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Week 4, everything is going well. I've managed to navigate around the Cal-mag issues that presented themselves earlier. I adjusted the PH from 5.8 to 6.2. Every second day I decrease the PH by one mark. So I get the full range benefit from 5.8-6.2. It also means the girls are able to access all nutrients mobile and immobile. Which is kinda ideal!
All the girls have had their first top, I'm running with 4 branches, which I will top once more so I end up with 8 nice tops per plant. I really want to keep the canopy as even as possible this time around.
With the airports, I have major root growth. The roots are literally bursting out of the 3.5gal pots. The combination of Rhizotonic, Extremely high DO water and airports seem to be working extremely well. I will trim these roots as I don't want them drinking the runoff on the tray. This will only cause issues in flower.
Nutrients: Im only giving them Sensi A & B, plus Cal-mag. The Rhizotonic is being administered via a foliage spray, very economical and excellent for giving your plants what it needs directly.
@Fast_Buds, thank you for the follow. I recently emailed you guys some of my images from my other grow you guys requested from my insta account. I hope you enjoy them.
I'm sry but this is not main-lining. You topped your plants and now you lst them. What you are doing is way to much stress for automatics. Proof me wrong but i garantee you not more than 2 g. Automatics have a to short lifespan. Good luck
@@ShotGunBob, hey there. This technique is a manifold which I choose to use 4 branches instead of the classic 2. This does not cause any plant stress, that my friend is an urban myth. My last run which you can see here: https://www.instagram.com/danksquared_/ . This grow was in one of my 2x4 tents which was loaded with big healthy plants that blossomed some very very nice flowers. Check it out, the proof is in the pudding as they say.
I only kept two branches instead of the 4 here. Mainlining and manifolding are basically the same thing, lst is simply another term for training or tying down a branch. Which has been used by gardeners for 100s of years.
Automatics do have a short lifespan if you let them grow from seed to finish, however if you employ Mainling techniques you can hold that auto flower in veg for as long as you want. As you can see by the link i posted, I held the Blackberry and Bloodyskunk in veg for 7.5 weeks, which is nearly the usual lifespan of letting a Auto grow from start to finish.
Do check out my Insta, there are some beautiful photos of Auto's being given low lifespans.
Here is that link again: https://www.instagram.com/danksquared_/
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