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Now you've made me want to try Larrys Lemons & Blue Cheese! But blue chesse would definitely have to be an outdor grow!
-- You're gonna blow everybody out of the water with these new seedlings! WOW! What a variety! So there you go again! Showing us all up! LOL! You must not have time for ANYTHING else! This is a full time job!
-- Great pics & VERY informative post. Wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you sharing the eye candy! Now go get some rest with a nice big bowl! ;) ;) ;)
BTW, are you 'mainlining'? Looks like it. I found a great tutorial on the subjet. Just google, 'grow weed easy/mainlining'. The tutorial is by Nugbuckets, & he developed & named the technique. He also explains why it works so well, mainly about the equal nute uptake by each cola. Very interesting & informative. I was almost there with my technique, & after seeing this, I tweeked it just a little to get what Nugbuckets has going. Check this out! You don't wanta miss it! ;) ;) ;)
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Originally Posted by catbuds
Thanks man :) Yea the blue cheese i have is a very nice example of the cheese dominance. Its funky thats for sure! I have tried probably a dozen cuts of Blue cheese trying to find a good "blueberry muffin/pancake" type taste, and this one if probably the best version I have tried, but it lacks any blueberry taste or flavor.
The lemon larry is out of this world. Everyone who has smoked it reports its to die for. It REEEEEEEEEEKS like lemons both in veg and in flower. DENSE as fuck, donkey dick colas. loves being super cropped and trained. Its a clone only strain by elite genetics I think. I never seen anyone else with it though.
As far as life...I have none lol. The sad part is I have a 4x8 tent and a 4x3 tent that I am not taking pictures of lol. I spend at least 5 hours a day dealing with plants, and go through 30-50 gallons of water every day. I am buying 12 acres in oregon for this outdoor season to, so planning on running 2 gardens with 99 plants. It suits my life nicely, I live off disability mostly, and love gardening so this lifestyle works well for me.
I know how to mainline and have mad respect for nugbuckets. His ace of spades he mainlines look incredible, but no I have never done a real mainline. I top, and top usually 2-3 indoors, and probably 2 dozen times outdoors. I super crop topped plants spreading each side flat to make nice bushes. Most people use string or wire or something to tie and LST, and I used to, however I don't like having cords running everywhere and then if the cord snaps, the plant will return to shape. I usaully supercrop till I hear that nice little snap of the branch. It takes the plant a bit longer to recover, and I usually fed superthrive/b1 after supercropping. However, where it snaps it makes a very thick layer of stem, locks it into place, and makes the stems much thicker and sturdier. I also sometimes crimp, which is basically using a thumb nail and pressing into the stem at various lenghts and pushing in till u here the little pop. this is lower stress then supercropping, but still stresses them a bit. Makes the stems THICK though.Quote:
Originally Posted by catbuds
I'm mainlining this grow. Have the top four branch thing going. As soon as they grow out a little more, I'll be cutting the two branches just under them for clones. Then I will start the bending & supper cropping. (they're still too small to produce much energy, to take the cutting now would slow down growth untill the younger growth matured more). I'm posting pics to photobucket, but can't get them from there to my grow thread (camper closet grow). Ill get there eventuality. Two things I'm trying to document. 1, you CAN have kick ass fluo grows (T5's +CFL's), & 2, here's the technique that makes it work! (Though mainlining is the perfect method from closets, to grow rooms, to the great outdoors). Really maximizes production, while keeping the plant open for air flow & better light penetration.
-- Now see what you've done!? Now you've made me want to go to Oregon! LOL! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
SO, sadly I gotta stop putting pictures of the plants online for a bit. Have a major security issue come to light that needs to be addressed. I am very sorry to be in the position, but trust me when I say my hands are tied. I will still be active and report how things are going, and after I move I will put up some pics, but in the mean time gotta hold off. Sorry friends.
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Originally Posted by catbuds
I do like the look of mainlining, but one thing I don't like is the amount of time it takes and the amount of canopy you must remove. In the same time to mainline a 6-10 headed plant I could have a monster. with mainline you train to remove budsites, I prefer to train to add budsites. Just my style :)
Everybody has worked out a system that works for them, so everybody grows differently, as it should be. I prune & sometime supercrop, sometimes just bend, very close to your method. I noticed how close we both came to mainlining, just without removing foliage/ smaller budsites. I decided to go full out mainline this time because of tiny space, no room for more than a 4"-6" clip on fan in the grow, & just a computer fan for exhaust, so I need all the help I can get with airflow (actually need the heat, night time lows have been hovering around 4ºF, back room only gets heat that migrates from the front). For outdoor grows, I also have this eastcoast humidity to deal with & need a little boost in airflow to prevent mold, so the 'open headed' part of the pruning is beneficial to me. (I keep falling back to old fashion nurseryman terms!) No matter what method someone would use, things still need tweeking to customize for for their area. Diversity... a good thing! :)
-- I'm so sorry about your security issues! You're busy enough as it is & even under normal circumstances, moving is exhausting & disruptive to living life. Wishing you loads of energy & patience my friend! Much luck with your security issues too. :) :) :)
I appreciate you and catbuds mentioning mainlining and Nugbuckets! After I read the posts mentioning it, I read his whole how-to page. I don't have the space to do something that large at the moment but it makes me VERY eager to try something like that. While it looks like it is training to remove budsites, it looks like you are creating an array of very large, dense, strong-stemmed main colas. Just looks fun to try for me!Quote:
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And papapayne, very sorry to hear about your security scare. Wish you luck with everything and I hope your plants are able to thrive because they look so good now.
I did the same Doog! Can't wait to try it , eyeing a a little altar cabinet I have .....