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Applying main-lining on Hulkberry automatic strain.
Jok3r
started grow question 4y ago
Is it safe? Or, since the lifetime of the plant is so short, better to not even think about it.
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Techniques. Main-lining
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Daffie_Toke
answered grow question 4y ago
As a beginner i would just leavr that stuff alone and first gain qome experience with normal shaped plants , you wil have a lot higher yield in the end , and not and up with tiny excuses of plants that yield 15 grams like a lot of new peeps do
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