Next batch in

[JDU]

Thai x Skunk from AMS.
I need to tie them back down & the front one took a little shock from the transplant but I'm thinkin they look about ready to explode in those 7gal shorts & fresh soil. It tested uniformly at 6.5ph.
I have the tops of each cloned & from the best producing mother I will trim a clone mother... if that makes sense

 

[SirSmksAlot]

They look like they are ready to take right off. 8 like the structure. That's how I like to train mine.
​​​​​

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Looking really good JDU you got a talent with the manifold.

 

[JDU]

Well thank you both very kindly but I think it's the camera angle or something makin me look good lol. Once I git em tied down you'll see that while I think I have the spacing down I just can't get them to grow at the same rate & some of the colas are way stronger & growin faster than the rest.

 

[JDU]

Tied down & ready to grow 🚜
Can you guess which one I did first & last? lol

 

[JDU]

I swear they grew double in a week!!
So how far apart do the colas need to be?

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Lets approach that one when you get some colas LOL

 

[JDU]

Yeah- I didnt know what to call the spires that will form the colas. How far apart do I need to pull/LST the branches?

 

[Eliot Pryor]

Looks really nice to me I think that the ends of the limbs are now tops. Good growing !!

 

[JDU]

Thanks! But do I need to lay them down again so that they're farther apart before they turn up & reform those tops?

 

[Eliot Pryor]

I've never mainlined one but I think the idea is to have a level top. Looks pretty level so far.

 

[JDU]

My concern is that if the tops are too close together they will fill in too thick as branches form. I've licked WPM so far & definitely don't wanna see it again. Especially if they're flowering!

 

[Eliot Pryor]

I wish one of those mainliners would chip in here but I would start removing any new starts below the tops you have now.

 

[JDU]

Funny you said that- I just noticed a few cleaned off nodes are tryin to come back. I considered rubbing them flat but decided to let em go & take em as part of a minor defoliation when it's time?

 

[Eliot Pryor]

I think if you take them off the plant uses the energy into the tops.

 

[JDU]

.... An energy boost/growth spurt that might be better served as flowering starts?

 

[Eliot Pryor]

I think it makes the colas bigger by taking off starts that are going to be branches.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

One of my read and reread articles.

https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-training

 

[JDU]

Thanks 👍

 

[JDU]

That still didn't directly answer my question but the line 'the grower consistantly manipulates & ties down the limbs to maintain level' kind of suggests that it don't really matter where they start- they're gonna be moving as I need them to move???