Grow tips for Caps Cut MAC1

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ExclusiveX420

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Can anyone give me tips for my recently acquired Caps cut of MAC1. I heard it vegs slow and that's about as much detail as I can find. Anyone have experience with this cut ?
I'll be growing in two forms.
Coco/perlite/vermiculite mix with Blumat drip irrigation and hand watering mixed.
I will also be running DWC.
General hydroponics Flora series. Silica and Kool bloom are mainly the only supplements I use.

How does she handle high ppfd LEDs?
I supplement with far red and UVB in flower.

Does she like training?
Mainlining or topping with lst are my typical.

How does she handle nutrients? High, low or standard dose?

Tall/not tall?

High/low temps/humid.

Any suggestions I would greatly appreciate. I have a fair amount of experience and success but I'm not a professional or a biologists by any stretch so I would really like to give these the best care I can on the first attempt with your help so the first run isn't a poor description of such a wonderful gift.

Thanks for any information.
Yessss! The caps cut
 
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calvin.m16

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Patience is very important with the real Mac1 Cut. It's a short slow small plant. Don't overdo it with fertilizer as it is not a heavy eater and train away it will just slow it even more but for a better end result. Keep temps warm and humidity in a good 50% range.

Most members on here aren't professionals. Enjoy the frosty lil nugs it gives you. Personally that plant is not for me at all. I like big explosive plants.
 
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calvin.m16 said:
Patience is very important with the real Mac1 Cut. It's a short slow small plant. Don't overdo it with fertilizer as it is not a heavy eater and train away it will just slow it even more but for a better end result. Keep temps warm and humidity in a good 50% range.

Most members on here aren't professionals. Enjoy the frosty lil nugs it gives you. Personally that plant is not for me at all. I like big explosive plants.
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Hey thank you for any experienced info. I appreciate it. I'll keep that in mind especially the fertilizer. Kind of disappointing to hear though but I'll tell you what. If I can produce it like others, I'll be happy as heck.
 
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waterproof808 said:
why you gonna go through the trouble of setting up blumats and still hand water? You can run nutes through blumats...
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My whole first run here has been with nutrients in the reservoir. Problem is that the nutrients once heated above 75 which is often this summer (temps at 78+ in the reservoir) create some nasty shit that eventually plug my shut off valves. Which I have 3 2 at the res and one in the loop to bleed off. They all have plugged up. In combination with zero water movement unless I hand stir it every day. I'm afraid to use my air stones because the system will get an air bubble. It's been extremely successful but it's been a lot of maintenance and this buildup seems inevitable right now. Iv tried things with little change. General hydroponics Flora series + general hydroponics armor si so the film and building is from the salts and high temp stagnant water.
Iv had alot of people suggest running water only in the reservoir and watering with nutrients as needed. Which honestly sounds like a fair idea. In the winter months I can see running nutes in the reservoir again. I'm not sure what else to try.
UC roots was highly recommended and I haven't really seen much of a difference.
No one else has this issue in there reservoir ever running nutrients?
 
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ExclusiveX420 said:
My whole first run here has been with nutrients in the reservoir. Problem is that the nutrients once heated above 75 which is often this summer (temps at 78+ in the reservoir) create some nasty shit that eventually plug my shut off valves. Which I have 3 2 at the res and one in the loop to bleed off. They all have plugged up. In combination with zero water movement unless I hand stir it every day. I'm afraid to use my air stones because the system will get an air bubble. It's been extremely successful but it's been a lot of maintenance and this buildup seems inevitable right now. Iv tried things with little change. General hydroponics Flora series + general hydroponics armor si so the film and building is from the salts and high temp stagnant water.
Iv had alot of people suggest running water only in the reservoir and watering with nutrients as needed. Which honestly sounds like a fair idea. In the winter months I can see running nutes in the reservoir again. I'm not sure what else to try.
UC roots was highly recommended and I haven't really seen much of a difference.
No one else has this issue in there reservoir ever running nutrients?
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Just stick a cheap submersible pump in your rez to use as a circulating pump and put it on a timer to kick on a couple times a day, the vivosun ones are only $15-20 on amazon. I also have better success using Garden Friendly Fungicide instead of trying to keep a sterile rez with stuff like pool shock.
I ran blumats outdoor for a few years with veg bloom nutes and dealt with some sediment but not to where it would clog my shut off valves, I'd just have to flush my lines out periodically. Alot of what you are describing is a big reason why I switched to a regular pressurized drip system, which requires a lot less maintenance IME.
 
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waterproof808 said:
Just stick a cheap submersible pump in your rez to use as a circulating pump and put it on a timer to kick on a couple times a day, the vivosun ones are only $15-20 on amazon. I also have better success using Garden Friendly Fungicide instead of trying to keep a sterile rez with stuff like pool shock.
I ran blumats outdoor for a few years with veg bloom nutes and dealt with some sediment but not to where it would clog my shut off valves, I'd just have to flush my lines out periodically. Alot of what you are describing is a big reason why I switched to a regular pressurized drip system, which requires a lot less maintenance IME.
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Appreciate it. That's where I'll be in the future but right now I can only drip.
 
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mikeyboy2121

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She grows slow and sorta mutated, and stacks nodes super tight. All those nodes end up turning into useless little sucker branches. Defoliate and snip the suckers all throughout veg. Lollipop her and defoliate the upper fans so that the lowers get light, otherwise they get slowed down and underdeveloped.

In flower, pinch off nodes wherever you see them in excess. I'll sometimes alternate pinching every other node all the way up some branches. This will result in larger more appealing buds. If you don't do this she can easily waste energy putting out lots of popcorn.

Took me several rounds to get her dialed in and producing. It's all in the prep work. Aside from that she's hardy and easy to please. Don't think I've ever had a run where she's not super healthy and putting out dank ass flower.

Running her in hydro could be real interesting. I'd imagine she'll be much faster in veg.
 
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mikeyboy2121 said:
She grows slow and sorta mutated, and stacks nodes super tight. All those nodes end up turning into useless little sucker branches. Defoliate and snip the suckers all throughout veg. Lollipop her and defoliate the upper fans so that the lowers get light, otherwise they get slowed down and underdeveloped.

In flower, pinch off nodes wherever you see them in excess. I'll sometimes alternate pinching every other node all the way up some branches. This will result in larger more appealing buds. If you don't do this she can easily waste energy putting out lots of popcorn.

Took me several rounds to get her dialed in and producing. It's all in the prep work. Aside from that she's hardy and easy to please. Don't think I've ever had a run where she's not super healthy and putting out dank ass flower.

Running her in hydro could be real interesting. I'd imagine she'll be much faster in veg.
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I appreciate the solid tips, thank you. That's the detail I was looking for. I will def plan on keeping her clean and plan for tops only. Appreciate it. I just got a cutting rooted finally! They were delivered in rough shape due to really hot weather but got her transplanted this a.m.
 
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