topping question

[kingfish]

I'm getting ready to mainline my next grow and my question is. What is my first node? Is it the single serrated leaf or is it the first true leaf?

[ChadWestport]

I would go with the first true leaf. To me, the node is the cross section where new branching occurs. So I do wait until I have a true leaf and then anything above that is fair game.

[kingfish]

Thanks ChadWestport I'm going into uncharted waters. I normally don't top my plants. This will be a whole new world.

[ChadWestport]

I always top them, but rarely do mainlining. I usually let it get to about 5 nodes and then I top and start manipulating the branches out, similar to the structure of mainlining. I'm 95% of the time from clone, which makes mainlining a little more challenging due to natural structure, but from seed is the best time to get that style going.

[bboyfromwayback]

I’ve had the best results mainlining by counting the set of 3 serated leaves as node 1 and letting it grow 5 nodes from there. I top to the 3rd node and wait a week before removing any other growth because it seems to help with the stunting. I suggest reading Nebula’s tutorial on manifold and use that method over a mainline. You’ll get your 8 colas 3-4wks faster. Bigger plant in less time and a lot less stress 👍🏻

https://www.growweedeasy.com/manifold

[Figjam]

Here is at the 2nd and 4th node,
the 3rd, and the 2nd.

[kingfish]

Thanks everyone. I found a great tutorial on U tube. I always say, "If you want to know how to do something, someone else has done it and made a video of it." Sure enough. put "Mainlining cannabis Nugbuckets style" in search. It just didn't show which was the first node.

[kingfish]

Started Mainlining. I grew them to the 5th node and topped them at the 3rd.

[kingfish]

Thanks SoOrbudgal I'm following the GWE tutorial and it seems pretty easy.

[Xena]

kingfish if you just follow the tutorial you’ll be golden. I’ve never grown crap before and I just started 12/12 last night on a couple bag seeds I been manifolding. I just went by the tutorial and it was super easy.

[kingfish]

Xena, do you have some pictures?

[Xena]

This was a week or two ago....newest I have at the moment.

[kingfish]

Xena, that is a nice looking girl. I harvested my last GSC after 9 weeks of 12/12.

[kingfish]

Started tying them down.

[ChadWestport]

It's fun giving them training like this. When the side shoots start to grow north and you get a visualization of what your canopy can be in the future. Growing is fun

[kingfish]

Mainlining has begun.

[SoOrbudgal]

Boy those look great.

[QueenofOG]

GREAT photos of your process! I'll be following along... starting my very first grow next month and planning on this technique as well!

[dakini9]

Looks awesome! I was reading that tutorial last night but a little bummed because it says not to use that technique for autos and so far, that's all I grow.

[kingfish]

https://youtu.be/LA5SbAmxl1g This guy specializes in Autos.

[Xena]

dakini9 look up doubledealing72 (I think that’s right) the bottom of his posts have a link to his thread “quadlining”. I’m gonna try at least one auto following the technique this grow.

[kingfish]

Quick update on my big girls. 7th week of flowering.

[ChadWestport]

Damn, looking very very nice