When growing indoors plant training may just be the most important aspect of increasing yield and quality of your buds. There are many diffrent techniques including LST, topping/fiming,super cropping,lollypoping ECT. This thread is for mainlining/manifolding. I'd suggest getting comfortable with LST and topping before attempting this.

***Step 1. Wait till your plants are at the 3-5 nodes I like to wait until I get 2 full sets of leafs. Even though you have 5 nodes cut her down at the 3rd so she's thicker and stronger.

***Step 2. Take the two nodes and tie them down to make the T shape to make your sturdy base for the frame to come.
[Tip: When mainlining symmetry is everything. Try and keep both sides equal and even as much as possible.]

***Step 3. After to have trained the two main stalks out around 6-8 inches from the main stem let them start to grow upward. At this point you can decide to let her grow out or top both mains again and repeat the process. Remember every time to do this you multiply your main colas.
Tip. Personally for autos I top the two mains twice more to get 8 large colas. This method dosent increase overall yield. It gives you massive colas instead of a bunch of little to mid size colas.

In conclusion top your plant at the 3rd node when you reach 5 nodes and tie down the new mains into a T shape. Then keep tieing them down while letting them recover and reach upward toward the light. Once your around 6-8 inches away from the main stem let them grow verticly and repeat the process as many times as desired while cutting off lower growth focusing the plants energy upward toward the new mains. And remember Symmetry is everything. The one photo with the X's shows where to cut the lower and undesired growth off.
Any other questions feel free to ask I will answer.
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Today's day 55. Preflowers didn't show up until a few days ago. Next time I'll let the mains start growing upward a lot sooner. Live and learn.
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sorry to say. i have never been a fan of training, scrog, sog. i don't see the gain? just a funny looking plant. the only method that i saw work was Hazy and his caning method. here on AFN years ago. still threads somewhere?:cheers:
 
sorry to say. i have never been a fan of training, scrog, sog. i don't see the gain? just a funny looking plant. the only method that i saw work was Hazy and his caning method. here on AFN years ago. still threads somewhere?:cheers:
I agree, personally I'll do light training on autos, a topping and spread them out is about it. not enough time to get real aggressive without damaging the yeild. Photos now... mainline and quad line away! The difference there is immense.

Fun to watch tho.:pop:
 
Today's day 55. Preflowers didn't show up until a few days ago. Next time I'll let the mains start growing upward a lot sooner. Live and learn.
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Just an update. Today's day 75 with another week or so to go. All colas are a little bigger than one of my fists and they're very dense. I learned my lesson on this first attempt and, as you can see in the 30 day old plant on the left, I've stopped removing new growth tips a lot sooner than I did on the first one. Either way, I'm very happy with the way it's all going.
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Looks really cool and good fun too
Thanks! That's the fun that happens on the topside. You can't really tell from the other photos, but I've cut away the bottom milk crates and have created a little drying area. I've lined the inner walls of the main lower crate with some breathable black material from a Smart Pot. There are three 4" intakes directly in back of the primary crate so airflow shouldn't be an issue. It can hold ten perforated (and brown paper bag lined) cardboard boxes each with the dimensions of 9" x 5.5" x 2". In the event that I happen to need more drying room, I'll use the same sized boxes inserted into two Smart Pots and I'll tuck them under the secondary crate on the left.
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In order to not keep making the same mistakes, I'm looking for some opinions here. This is day 37. Preflowers showed up a few days ago. I told myself a few days ago that I'm going to stop removing lower growth and let her focus energy on the main colas (I've since removed as little more) ..but I'm not exactly sure when to stop removing lower growth and when to just let the mains begin growing upwards. This is what I've got so far and I'm inclined to just let her be from here on. Any comments and/or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
 

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Cut that little bit away. Are you going to let this one be 8 tops?
 
Cut that little bit away. Are you going to let this one be 8 tops?
Thanks for the reply. Which 'little bit' are you referring to? I'm only going for four mains.
 
My bad, through it I saw some little bits that could of been cut. Stoner moment :oops1:
 

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