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Mainlining

Sesc14started grow question 5y ago

After training to 8 tops during a mainline what to do with the lower growths that shoot up? Tie down or remove? How do you maintain your mainline basically.

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HeavyHittahanswered grow question 5y ago

Usually best to strip every node up until the main top . A day or 2 before you flip them to flower.

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TimTheTerpMananswered grow question 5y ago

I'd leave the top 3 flower sites everything else strip off. 🤘😤

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Frigaultanswered grow question 5y ago

I you'll remove and let all the growt on main cola grow strain. Leave all the fan leafs and remove a few shoot at the base to force faster growth before flowering this way you'll have 8 nice cola from top to bottom powered by a bed of fanleaf just below.. rhe shoot are just going to take away energie from the main cola. So if they remive then no energie was wasted there

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