feeding them is taking more out than they're bringing, especially once other stuff shades them out, they're gone. The stems on them were as thick as pencils that's a lot of water.
There are plenty on the front two that will come off in a day or two at second topping. The two at back are a little ahead and were topped tonight for second and last time. You can see how managed the large foliage has been this time around, all trained up in a poor man's mainline, nodes 3&4 grown out to 3 nodes each then topped again. Really proud of this as a first go at proper HST, they are the healthiest plants I've ever had and by fixing the nutes quickly I minimised damage.
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Anyone got good info on how long to leave these after topping before I flip? They've got all the nodes they need but I'm assuming I'll want to get some bulk into them? Or will that happen over the first couple of weeks of flower onset regardless? Hope you like the pics cheers all
Thanks man! Pretty sure it was you who gave me the idea, great call. Like most of the benefits of a Mainline without the stupid long veg time. Should still have them in flower under 40 days which is ten days quicker than first grow which is a great result. Cheers for your help bro!Looking good dude! I would give them at least a week after topping before going into flower. Don't want to be taking stressed out plants into bud production. Healthy plants put on noticeable growth in the first few weeks of flower.
Thanks man! Pretty sure it was you who gave me the idea, great call. Like most of the benefits of a Mainline without the stupid long veg time. Should still have them in flower under 40 days which is ten days quicker than first grow which is a great result. Cheers for your help bro!
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