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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Does the root system stay small or does it get bigger as normal? Some trees the roots mirror the upper growth.
 
Humboldt's Sour Diesel
I'm having issues with Humboldts strains not autoing. Every other plant in the grow has autoflowered but all the Humbolt strains and they are the oldest. I'm not happy about it. My mephistos and autoseeds are doing as advertised as usual. This is the first and last grow with Humbolt. Here a white crack that I got going. Big solid buds.
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Fwiw, I read somewhere that you should realistically plan on 80 days to take down time. Seems rather long time for an auto. But what do I know.
 
You are gonna wanna give your plant everything it needs and fret over every detail . . . They need a little adversity sometimes

Tyler, you're one of my favorite growers in this joint! I've been preaching this to a lot of new visitors to AFN. We aren't painting Rembrandts around here, we're just growing a garden. Relax and don't turn it into a chore.

Keep on rolling brother
 
Fwiw, I read somewhere that you should realistically plan on 80 days to take down time. Seems rather long time for an auto. But what do I know.
Their all diffrent. Theres so many factors at play it's hard to give a accurate timeline. First each breeder has diffrent genetics and timelines then you have diffrent strains with diffrent timelines then you have diffrent phenotypes with each having their own timelines. Put that all together and it's a huge question mark. The more plants you get under your belt the more you will be able to see how you like your plants finished. That white crack in the pics is 95 days old and has another 2 weeks minimum. And I have another white crack at the same age that's got another month before it's done. Same strain same breeder same everything diffrent phenotype. And it's a fast finishing mephisto strain. You just never know. Gotta just grow her out and make the best decision for yourself and what your looking for. That's all any of us can do.
 
Here are my mainline attempts and my first photoperiod plants. I even have one blooming!

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Here's a couple I got started with but they got a little out of control and sprouted a few extra tops I should have cut off but they are doing ok I guees.
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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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Man!!! I am sooo gonna do this!!!
 

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