Interesting concept and great pics showing itWhite Widow Mainlining Veg Day 41
This girl was starting to get her legs under her, so thats the perfect time to do our next round of toppings. We had 4 mains after last week's toppings but we need to turn that into 8.
One thing I want to bring up to anyone considering main lining. Learn the directions that nodes grow. The alternate 90 degrees each new node. This is important because when you are main lining, you will want the new mains to go where you want them. Double check to make sure its the direction you want it to go AND make sure you are cutting the correct shoot. A quick cut can ruin your main lining.
So here we go.......Here she is tonight before getting butchered
And here are the 4 mains
Now here is where I say its important to make sure you have your nodes growing the direction you want. You see the side shot of 2nd topping I did. It is perpendicular to the initial topping. I want to make the next topping perpendicular to this side topping so that I can spread the new tops out around the perimeter....not back towards the middle of the plant.
Here is one of the mains that I will top. Make sure I find the correct node growing the direction I want them to grow. If there isn't one, you need to let the plant grow more and throw a new node that will alternate back.
And afterwards
I know the point I am trying to make about node direction is tough to explain in a 2 dimensional picture but imagine the lines on these next pics show the direction that the shoots would grow if allowed to. If anyone doesn't completely understand, please speak up.
Once you have topped her, start removing all other growth like these two side shoots
And now repeat on all the remaining mains.....
Once you are done, your plant will or should look something like this.
And now this pic shows how the new mains will grow. See that I am slowly making a circle shape around the perimeter.
I will give her another week or so and see how her 8 mains are looking. If they have grown enough, I will turn the 8 tops into 16 and then let her go vertical for a couple weeks and flip her. Now if her growth is stunted too much and she is very slow to recover, I will let her go at 8 tops.....but the goal is 16 if she is willing to give it to me.
Do u think it extends veg time much?? of course the payoff with 16 major buds is worth it
I'm still working my quad girl, I'll holler and you can critic how I've done Van
Looking forward to seeing it flower out
