d42zero
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I have three girls that have been trimmed heavily over the past few weeks using the 'manifolding' technique, but now they're done with that phase and it's time to let them grow. You can see their current states here: Jay's First Time: 3x Lemon Skunk In Coco, With 315W LEC In A 1200x1200 Tent
I've topped two of them three times to create 8 mains (first top splits into two, second top into four, third top into eight) and one was only topped twice into 8 mains (once to split into two, then topped to the third node and the second node growth removed leaving four on each side). On top of having an extra week to grow while the others recovered from their third topping, the one that was topped twice is much tidier and more uniform, the others ended up a little bit all over the place.
At the moment they've had all the growth removed up to the second nodes on each main, which is roughly where the stems are allowed to start heading upwards rather than out towards the edges of the pots like they've been going so far.
Anyways the question now is: should I be trimming them back a little bit once a week or so, or should I just let them go and give them only one or two trims over the next month or so of veg? If it's not apparent from my photos I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping things tidy lol so it's kind of hard for me to just let them go wild, but if that's what I've gotta do then so be it.
EDIT: when I say 'trim' I mean taking off some of the older fan leaves and stuff, I assume I don't want to be cutting off any growth tips unless I don't want any buds at that spot right?
Cheers
I have three girls that have been trimmed heavily over the past few weeks using the 'manifolding' technique, but now they're done with that phase and it's time to let them grow. You can see their current states here: Jay's First Time: 3x Lemon Skunk In Coco, With 315W LEC In A 1200x1200 Tent
I've topped two of them three times to create 8 mains (first top splits into two, second top into four, third top into eight) and one was only topped twice into 8 mains (once to split into two, then topped to the third node and the second node growth removed leaving four on each side). On top of having an extra week to grow while the others recovered from their third topping, the one that was topped twice is much tidier and more uniform, the others ended up a little bit all over the place.
At the moment they've had all the growth removed up to the second nodes on each main, which is roughly where the stems are allowed to start heading upwards rather than out towards the edges of the pots like they've been going so far.
Anyways the question now is: should I be trimming them back a little bit once a week or so, or should I just let them go and give them only one or two trims over the next month or so of veg? If it's not apparent from my photos I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping things tidy lol so it's kind of hard for me to just let them go wild, but if that's what I've gotta do then so be it.
EDIT: when I say 'trim' I mean taking off some of the older fan leaves and stuff, I assume I don't want to be cutting off any growth tips unless I don't want any buds at that spot right?
Cheers
It looks like you've taken about the first six nodes off each stem, roughly when did you do that?
