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Do the Skunk Dance! (main-lining)

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Topping
weeks 3-5
Main-Lining
weeks 3-7
Defoliation
weeks 3-7, 9-10
Soil
Grow medium
8 l
Pot Size
Grow Conditions
Week 7
Flowering
18
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inch
Height
12 hrs
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Main-Lining
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tapciganin tapciganin
4 years ago
Heyoooo!! Welcome to the first week of flower! These girls have started their stretch to the heavens and are looking absolutely beautiful! Like I mentioned last week I performed the final pruning trimming out everything below the top-most nodes for both plants. They'll be getting some more pruning for sure but probably not that harsh. Also I bough a new fan! It's the Cyclone 6 clip on fan and so far it's BY FAR the best one I've ever bought. It's quiet, it's powerful, it's got a strong clip. What more can I desire from a 12 euro desk fan? Naturally I've started them on the pre-flower nutes as well as increasing their water supply to 1.5l every three days or so. Thinking of giving them some cal-mag just because, we'll see about that though. So far it's been pretty much smooth sailing Keep on growing, everyone and see ya next week!
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Ferenc
Ferenccommentedweek 24 years ago
Happy Growing+ @tapciganin
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Ferenc, Thank you kind sir :)
Ferenc
Ferenccommented4 years ago
@tapciganin, Nice main-lining:)
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Ferenc, Thank you for the kind words :)
sacredgeometry
sacredgeometrycommentedweek 64 years ago
Looks awesome so far. Hey I noticed you did quite a bit of pruning. I am mainlining as well for my first time so I am curious. It looks like you pruned everything below the top most node right before 12/12. Is that to prevent side branching and larf? I'd imagine that side shoots would reach the canopy if you didn't prune those?
sacredgeometry
sacredgeometrycommented4 years ago
@tapciganin, Thanks for the advice. I'm definitely gonna try the conservative approach. Probably prune away the lower 2/3 of each branch a week before flowering. If I have the space and the branches get good lighting I will keep them. If I end up with larf, well l really love making hash.
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@sacredgeometry, Hello there, mate and thanks for taking the time to check out the diary :) ! "When should I stop pruning" is definitely the question I had most trouble with. There's not a singular source of truth on it and the consequences of doing it wrong can be quite frustrating to deal with. Larf and side branching is definitely what will happen to a poorly pruned plant. And loss of yield is what you can expect if you prune too much! WHAT I did: I kept diligently pruning everything below the topmost node up AFTER the plant had THREE OR SO nodes AFTER THE LAST TOPPING and up until the end of WEEK 1 of flower. You can go back in this particular diary and follow that process. The result so far is PRETTY UNIFORM colas and SOME larfy buds at the bottom of each branch WHY I did it: I REALLY don't want side branching and I would rather not have TOO MUCH larf and I PREFER nice uniform colas. I don't have space to accommodate two plants' side branches, larf is meh (I don't care too much about it) and uniform colas are a basically a LIFE GOAL for me at this point haha :D WHERE did I learn that: I learned some of my main lining techniques from a youtuber named RowsOfGreen and his series called "Mainlining for Colas". He stops pruning at week 1 of flower as well, so I figured why not try it. Check him out, he explains stuff way better than me. ALSO I snooped around other people's diaries and tried to figure it out by my own, but the variety of techniques is so great that I concluded there is NO SINGLE RIGHT APPROACH and followed my gut a little! Conclusion: Two approaches - Conservative and Cola-Lover. -- Conservative approach - stop pruning at week 1 of flower. Some larfy buds, virtually NO side branches. -- Cola-lover approach - prune up to at least week 3 of flower. Probably no larf at all? I HAVE NOT TRIED THAT, but boy was I tempted haha My suggestion would be: be as conservative as your heart allows you too until you know where the plants' boundaries are, from then on keep expanding your technique as far as you can. Patience is a key ingredient here :) WORD OF WARNING: This is only my SECOND attempt at main-lining so take everything I say with a pinch of salt :) BONUS: I'll post pictures of the smaller/larfy buds at the bottom of the plants for you so you can see what you will probably end up with if you follow my 'strategy'. I'll post either tomorrow or on Saturday. If you've got any more questions I'll happily answer to the best of my abilities/ Take care and keep growing, friend! :)
Qlimax
Qlimaxcommentedweek 114 years ago
Good luck flowering :)💚💚💚👍
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Qlimax, Thank you very much !!! :)
autoseedsman
autoseedsmancommentedweek 34 years ago
Happy growing brother
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@autoseedsman,Thank you mate :)
Ferenc
Ferenccommentedweek 134 years ago
Happy Flowering @tapciganin
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Ferenc, thank you very much :)
heizen
heizencommentedweek 114 years ago
Nice grow mate, plants are looking good, keep it up, imma follow this one upclose.
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@heizen, Thank you for stopping by! :)
occultgreen420
occultgreen420commentedweek 84 years ago
Looking great buddy!
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@@occultgreen420, Thanks dude!
Smokwiri
Smokwiricommentedweek 154 years ago
nice progress, keep up the good work mate 👌💪
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Smokwiri, thank you buddy!
ChefDan420
ChefDan420commentedweek 154 years ago
Nice buds 🌬️🌲🌬️🌲🆒👍🏼
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@ChefDan420, thank you brother! Mother nature provides!
Smokwiri
Smokwiricommentedweek 154 years ago
nice progress, keep up the good work mate 👌💪
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@Smokwiri, thank you for the kind words!!
TrickOrTrip
TrickOrTripcommentedweek 144 years ago
Very good looking !! Good farming brother !!! Keep it up
tapciganin
tapciganincommented4 years ago
@TrickOrTrip, Thank you!!!
DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420commentedweek 174 years ago
Spectacular my dude.
SilverLeaf
SilverLeafcommentedweek 154 years ago
Nice review, superb photos! Keep the good work 💚☘️🤙🏻
iHateSativa
iHateSativacommentedweek 174 years ago
Royal Queen Seeds never disappoint, Enjoy Friend