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Those are cool monkeyman.i love the color coded ones.Can isolate branches for pollinating and keep a color code chart.Gonna order some with my amazon order this weekend.
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So i have been getting asked about doing a tutorial on training a plant…For this tutorial i will be using an auto fem Northern Lights.All i am using to train this plant is paper clips,leaf tucking and selective leaf pruning.On photoperiods i would usually fim the plant at the 6th node and then start to train from there.
I like to use vinyl coated paper clips.I open then to an S and to a straight hook.
So here we go.Seeds were soaked on September22/20
At the 3rd node i take the straight open clips and pin down the leaves to open up the inner nodes.As each new set of leaves open and grow i angle them to an open area and pin them down.
You can see the inner nodes starting to grow out now
Now the plant is really starting to bush out,being an auto you do not want to top it.
As you can see we are running out of open spots to pin down or tuck leaves without blocking an inner node.So now i do my first selective leaf prune and remove the biggest set at the top of the plant.
A day or 2 after pruning a set of leaves and the plant has filled in again.
So lets remove our 2nd set of fan leaves,the biggest set at the top blocking out the lower part of the plant.
A couple of days later and the plant is bushing like crazy again.
Now we can pin down all the lower inner nodes that have been growing great since we opened up the plant and tucked and pruned leaves.
2 days later we can see the results as the main tip grows higher as the lower inner node branches really start to fill out nice.As we pin the lower branches down in open areas now opening up the inner nodes of the lower branches to fill in.
Now our main tip is high enough that its time to bend it over and let the lower growth branches catch up.So now i release the bottom branches to grow up even to the main tip now tied down.
Now daily we will keep pulling the main tip over,as we tuck bigger fan leaves and do selective pruning of any big leaves that cannot be tucked,that block light to inner nodes and lower branches.You will also want to reposition lower branches always trying to give them as much light as possible
The bottom branches untied are now all turning up and filling nicely.
A few days later and now its time to tie all the branches down again.
Now at day 35 from seed soak and the buds are starting to form nicely.
Now we reach tonight 36days from seed soak and the auto fem Northern Lights under 18/6 light is flowering nicely with tons of branches to make nice colas.
Tomorrow the plant will look different again.I will doing some leaf pruning and branch repositioning later tonight and will take pics of what i do.
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Nicely done my friend 2:+1:
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Hey @Papalag nice to see you brother.i did a rough draft here before posting in basic growing.Will do a full tutorial there.
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Damn @SmknCanuck. Even a noob like me can follow along!! Thanks for doing this!’
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@Joker Happy to help brother,the main tutorial is in basic growing now ,just did a draft here so i could get it set up.
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Excellent tutorial! 
I have been using small binder clips and green vinyl tape for lashing down to good success.
Cheers
G
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So its day 37 from seed soak for the 2 auto fems.
Ripped is really starting to come on now and starting to bud ,she has been getting auto trained to.
Ty-DoSpread is a little auto beast.This girl just grows bushier by the day.She is definitely in bloom now.
Gave her a leaf trim
And opened back up again after i will do this daily to both plants for another 6 days.
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So 30 days into 12/12 snapped a couple of pics while i gave them their weekly feed of beastie bloomz and promix organic ferts.
Tent girls.
The closet girls under the burple LED
Tomorrow will be a relaxing day.Have some clones to up pot to 1gal fabric pots and train and prune the 2 auto N.L…Have a great weekend everyone.
*Note to self start wearing your sun glasses in the garden stupid or you will poke your eye out yet yep leaned in to water a girl and got a branch right in the eye.Scratched it pretty good to 
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I keep forgetting to put those damn sun glasses on too 
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Lmao bro ,we gotta get in the habit.got myself good tonight.if i shut my right eye my left one is so blurry i cant see lol
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I wear glasses anyway, so eyes are mostly protected from pokes, but the sunglasses would help with the brightness of the LEDs.
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Agreed Seamonkey, have glasses, have transitions, still seeing stars from the Blurples.
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So the auto fem N.L are at day 40 from seed soak all the bud sites are starting to form nicely.They training,tucking leaves and selective leaf pruning has really paid off.These little ladies are going to be beastly bossom budders.
2days since last training session and they are ready to be worked again
Ty-DoSpread 2 days since last session and she really filled in again.Great structure and thick branches.This is a pleasure to grow.
Overhead view to show how she filled right in.
After repositioning outer branches and working in,tucking and selective pruning with a couple of branch twists.
Back under the light
Ripped is trying her best at catching up to her sister
Nice healthy thick limbs and making lots of bud sites.
Overhead view filled in nicely
Overhead view after training session
Back under the light.Ready to fill in again.
Both the girls back under the light
3hrs later and both girls inner branches all adjusted and reached for the lights.Repositioned some branches,tucked leaves and pruned others.Will check again in 6hrs and make any adjustments.
This is the best cheap ghetto grow i done yet.Using 2 toly Led lights.An adjustable 4 tier plastic rack,wrapped in Renolyds foil shiney side in.The rack is 2ft x 3ft and the hieght is set at 42in.I am going to move my seedling chamber to the top and move the light rack up to 63in and i can then lower the lights as they tips start getting in to that zone that the leaf tips twist and curl.
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Thanks to all visiting and liking my thread.Just got member of the month.First time for that.
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You do much more than blink and they are going to Zerg Swarm those lights!!
Hey, I checked out the specs on your lights this morning and was kind of impressed…
On the Bang for the Buck scale - they are pretty high up there. Obviously the plants approve too!
Cheers
G
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Congrats on member of the month!
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Hey bro nice to see you.Thanks for the nod of approval.For what i paid for the Tolys and what they are producing i have no complaints for a first grow with them.The plants sure seem to approve of them.I was skeptical about going to LED for flower.Always having been a MH/HPS grower.Running two flower rooms one using each version of light i am super impressed.Though i do plan to upgrade in the next 2months.
Hope all is well with you bro.
Thank you brother came as quite a suprise getting the notification today,when their are so many members more worthy of it.Hope all is well in your place bro.
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