ATU'S MAINLINE (grow 13)

[JohnEmad]

I did something similar MeEasy , Had shoulder surgery just before setting up a 4x4 tent and starting a 6 plant grow. Not smart on my part but got through it somehow.

I actually found the distraction good for me. Hope you do to. Get healthy soon.

[MeEasy]

I went from my closet 2.5 x 6 to a tent 4x4 in the closet I could reach everything in the tent I can't a healthier me probably could or could easier anyway. It triggers my OCD lol Capitan hindsight said I should have bought 2 2x4 tents and or not cram 9 plants into the new tent right before having 2 surgeries. These were all in cups when I found out I was sick I didn't water them for like 10-12 days so they almost died but they are definitely not dead it's a damn jungle in there right now. Maybe it will turn into a good thing like yours

[alltatup]

MeEasy hey bro, I sure hope you feel better soon!! I had a bad ankle injury right when I flipped my first manifold grow to flower last Sept. I couldn't barely do anything in the grow room, and they went wild during the stretch because I wasn't there to mess with them. So I'm gonna do the same this time: leave them alone during first 3 weeks and then mess w/ super-cropping and arranging them.

[alltatup]

I love my Future Harvest nutes, straight outta BC!!!!!

[MeEasy]

Hey there alltatup your story sounds just like mine. I'm in love with the manifold I read nebula's and nugbuckets tutorials followed nebula's more I guess. I to am in my second round of them I had a plan to try some new things and do a journal. My damn body has a different plan and I got a little sick almost lost em but somehow I saved all 9 plants well so far anyway. I'm scheduled for another surgery next week hopefully the last so maybe I can heal up and do a half assed journal I'm taking a couple pics. I just don't have any fickin energy I barely feel like talking most days. I'll tag you in it if I do it. You have some pretty work going there I'll be stopping by to watch good luck 👍

[Canuck147]

Thanks for sharing your ideas and methods alltatup - looks fabulous as usual - always love how green your grows are.

[RagWeedDWC]

I'm in :-) Nice looking plants!

[JohnEmad]

Awesome grow on the go for you alltatup. Think I will do that cola bending to strengthen the branches as well. Good idea.

[alltatup]

JohnEmad oldjarhead100 here it is: a journal on my second mainline grow. Mainlining has taught me the importance of taking my time during vegetation, letting the plants get to the point where they're exploding with growth. I used to simply top my plants, and then they would quickly get out of control, with wild growth all over the place. I never really had a good plan for trimming and training. That problem's completely solved with this method.

Today is the start of week 6 of veg nutes; they all germinated Nov. 10-17. Growth is speeding up; they grew around 4-5 inches vertically this past week.


I follow Nugbuckets' method where all colas are equidistant from the mainline. What I love about this technique is how strong and thick the stems get and how huge the leaves grow. I could tell on my first mainline that the plants were incredibly strong after the stretch, which was well over double. I had to super-crop most of them.


Here they are a 9 days ago, Dec.22:


Here is after second topping, Dec. 15, so they have four colas each:


Finally, here is Triple G four days later, Dec. 19 (she's on the left, above), after her third and final topping:


Now that they're older, I bend each cola every day to strengthen the immune system. This time I have three plants with 8 colas and two plants with 6: I lost two colas early on. I've been trimming off interior leaves and older, lower leaves to keep the transpiration down; they've been schwetting more as they grow. They will be ready to filp this week.

They are all 8-10" tall right now. My boxes have 36" vertical space, so I will flip them at 14" and I expect many of them to more than double in size. I want to have to super-crop them so all the best buds are right under the light.

My hero, Nugbuckets, flexin.