Mainlining - Grow 3

For my third grow I figured I 'd try mainlining. It's not difficult, but really slows down the veg process. I have two CBD strains that I just transplanted. One is a Clone and one is from seed. They've been vegging around 4 weeks, but look tiny due to the constant clipping and they were in pretty small pots.

I just transplanted to 3 gallon pots and the clipping is done so they should take off now. Here is the critical cure clone.

So in 4 weeks from sprouting you got 8 main tops growing ?
Do you do all the topping/leaf remove in one day? or do you do it acorss more days to reduce stress ?
Im looking into mainline for my 2nd grow as well

Great job thats gonna do real good . Now just a tiny bit of super crop incase heads get uneven and add ur rings . 2 weeks that thing will be bushy

I personally don't remove the leaves in between topping nodes. Just pinch or scratch off the secondary branches.

LokoTrashman said:

So in 4 weeks from sprouting you got 8 main tops growing ?
Do you do all the topping/leaf remove in one day? or do you do it acorss more days to reduce stress ?
Im looking into mainline for my 2nd grow as well

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I did it all in the same day.. Really slows down growth which was fine because I didn't have space in the veg tent. I'm really not sure what I'm doing, but it seems to be working out. I snipped the clone 4 times and the seedling 3 times since I fimmed the seedling and got a few extra sprouts.

Also, I removed all of the fan leaves as they grew in because they just confused me and I couldn't tell what was going on.. The manual I read said to do that, but it's a matter of preference.

Ok, now what do I do? Wait a few more days then tie the stems to the lower ring? Are the shoots supposed to grow on the outside of the ring or the inside? I'm thinking outside..
Also, when should I flip the lights? How big should I let them get? I don't want them too massive.
One more thing.. This is the seedling.. She has 8 strong shoots and a few coming out of the intersection of the "Y" where she was fimmed. these inner shoots are weak looking. Should I cut them off?

sunny747 said:

Ok, now what do I do? Wait a few more days then tie the stems to the lower ring? Are the shoots supposed to grow on the outside of the ring or the inside? I'm thinking outside..
Also, when should I flip the lights? How big should I let them get? I don't want them too massive.
One more thing.. This is the seedling.. She has 8 strong shoots and a few coming out of the intersection of the "Y" where she was fimmed. these inner shoots are weak looking. Should I cut them off?View attachment 3204813

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I am on my first mainline grow with 6 shoots... I would cut those ones that are forming. IMO of course. Yours looks a lot like mine. It was easier than I expected. Not that I ever expect much

As far as switching em, what's the height of your box and the height of the plant? That's the way to know when to switch them

I just read over the tutorial again.. I see what to do.. I will cut off everything but the tops of the 8 main shoots. Strip her down.. Then I'll let the shoots grow a bit and attach to top ring. The tutorial says to remove the bindings when you have locked in the shape.

My tent is 6ft. high and I have a 2x2 space for each of the 2 plants. Should be plenty of room. I know this strain stretches a whole lot during flower. My last one doubled in size.. Still a few weeks away from flower I suppose..

Ok.. I just Edward Scissorhandsed them.. Now I can see what's going on again.. I cut them down to 8 distinct shoots and removed the million small shoots below the tops and most of the fan leaves.
Now I have a nice big bag of green leaves.. I'm thinking I'll use them in my green smoothies.. Any thoughts on that? I see people juicing the leaves.. Any way, here they are.. The second one is the seedling.. I think I might not try this with a clone again. Just makes it a little more confusing, but then again I saved $15 on a seed.

Looking good so far, nice thick stem , I personally would be a bit scared seeing my plants all defoliated like this, now we just have to wait and see how they develop further.
Keep us posted hehe.

LokoTrashman said:

Looking good so far, nice thick stem , I personally would be a bit scared seeing my plants all defoliated like this, now we just have to wait and see how they develop further.
Keep us posted hehe.

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Yea, They told me they feel naked like this The only issue is that I have been sampling this same strain which is high CBD and I really don't like it.. I like the regular indicas better.. Last night I consumed some and levitated over my bed for two hours in and out of sleep. I may be sending these to the fertilizer pile..

What is the high like in high CBD strains ?

LokoTrashman said:

What is the high like in high CBD strains ?

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Hard for me to explain... I am not a person that enjoys being high.. It's like I now have three voices in my head instead of 2.. There is me, The voice that criticizes me and over analyzes everything (albeit the truth) and another voice that says "He's right you know.."
I was hoping that a CBD strain would just relax me and put me to sleep without the psychoactive trips.. To me, it wasn't very good for sleep. I laid in bed the other night and thought about so much. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I think I like regular indicas better as they are more relaxing.

I also tend to over medicate. Getting dosage right is difficult. I add 2 tablespoons dry decarbed bud to 32 oz of almond or coconut milk Drink and cook it for around 40 minutes on low heat. It takes a long time to kick in. 2 oz seems to do the trick. If I take 4oz things get pretty trippy..

I'll try 2 oz of the CBD milk one more time. After that I'm going to have to look into growing chamomile and kava kava

i should note that this plant also had sativa pheno. Not sure if that made a difference.. Critical cure is awesome to grow though.. Very heavy and dense buds and vigorous growth..

Haha, I to get some voices in my head, all of them are mine tho, some analyze shit, others criticize about everything, others make me think about food
To enjoy the high and to get a good sleep I like to do something while high, not just lay down and trip. I watch series or make music, or draw some shit, or even go out with the amigos for a drink, it gets my mind of the voices so I can enjoy, tho listening to the over analyzing voice I sure like, makes me feel smarter LOL.

Yes, I get some pretty amazing insights while I am medicated. It's just sometimes hard to deal with what seems like the truth. I should really write these thoughts down. I just drank 2oz of my canna-cream. That's a light dose. Hopefully I fall asleep soon.

sunny747 said:

I was hoping that a CBD strain would just relax me and put me to sleep without the psychoactive trips.. To me, it wasn't very good for sleep. I laid in bed the other night and thought about so much. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I think I like regular indicas better as they are more relaxing.

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How mature are you letting your tricomes get?
Personally I'll let a few of my girls amber out A LOT for good sleep bud. We're talking a bare minimum of 30%.
But I smoke mine.

MonkeyGrinder said:

How mature are you letting your tricomes get?
Personally I'll let a few of my girls amber out A LOT for good sleep bud. We're talking a bare minimum of 30%.
But I smoke mine.

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I haven't gotten any ambers on the 3 plants I have grown.. I let them go as long as I can stand it, but I think they were not the type of plant that gets amber.. Maybe I'm just impatient. I let them flower 70 days..

So, what have you done with your plants ? got any pic updates ?