The Main-Lining Thread
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cc08150
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People asking for design help...its all over the forum, not just in this thread, but multiple ones. It is well documented how many plants you can fit into a certain space, just do the research. And some things have to be learned by trial and error, that's just how the learning process goes.
I bet you could do a 4 or 8 headed one and get a good yield in 2gal hydro.
nugbuckets
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i am not the guy to ask anything about hydro.....but main-lining has little to do with medium, it is a way to evenly distribute energy to the colas from the medium....will work with any medium.....hope that helps some, again, hydro just is not my field.....nugs
Just was wondering why you re pot in 7gal. Im assuming bigger root mass. Have youever kept the plants in 2 gal for a full grow while main lining? How were the results.
nugbuckets
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never in a container that small.......i am about bigger soil pots....
budman678
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at least 5 or 7 gallons bc of 1) rootmass, bigger roots equals more robust trees and 2) you are forgetting the key ingredient and what started this whole things...supersoil! you have to be able give them enough supersoil to make it through weeks of veg and all of flowering...its hard to add enough supersoil and still have a buffer or base soil with the smaller pots...
it can be done but its not recommended.
haha, guys did i do a good job?
nugbuckets
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.....boom!!........
cc08150
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Yup you landed it! You would have too many nutrient defiencies in smaller pots like 2 gallon. You gotta grow the plant out to 5 -6 nodes before you take the top off , so it has to have a big root mass to be that far along in vegg, then you gotta figure in flowering as well. I'm about to upgrade my smarts from 5 to 7gal next time I place an order for SS amendments
What about in hydro? I grow in 2 gal pots and my plants end up 6ft with no nutes deficiency
cc08150
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Hydro is different just because you are always supplying a constant supply of chemical nutrients. Supersoil is completely different because it is alive with microbes and fungus, which break down the nutrients and minerals in the soil to a more usable and absorbable form that the roots can uptake. Hydro, bottled nutrient are in water soluble form so that the roots can take them up easy without microbes to help. And I'm not saying that you can't grow a 6ft plant in a 2 gallon pot using SS (obviously plenty people do it), it just obviously makes more sense to give it 5+ gallons, because with Mainlining, you are after 8, 16, 32 FAT colas that go all the way down the branch, which need big root systems to supply big amounts of nutrients for the big growth. Main-lining is not about growing 6 foot tall plants, it's about spreading the plant out more horizontally to get equal light distribution to nearly identical colas.
nugbuckets
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ahhhhh. thank you.
this is some bagseed from some mids in my area known as popcorn. I didnt start this plant till early july and then i had troouble somehow she fell out of her resting plant and i found her dumped out laying on the ground a few hours after it happened and me and my wife scooped her up and put her in a pot of organic soil and prayed she would make it, the pictures were taken a week ago and as you can see she made it. i was planning on doing more topping and training but ran out of time do the it being august and her starting to flower. but if you could let me know what you think this will be my eighth plant to harvest.
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LD50 Behind the Shed (Put gorilla glue on the hub to prevent any snapping or cracking)
Grape Stomper OG (she's doing the splits hehe)
Stay tuned..
-Bud
