the Bowl cut training method

[Cronk]

I'm trying out this bowl method on this Dinafem Dinamed CDB +. I topped at the 6th node and kept everything below, splayed them out in a circle and let em rip. Defoliation along the way so far but mostly letting it do what it will do. I'l taking everything inside the wires keeping it clean and lean.
We'll see how this goes.

 

[JohnEmad]

that looks like it will be awesome in flowering. Nice!

 

[Cronk]

hope so. saw a guy on youtube do it and he did well. Needed to rethink my approach

 

[HappyDaze]

AKA "Stadium Training", usually used in low light applications. With the ceramic light you have, and the small space in the tent, I question the point. You'd probably get more from a SCROG.

 

[Cronk]

nah, it's going to be good. was just going for a quick grow into the summer, one plant, lots of air around it. I wasn't even going to top it but thought better. This will be fine

 

[HappyDaze]

It certainly looks cool....that training took way more patience than I've got.

 

[Cronk]

Just topped it and spread the limbs. very little effort.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I like it

 

[Cronk]

thanks. I think it's a pretty easy way to go. I could have vegged another week, though. might not get much height

 

[Cronk]

here's some more crappy pictures. I really like how the 10 colas are stacking up. I think if I keep them trimmed of large leaves I'll be a lot cleaner and leaner than previous grows. Not too tall, not too much off shooting growth. so far so good.

 

[Farmall]

I like it too.... if the yield is good, the harvest will be easy. It just looks.....clean?

 

[Cronk]

thanks. My grows have been out of control. Way too tall and bushy. Although the yields have been good it's been a challenge to deal with the final 4 weeks and at harvest. I also feel that if I had kept them in control I would have had better buds.

Hopefully this will work better. Such little effort this way so far

edit......I'll be doing a good defol this weekend now that the bud sites are established.

 

[Cronk]

moving right along here. 10 colas, a couple are smaller than the rest but ok. Buds fattening up nicely, side growth is minimal, which I'm happy about. Staying pretty clean with just the main colas

 

[Farmall]

I have heavily trained this crop to really pull stems out of the center. In fact a few broke branches but they seem to have not been affected. My problem in an earlier grow was also wild and bushy growth. I really like the clean presentation you show in the pictures

 

[growsomebuds]

I did that to this plant last year.

 

[Cronk]

nice. isn't that a manifold, though?what was your yield on this one?

 

[Cronk]

The wild bushy kills yields, at least with my grows. While I got around 12 ounces from my full tent/4 plants, there was too much small bud filling the jars. I just let it get out of hand before this one. Hope the yield is at least 4 ounces, I expect more like 3, though. Should have given it another 5 days in veg for a bit more height

 

[Farmall]

Funny you’d say that... I did the same thing this time. Veg about 6 1/2 weeks but I did defoliate and tie down. It has made a huge difference

 

[growsomebuds]

I did that to this plant last year.

Yeah, but it looks so much like yours, I didn't think you'd notice. lol

 

[Cronk]

I did 4 manifolds last year. This bowl method is way easier and faster for me, although not as cool looking. The yields were really good though on them