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Northern light mainline

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10 months ago
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Cuboard
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Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 4-6
Main-Lining
weeks 4-6
LST
weeks 5
Coco Coir
Grow medium
12 L
Pot Size
1.5 L
Watering
G
Germination
a year ago
This took a few days to crack
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
a year ago
10 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.8
No Smell
200 PPM
55 %
18 °C
0 L
0 L
70 cm
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 0.5 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1 mll
Nice start, hoping to mainline this one
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Week 2. Vegetation
a year ago
10 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.8
No Smell
200 PPM
55 %
18 °C
0 L
0 L
70 cm
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1 mll
A terrible week unfortunately, I planted the bio degradable pots directly in to the new pots and after 4 days of slow growth, I got impatient and tryed removing them and transplant properly, resulting in a heap of damaged roots, as they had started to grow through, after another 4 days of no growth and a slight deficiency, today there had been a slight improvement, my inpatients has ruined this run, if there’s not a considerable improvement by the end of the week I’ll scrap then, lesson learnt (be patient)
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Week 3. Vegetation
a year ago
10 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
3 L
0 L
70 cm
800 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1 mll
It’s been a slow week, hoping next week she speeds up a little so I can start the first set of her mainlines, made a light adjustment hoping that helps with gro
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Week 4. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
3 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
A much better week, I had nice growth on this one this week, I’ve topped it ready for the mainline, there wasn’t enough on the branching to tie them down and creat the mainline, will do this throughout this week.
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Used techniques
Main-Lining
Technique
Topping
Technique
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Week 5. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
This week has been a disaster, unfortunately I broke one side of the mainline, I think I tried training it down far to early, and just after I watered it, resulting it a clean snap, I tried grafting it back together but within the hour she wilted. I have since grown the other side up and going to see if It’s possible to start a new mainline. Not sure if it’s possible or even worth doing so I have another AK-47 on stand by which I have started the process. I’m learning a lot during my current grows you need to be patient, and I’m learning a lot about myself,, I’m not patient. If you get a chance to look at the disaster and have any input I welcome your advice, is it possible to start a new mainline off of just one side??
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Used techniques
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
LST
Technique
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Week 6. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
Well this has been another nightmare, the northern lights made a comeback and I decided to keep her about and try to carry on mainlining the one side after the snap last week. All was looking good then I run in to a mag deficiency, after checking my runoff which was coming in at 2800/3000 EC (1.3EC input) I must off been getting a lock out, not sure as to why yet, they had been flushed now and I foliar sprayed with a calmag spray straight after. The new growth now looks better how ever the lower leafs which I need to keep for when I top again are fucked and not looking like they will recover, so at this point I feel what ever I do will hinder its growth for at least another week. I’ll say I again, another hard lesson learnt 🙃
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Main-Lining
Technique
Topping
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Week 7. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
350 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
Main lining is a complete learning curve… I after last week I decided to remove the 4 large but damaged fan leaves, this obviously slowed the growth which I expected, I then ran in to a slight nute burn on the new growth, I’m expecting this was because it was sending all the nutrients to just 4/6 leaves. Iv lowered the EC to .700 and that seems to have stopped the burn. I think I need to give these more time to recover so that there is more foliage left on each plant even after toppings. So with that said this is where they are now, and I think I will leave them like this for another week to fully recover get healthy growth before making my final topping.
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Week 8. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
A much better week this week, final topping is done, the plants have recovered well, the NL in the fabric pot is a little behind and I can’t spread it out as much as I wanted, but I’m glad it even got this far through, AK is looking dope, I think I’ll let them veg this week then hopefully flip them.
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Week 9. Vegetation
a year ago
25 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
500 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
1 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 6
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
This was the last week of veg, they are both doing well with no signs of stress, It’s been a difficult learning curve to even get this far, let’s see what disasters I will face in flower
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Week 10. Flowering
10 months ago
25 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
6
Strong
650 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
2 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 7
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
Both main-lines are doing well, the AK-47 is stretching so much it’s stretching wide and high, I’ve been pinching and twisting each stem to try strengthen each one but I think it will need to install a trellis or a cage to support it as we get more in to flower, the NL is going well a lot more compact and a heap small but nothing I wasn’t expecting due to my mistakes 🤙🤙
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Week 11. Flowering
10 months ago
100 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
6
Strong
650 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
2 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 7
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
Well the AK is a stretcher, I quite wasn’t expecting it to be honest, and if I had more knowledge on different cultivars and there traits, I would of probably tried a proper scrog, not a main-line,, the Norther lights is tiny and not really budding, I have a few pistols but really not much going on there, I might leave her in the garden and do it thing as I don’t have to much room for her, I put a new inline vent in to help vent the veg room. 🤙
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Week 12. Flowering
10 months ago
100 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
6
Weak
650 PPM
55 %
18 °C
12 L
2 L
70 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 7
SHOGUN Silicon - Shogun
SHOGUN Silicon 1 mll
SHOGUN CalMag - Shogun
SHOGUN CalMag 1 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 1.5 mll
A good week NL is catching up
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Wicket
Wicketcommentedweek 5a year ago
Im far from a expert and never did this so i don't know if it would work, but i guess what i would try to do is to give her more veg time and bend the whole stem to the left side down so many new branches will grow out. Or you toss it and start over. :D Like i said i don't know if it would make sense, so please don't follow my tips wait for others, i just wanted to tell my opinion. Whatever you do, i hope it will turn out good for you! All the best
Growsparta
Growspartacommenteda year ago
@Wicket, yeah that might be a good idea, but I mite bin it, as like you said it’s another 4 weeks veg at least, I can’t be doing with that 😂
The_dutch_butch
The_dutch_butchcommentedweek 2a year ago
Looks good 😉 Goodluck with the mainline im following along 🌿 Greetings butch 🐕
Lemonhazelover
Lemonhazelovercommentedweek 1a year ago
Nice choise strain, good luck buddy ☘️
Insaniac_0
Insaniac_0commentedweek 2a year ago
Thank you for sharing your journals and good luck with your transfer damage nothing but good vibes to you. Im sure you will get past this. However yes, if you plan to transfer during a grow, using a small, well aerated, hard container is typically best until you get them into their forever pots. It allows water to drain, soil to compact a little, and the roots have a designed placed to grow until they are ready to transfer. That way when you transfer you can typically just flip, squeeze a little, and they hold together while you set them into the new pot.
Insaniac_0
Insaniac_0commenteda year ago
@@Growsparta, Just trying not to kill mine either... but the best advice I can give in mainline, is a lesson I learned the hard way too... early damage can be fully recovered by end of flower - just have to give time before any new stress.
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Growsparta
Growspartacommenteda year ago
@Insaniac_0, nice one mate, for sure a lesson leaned the hard way, I’ve seen your mainlines, they look dope, hoping to try achieve something similar with this one, I’ve been studying your grows week by week for any visual tips, keep a watch over this one let me know if I’m doing any think seriously wrong 😅
Insaniac_0
Insaniac_0commentedweek 5a year ago
If you can bottom brace it, it will be fine and continue to grow. However it 'does' take some overall yield from your final results because those recovery days are growth days lost. The best thing I can tell you right now is not to worry so much about these tree trunk branches that will eventually be groomed to nothing so the higher colas get the light/air/nutes. The main thing in veg is to simply train to where you want the stretch to come from and try to make clear water ways for the nutes to travel from the roots. Early damage is recoverable and barely even noticeable by harvest if you back brace the damage early and mend the break with a little time - otherwise, yes - you can grow the other side out and allow some lower 'branches' to grow into that direction before flip so that when you flip you get the most out of those branches too (personally not a fan of this method) TIP: whenever you do damage, it's a good idea to lower the lights a little for a day - it seems to help in recovery since they do most growing in lower light conditions. Also when bending or 'breaking' a limb, try crushing the stem with a something hard like a pen (I use knitting needles) then work them to bend a little at a time over n over until you get them where you want. And ALWAYS support the branch from the node with your other hand to prevent it snapping off while you bend or break it higher up.
Growsparta
Growspartacommenteda year ago
@Insaniac_0, nice one mate appreciate you checking in and pointing me in the right direction, now you say it I know where I went wrong, as the branches where so small and fresh if i supported the node when bending I don’t think it would have snapped. I’ve seen your knitting needles in one of pictures and wondered what it was for, I’ll have to raid my granny’s equipment see if I can get some 😂. So I didn’t do a great job back bracing the branch and didn’t turn my lights down and obviously it just died off. I have cleared that side and allowed the other side to continue growing, it’s growing straight up like the main stem would, I’ve now topped that and letting both sides grow out and create 2 new main lines, I going to use this one to learn and make mistakes on as I have a ak47 a couple weeks behind hopefully I can do a better job on, I’ll be updating some point tomorrow, Thanks again bro
GrowthConsultant
GrowthConsultantcommentedweek 5a year ago
bro stop damaging plants, I don't care plants, I care you time and grams you are missing let them grow as they wanna grow, they will give you more and faster if you are growing for an yield and to get high lol Good Luck friend, we are at same ship, love 😻😻😻
Growsparta
Growspartacommenteda year ago
@GrowthConsultant, thanks for your advice and I’ve actually been told this before and considered this method, I think if your good at training which I may not be all the time, there is definitely benefits from training, keeping plant height down, eliminating undeveloped buds. I think every body does some sort of training even down to defoliation to help improve air flow light penetration. I did do a terrible job so I in this instance you are definitely right bro
ELMAUSO
ELMAUSOcommentedweek 5a year ago
Can happen! Keep it up man! Good luck!
Hattiwatti
Hattiwatticommentedweek 4a year ago
Good Luck 🍀
ForbiddenBotanist
ForbiddenBotanistcommentedweek 7a year ago
main-lining definitely an artform! Gl with the grow :D
Growsparta
Growspartacommenteda year ago
@ForbiddenBotanist, for real dude, one I’m struggling with 😅
Ju_Bps
Ju_Bpscommentedweek 7a year ago
Good luck with your grow 👨‍🌾🌲
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