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Second grow, trying a hydro bucket this time and hopefully will get better results. Started out okay but had some stretching from stress since I left for the weekend. Transferred to bucket in grow tent and will see how she does in a few days. Looking forward to trying mainlining on this grow as well.
Will take any advice anyone can give!!
First cut. Now waiting for her to fill out again to top again and then tie down. Hopefully she continues to respond well. Using nutes but have seen some discoloration in the leaves so will try and dilute a little more. Also worries about root rot since this is my first hydro grow.
With mainlining how much defoliation should be done between weeks or throughout the flowering phase now.? Trying to get the most out of these four colas was going to top again it want to really complete this grow then try again.
Hi @Clepage4! When it comes to mainlining, the key is to focus the energy onto the main apical summits, you don't want big fan leaves below the canopy because you need the plant to drive the energy to the top, in order to expand her main stems quickly. That being said, you will need a few leaves for the photosynthesis process, so keep them growing until the stem has grown to the next node, then remove every leaf below this node. Remember that tucking is less stress than cutting, and always give the plant a few days to recover after each defoliation. Check out my diaries for some wicked mainlining projects 😎 Hope this will help, let me know in the comments section if you need any further information, and happy growing!
Defoliate prior to the switch. Will let it grow out until week 10 then trim one for time. Trying to keep everything one level for the canopy but allow like to pass through. Roots continue to grow nice and white hoping for a nice harvest when she is done.
2 weeks have past and she is flowering nicely. Definitely switched to flower a little late and now she has filled my little tent. New one should be deliver on Friday to give her more room and I’ll be able to grow more at once next time around. Removed some fan leaves to help with getting light down low but the new tent and lights should do the trick. Hoping they start to fatten up in the next 4-5 weeks.
Transferred her into the new tent to give her more room to grow. Added to additional leds. Trying to figure out how to lower the humidity without having to buy a dehumidifier. Also going to try and spread out the branches to allow more light to come through.
Trying to lower the humidity without buying a dehumidifier but I know I should be around 40-45% but that’s been stuck at 60% since the beginning. Any suggestions?
Humidity and temps belong together,a)... if you can rise the temps you can lower the rh.....
so look for a warmer place to grow.......get a little heater with tempcontrol
.b) give airflow..... open up the tent if lights are on.....get an intake/ exhaust fan ,get more fans......etc. and 60 are not too bad your plant has enough space inbetween , so i wont be so concerned, as long as your try to oepn the tent daily to dehumidify
Buy an exhaust system to suck the moister out. Or you can try to open up the flaps on bottom of grow tent when lights come on to get more air into grow tent. Other than that your pretty much restricted to buy a dehumidifier.
Clepage4
