Mainlining

[Bashman]

Check out my lil setup. when should i start flowering? I have two aurora indicas right now both mainlined with 8 colas. Space is not really an issue height wise. I am just looking for huge colas with a hps 400, also was wonding how much more i should prune as it grows if any

[D-TrainCA]

That about the same size as mine when I switch to flower, but I'm trying to keep height to a minimum. Mine might even be smaller. If you have a lot of space you might wait another week or more to get a bigger plant. Up to you.

[Dagmar]

Looks like you're going with 8 colas. I have 2 Black Jack plants in the flower room now that I mainlined with 8 tops. At 10 weeks in veg they looked great - full, bushy, and healthy - so I moved them to flower. I'm at week 7 in flower and expect to harvest in a couple of weeks (Nirvana says flower time on Black Jack is 9-11 weeks). This photo was taken the day I moved them to the flower room.

[Royal Nugs]

I think Greenie just had heart palpitations... get a weed whacker!

Very pretty though Dagmar!

[OzBud]

haha Royal, I thought of Greenie as soon as I saw this pic

[Chemichael]

was thinking the same thing- Scary with the amount of action going on underneath that canopy.

[Royal Nugs]

It depends on how much vertical space you have. As a rule of thumb, you want to flip to flower when the plant is about half your desired height. Indica's don't stretch as much so you may be ok with 2/3rds of final height. Breeders sometimes list their tendencies to stretch in flower.

Are you rocking a parabolic hood with that 400? There's something about vertical mounting... I've heard very good thing about bare bulb setups too but you need some height and some wicked air conditioning.

[Royal Nugs]

You can vegetate her indefinitely. She can be the size of a washing machine if you want. It's totally up to you! If you have the means to support such a large plant, go for it.

Excited and anxious at the same time? You should be.

[Bashman]

Just wanted to know opinion for flowering mainline . Like is it worth it to make it huge or it is better to flower soon and start new plant sooner. Electricity wise and everything bud wise just wanted opinions

[Royal Nugs]

I would try to maximize usage of your grow space. The bigger she is, the more she yields.

[NebulaHaze]

To get good yields you want to fill your grow space before you get your plants to start making buds, and when it comes to yields it doesn't matter whether it's one plant or many.

If you want the best possible yields in the shortest amount of time, it's better to grow many smaller plants without training ("sea of green") because they'll fill up the tent quicker in the vegetative stage. The main problem with Sea of Green is it can be a huge pain to tend that many plants, and it also takes a lot of time in the vegetative and early flowering stage to properly train and prune them to yield the maximum amount.

Manifolding is far easier and lower maintenance since you use fewer plants and don't need to really think about training after the first 3-4 weeks. It consistently gets really great yields without having to make a lot of decisions. The downside is it does add a few weeks onto the vegetative stage. I hope that helps!

[Bashman]

When should i flower for 7 oz as you say in your step by step or more

[NebulaHaze]

First you need to fill up your space by training your plants in the vegetative stage so they grow flat and wide like a table. Then you want to flower them when they're about half the desired final height. So if your plants have 4 feet of room, you want to flower them when they're about 2 feet tall.