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Manifold / Mainline Dumb Question

Cola Grande

New member
On my first indoor grow and have three plants that I have successfully manifolded to each having 8 tops.
Been searching the web for hours for when I should make the flip to 12/12.
As of today (day 41 veg) they each have about two nodes on their respective 8 new tops.

Question:
Do I wait for a certain number of nodes?
A certain amount of time?
A certain plant height?

At what point do I put these plants into flower for the best results?

BTW, I'm in no particular hurry to flower, more interested in quality buds.

Thanks much and Happy Budding!
 

bsgospel

Bat Macumba
You can flip them whenever you're comfortable. If you've got good roots, then swing away. Sooner if you have a low ceiling or tent but you can always train and stake. 8 tops after a month and change seems just fine but it's entirely up to you. Pics?
 

Cola Grande

New member
Hope these pics post!

Hope these pics post!

You can flip them whenever you're comfortable. If you've got good roots, then swing away. Sooner if you have a low ceiling or tent but you can always train and stake. 8 tops after a month and change seems just fine but it's entirely up to you. Pics?

As of today, they are 45 days from sprout. I'm LST'ing three plants and manifolding three plants in a 4'x4' x 80" tent.
One out of the three manifolded plants (the biggest and strongest) got cute and developed 3 new stems on one side and thus will have 10 cola tops since I decided to leave it there rather than cut it.
Hell, it's my first indoor grow so what the heck, right? lol
All plants are pretty healthy and it looks like I'll flip the entire bunch this coming Saturday.
Here are some pics I took earlier today. Some are before LST and after and before defol and after.
Gotta feel sorry for the 2 LST'ers that I attacked today (other was done yesterday) cuz I went after them hard - REAL hard.
Figured might as well since this is my one last biggest go at them before flip.
Might do some more defol and/or lst up until the end of the second week of flower but nothing like they carnage I brought on them today.
The last pic is of the prior damage I inflicted on the biggest manifolded plant (Let's call him Don). That is the node that has one extra stem and that is the 10 cola plant.

Thanks so much for your response, bsgospel, and...

Happy Budding!
 

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Cola Grande

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Some Pics May Not Have Posted... LST/Manifolded Plant Pics

Some Pics May Not Have Posted... LST/Manifolded Plant Pics

As of today, they are 45 days from sprout. I'm LST'ing three plants and manifolding three plants in a 4'x4' x 80" tent.
One out of the three manifolded plants (the biggest and strongest) got cute and developed 3 new stems on one side and thus will have 10 cola tops since I decided to leave it there rather than cut it.
Hell, it's my first indoor grow so what the heck, right? lol
All plants are pretty healthy and it looks like I'll flip the entire bunch this coming Saturday.
Here are some pics I took earlier today. Some are before LST and after and before defol and after.
Gotta feel sorry for the 2 LST'ers that I attacked today (other was done yesterday) cuz I went after them hard - REAL hard.
Figured might as well since this is my one last biggest go at them before flip.
Might do some more defol and/or lst up until the end of the second week of flower but nothing like they carnage I brought on them today.
The last pic is of the prior damage I inflicted on the biggest manifolded plant (Let's call him Don). That is the node that has one extra stem and that is the 10 cola plant.

Thanks so much for your response, bsgospel, and...

Happy Budding!

Got limited out on pics. Here are the remaining...
 

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Cola Grande

New member
Sorry. Having picture issues, but...

Should I continue removing all new growth tips on each of the 8 main colas or do those become part of the main buds?
 

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JanKowalski

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Hi Cola,
Looking at your pics, your mainlining/manifold it's done. No need to remove anything more in my opinion.
 

Cola Grande

New member
Hi Cola,
Looking at your pics, your mainlining/manifold it's done. No need to remove anything more in my opinion.
Thanks for that, Jan.

Guess I'll ride them out "as-is" and just be defoling a few fans here and there that may inhibit adequate light penetration.

Thank you for your timely response
 

Cola Grande

New member
Updated 03.21.2018 Pics Inside Tent

Updated 03.21.2018 Pics Inside Tent

Plants are looking good. Excellent job at training them

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, Skunk!

If you are interested in seeing them flower, I currently am keeping a regularly updated grow journal on GC.

Today's tent pics...
 

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Cola Grande

New member
14th Day of Flower - Getting Taller and Filling Out

14th Day of Flower - Getting Taller and Filling Out

March 25 - Day 14 of Flower

Put 4-5 vertical inches on the three Manifolders in the 2 weeks after flip and getting wider as well.

Drinking nearly a gallon a day
 

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Cola Grande

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Comparison Pics

Comparison Pics

Forgot to add the before shot in the latest post - Pics taken 2 weeks apart. Plants are 63 days from sprout and 14 days into flower.

Here's both:
 

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Cola Grande

New member
I f'ed up again...

First pic above was taken March 18, second pic above was taken today, March 25.

Nice 1 week stretch!

Man, I gotta start drinking again...
 

Cola Grande

New member
Top Pics of the 6 Plants March 28 - 17th Day of Flower

Top Pics of the 6 Plants March 28 - 17th Day of Flower

Update - March 28, 2018 | Day 17 of Flower | Day 66 from Sprout


Top views of the 6 plants below...
 

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St. Phatty

Active member
The decision on when to start 12/12 depends a lot on how much they stretch.

e.g. my current Fem Blue Widow hardly stretched at all. Had a Green Crack x Apollo 11 that is acting very Sativa, put her outside cause she needs more light than an HPS or MH puts out.

Anyway your plants look awesome.
 

Cola Grande

New member
Thanks for that, Phatty.

Just a bit over two weeks into flower and some are stretching more than others but, since they were fairly short at flip, I can't see vertical space being an issue.

From what I've read, the stretching should halt once they hit the 2-3 week point in flower.

Thanks again for your input
 

Cola Grande

New member
Update on Flowering

Update on Flowering

HardDrive from the GC forum was kind enough to request that I post some updated pictures of the flowering progress on my grow here so here goes. Not many pics, but should have more soon.

HardDrive also was cool enough to post some pics of his current grow progress and asking everyone for advice on why his leaves were wilting so badly and why after 108 days he had no trichomes. Being a complete newbie I wouldn't be able to do that but maybe some of the more experienced growers here can cuz it looked to me like they were in pretty bad shape and possibly dying.

Things seem to be progressing nicely in my tent, but being my first indoor grow, WTF do I know? lol

Just hoping that the buds fill out more cuz they seem pretty skinny at this point.

Thanks for any input, and...

Happy Budding!
 

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Cola Grande

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Updated Pics - April 8 - Day 28 of Flip / Day 21 of Flower / 77 Days from Sprout

Updated Pics - April 8 - Day 28 of Flip / Day 21 of Flower / 77 Days from Sprout

April 8 - Day 28 of Flip / Day 21 of Flower / 77 Days from Sprout

Gonna try to post weekly progress pics as the 6 plants progress through flowering.

Here are top, side and cola shots of the 3 manifolded plants
 

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