UBs Topping vs. Nugbuckets Main-Lining - CFL Rubbermaid Grow - Nirvana Blue Mystic

No feeding yet. I will most likely give them a 1/4 strength feeding my next watering and see how they respond. Hopefully good because it's getting worse each day.

How's it going everyone? This update will be a bit more detailed than my last few for anyone who might actually be following along.

Both plants are doing awesome since the transplant into their new pots. I still have some yellowing on the top of plant 1 but it's getting better since I put it in a bigger pot.

Both plants are growing pretty much at the same speed which is great. Here's the run down.

For both plants:
Height: 4 inches
Width: 6 inches
Both plants have 5 solid nodes as of today and are working on their sixth.

Temps:
High - 82 degrees
Low - 76 degree

Humidity
High: 57%
Low: 47%

The ph of my runoff has been consistently between 7.2 and 7.4 so that's good as well.

I still haven't given them any nutes but plan to start at a very low dose next watering to see if it helps with the yellowing.

Everything seems to be going as planned and I will hopefully make the first cut for the main lining when the 6th node on both is developed a little more. That should happen at the beginning of this week. I will post pictures when I do it. For now, here are my usual 5 pictures!

-Bud

Looking good mate! Good luck with mainlining. I am just starting 3 outdoors in ptos and am going to give it a shot. It looks like an awesome technique. I wouldn't worry about their color much.

I went ahead and made my first cuts for the main line tonight. It's really a shame to trim down a beautiful plant to almost nothing, but I'm hoping it pays off in the end.

Unfortunately my growth isn't long enough at the third node to start tieing it down yet, so I set the plants down from the lights a little but to get a little stretch. Hopefully here in the next couple days I can start tieing and get my hub started.

I planted my cuttings in solo cups, hopefully they'll take off as well. I also gave both plants their first feeding. I mixed 1/8 teaspoon of jacks in a half gallon of water and fed them with that.

Here are some pictures of everything that went down tonight. Feedback please!! This thread is basically dead and I'm not sure why I keep updating, lol

Stay high!

I'm sure lots of growers are following this thread (I certainly am), so please don't stop updating.

They look great so far. I'm definitely going to mainline my next plant.

What's up everybody? Here's another weekly update. Things are going amazing. It took a little bit for shit to grow out enough to start tying it down, but I made my first tie tonight and started my hub. Everything else is going great. Temps, humidity and ph are right where I want them. Here's some pictures to prove it! Some before and some after. Much love!

-Bud

Plants are looking good but lagging a bit from the stress of all the bends. Soil was getting really dry so i gave them another feeding. This post is just for me to keep a record of that.

Mixed 1/8 teaspoon of veg nutes with half gallon of water and split it between the two.

How's it going all? Growth was looking good and healthy, so I decided to make my next cut for the main-line. The growth is yet again a little too short for me to start tying anything down, so I'll have to wait it out a week or so to start the second set of ties.

I cut off all the fan leaves on the node I made my four mains, so the only ones left are the bottom two from the first cut. Hoping that doesn't negatively affect the growth, but this is all a learning experience and I wanted to experiment a little. I thought maybe that would maximize the light onto the actual mains. We'll see! Here are some pictures. I did find some preflower pistils, which made me really happy!

Stay high!

-Bud

I'm a little nervous about the fan leaves! I feel like I probably shouldn't have removed them since they're a main source of light food for the plant.

Someone reassure me!

This looks as good as any other attempt at main-lining I've come across. How many tops are you going for?

8 per plant for a total of 16 mains. Hoping it all goes as planned!

How's it going RUI?

This week's update coming a little late but there wasn't much to tell ya till today. Growth has been really slow but solid since my last cut. I had 3 nodes on my new mains and made my third and final cut tonight. I also gave the plants some water and nutes, 1/8 teaspoon more than my previous feedings. I'm going to let them veg out for a few weeks then I'll flip to flower and hope for the best! Here's some pictures to show what's been happening. 3 before, 3 after.

I tied down my manifold again to promote some upward growth as well as lowered the plants considerably from the lights.

Stay high!

-Bud

No pictures yet but will have an update for you later tonight hopefully.

I'm considering topping one more time to give me a total of 16 tops per plant and going the scrog route... thoughts? What do you guys think?

Think you could do it, would be a good way to experiment with both mainlining and scrog.

After taking a look at my girls tonight and doing some work with them, I decided not to top again because of time. I don't wanna have to grow them out again.

Unfortunately, while I was watering tonight I broke off one of my mains ( all is good other than that though and I'll live with it and be more careful next time.

I usually take pictures then water but today I watered first so the plants look a little more droopy than usual, but they're doing awesome. I upped the nutes another 1/8 of a teaspoon tonight as well. Here's my usual five!

-Bud

They're looking great.

Here's a couple better shots a day after the watering and a day after their biggest feeding. Looking much better here! Thanks SunnyJim!

Did my final measurements last night and will be making the switch to 12/12 after they veg another inch or inch & a half! Preflowers are popping out everywhere! They're pretty close to ready!

Looking healthy, lots of nice new growth.

Made the switch to 12/12 last night. Swapped out my veg lights for 8 42w 2700k CFLS, but I suspect my heat might go up with those. Turned my fan up to the medium setting and will check to make sure it doesn't need to be on high later.

Here are a few pictures.

Not here to troll, just in for the ride! looks good, lil stocky ladies. What wattage was your cool white cfl vs the 42 watt 2700k?