SIP Club - Getting Hydro/Coco Results In A Soil Based Medium

StoneOtter said:
WOW! That's super beefy! Going to hold something good!
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That's what I'm hoping too! big stem big tops is what I'm thinking, I practically lost interest in the other two plants :p gonna put all the energy into her. And well I feel she's gonna take up most of the space once she gets going.
Olddog Newtrick said:
I’m a noob so, this is a question, not advice but, can’t you top the growth at the ends of the 4 branches once they get as wide as you want?
I’d think that would cause the growth from then on to be spread evenly across the middle.
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That's what jmrl advised as well in my thread, but it would make the plant even bigger and even more tops, dunno how much this SIP can support with the way it's going I'm guessing I'm filling the reservoir twice a day when she's into flowering and I'll probably have to provide extra feed, I've now got time release pellets in the can.
And well I guess it's a good idea as it would beef up the rest on the branch, but pulling a branch flat also causes the branches in the middle to bulk up nicely. I dunno what's the best approach
ThirdUncle said:
I'm new at quadlining aswell @Fenderbender though have LST heaps , somehow i think i'm going to run out of room , i'm selecting a few inner branchs , will prune them back until the outer grow tips catch up in hight 🤙✌️
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Seems like you already pruned a lot on those stems? ah and you did top twice looks like, I'm just following the first post of the quadsquad as a guideline.

These SIPS are certainly magic, and now with photos and the new light I'm getting a whole other class of plants in how they grow as the Malawi and Pink Rozay aren't too bad either with the stems.
And I'm feeding them Zamnesia/Bionova Monsterbud nutrients which might hold true to the name as well.
 
aaargh!!! I just split my stem open.. it's like a tunnel in there so much room.
The plant pretty much had pulled all the strings up from the gaffa tape and everything was pointing up.
And when I tried to pull back down the stem just ripped open.
I zipped tied it shut.... but now I'm anxious applying force downward again to get her level as the branches clearly do not want to move much anymore.
Azi I think I'm going for drilling the holes to tie down in the future as I imagine they would have just pulled a paper binder off the edge as well.

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ThirdUncle said:
Thats annoying @Fenderbender , cannabis is a strong plant also strong willed ,i use bamboo sticks tied to the bucket then the branchs tied down on the bamboo
The zip tie good solution 👍& thanks for link for quadsquad 🙏✌️
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I'm thinking she'll be okay, taped many split stems outside and usually works out.. although haven't gone and looked yet.
How is the bamboo tied to the pot? Are you going under it? or do you have some holes in it?
With fat branches I clearly need something that won't budge as otherwise they will just lift it without a sweat.
It's just now I feel I can't get her level again I can pull down on the edge of the branches to keep her open but that will keep her widening and firing of buds and I wanted those to go up.
I'm just going to flick the switch soon and let them flower and see what transpires.
 
Fenderbender said:
That's what jmrl advised as well in my thread, but it would make the plant even bigger and even more tops, dunno how much this SIP can support with the way it's going I'm guessing I'm filling the reservoir twice a day when she's into flowering and I'll probably have to provide extra feed, I've now got time release pellets in the can.
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Nothing says you have to let every growth node grow on. I usually try to space the growth points I want around my pot and remove the others in between, but I leave the fan leaf.

ThirdUncle said:
Oh okay theres a quadline thread ? Thanks i'll check it out
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Link to the first page in my signature. ;)

Fenderbender said:
aaargh!!! I just split my stem open.. it's like a tunnel in there so much room.
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Try Supercropping the stems before you try to bend them or tie them down. That changes the stress point on that limb out a bit from the stem itself and makes the whole thing a bit stronger.

I Supercrop a lot, even doing leaves in flower that might be shading a bud rather than removing it.
 
It doesn't have to be tied to the pot...
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If it's secured to the branch in more than one location the branch goes straight out and is only fighting itself without additional stress on the trunk.
 
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