Ase's Multi-Strain Quadlining In Coco

MJ1771 said:
Hello, Ase. I'm jumping in for this ride, happy you started a new journal cause the last one was really, really long to start reading from start and I'm thankful you gave a short description of all the important thing so far in this one.

I'm currently scrogging but always open to new techniques and methods so I'm eager to see more of this!
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I started quadlining for the scrog method as a good way to split the plant to spread them out and then trained through the net. Glad to have you along and I’m happy to hear I made a good decision by starting a new journal. My goal was to attract some new faces and it’s accomplished that so far! Welcome aboard!
 
DobeWan said:
Your veg girls look great. Mine are so far behind. They're progressing more quickly now, but I haven't even started tying them down yet. The T5 performance can't hold a candle to the LED.

As for your flower girls... wow. Critical Cheese is massive. Those Critical genetics seem to grow big plants... the one I had to turf was the biggest of the bunch for me when I culled them.

Sidenote / question: I'm having some early potassium deficiency signs by my assessment on my Royal Gorilla. It might be calcium but I think it's K. In any case, it doesn't seem to be advancing quickly. I moved onto the week 6 feeding and let my pH wander up to 6.1 the last couple of nights to make some of the nutrients more readily available, and to give some extra PK in case she's a heavy feeder. Just wondering if you have any thoughts. None of the other plants have the same symptoms.
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Very doubtful that it is calcium. Just doesn’t seem to fit in the equation for where you are at in the grow. It’s likely genetics and if she’s not showing signs of nute burn then I’d give boosting the PK a little more with her and see what happens. I’ve noticed sometimes that with my heavier feeders the stems and stalks will start getting some purpleish streaks in them when they are underfed a bit.
 
Day 32 Veg Tent A - Day 38 Flower Tent B

I think I have figured out my problems with my computer and the new part comes in the mail this week. I’m old school and I do a lot of things on it. I don’t know how you guys just did the app or phone thing before the new forums update but I have to have a computer.

First off the girlfriend is killing it right now. All of them have hairs just starting to pop out. She’s going to have one of the best first grows I’ve ever seen.
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Next my veg girls have started to boom a bit. They aren’t at what I would call aggressive veg phase but they are close. It was time for another training session and defoliation though.
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So I started with the Purple Envy which looked just a bit off. One of her 4 quadrants wasn’t growing so well and when I took a look I found the problem. She had grown so much and I had her pinned down so tight that one of the 2 top quadline branches was hanging on by a thread and had basically torn itself off. I had two choices. Mend it up and let it regrow (but likely more stunted than the other 3) or go with a tri-line. So I went for the tri line. I did this with an Auto seed once and it was pretty cool. Remember my theory on guiding energy so this shouldn’t hurt my yield with it happeneing so early on. Not an ideal finding but probably the best time for it to happen.
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The Super Iced Grapefruit looks fantastic. It was perfectly even on all four sides. I used it as my example photo on how I do this part of the quadline training. First at node one you have two even branches coming out the top. I defoliate both of the big fan leaves that come out of there. At node two I also did this. With the quadline method the branches are not even at node 2. One is on top and one is on bottom of the big support branch. The one on bottom just never makes it to the canopy. I always end up chopping it off. This is my first time doing it this way but I chopped that branch off right now instead of waiting. So node two now only has one branch and it’s on top ready to go. Node 3 I didn’t do anything too and they will be both even branches again. In a few days I will pin them down just after node 3 and let true whole thing grow vertical until they are ready to flip. I’ll still defoliate and adjust things during that time but nothing too major.
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White Rhino small and compact but about at the same node growth as the other 3. I think I remember my original one starting out slow too and really kicking it up in aggressive veg phase so it’ll be fun to see if she does too.
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Lastly the Chemdawg. Wouldn’t even be able to tell she had a slow start anymore. Will be cloning this for sure.
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I basically haven’t touched the flower tent in a week. Just letting them run their course. I’ll try to be more detailed on my next update on the individual girls.
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I’ve done some sampling of my latest harvest and my head is spinning. All of them are really good. Best quality to date. I’m really looking forward to the finish of the flower tent. I think I’ve finally nailed it if I can get a clean finish.
 
Thanks guys! I’m really anxious to see the veg girls and their bounce back today. I love training plants. I don’t know what it is about it but it’s hands down my favorite part of growing. Just to know mentally what they will look like in the end is very gratifying to know the work put in now pays huge dividends in the final outcome!
 
Asesino85 said:
Thanks guys! I’m really anxious to see the veg girls and their bounce back today. I love training plants. I don’t know what it is about it but it’s hands down my favorite part of growing. Just to know mentally what they will look like in the end is very gratifying to know the work put in now pays huge dividends in the final outcome!
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I agree 100% about the growing phase being more rewarding. It's faster paced and more interactive. The results are more interactive as well. Flowering at first seemed very interesting. Opening the tent to see the buds start to form is exciting , but after a while it is the same routine for what seems like forever until they finish.
 
MJ1771 said:
Ase, roughly how much time it takes you from seed germination to flip with these training methods?
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Roughly 40 days. It really just depends on how they look. I’ve thought my plants were ready to flip at day 35 last time and rarely do I let them go past 42, so 5-6 weeks is the range.
 
If I'm running like 15 plants, do I wait them all to start quad-lining together or as long as one plant is ready it gets trained and the rest follow when ready? I'm asking cause I'm used to doing most things all at once so just want to clarify best...
 
MJ1771 said:
If I'm running like 15 plants, do I wait them all to start quad-lining together or as long as one plant is ready it gets trained and the rest follow when ready? I'm asking cause I'm used to doing most things all at once so just want to clarify best...
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Yeah quadline them when they look ready. They will all grow at different rates and you do it as you go.
 
Big Sparks said:
Just found this. I hope you all dont mind if I pull up a seat in the back.
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Don’t mind at all! Welcome to the journal. Ask any questions if you have any from back there.
 
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