Perfect time to show what I meant about eating main fan leaves after topped.
Now this is not bugs.
Thrips been gone a long time so just listen and I will explain.
Once I top my girls or if they are wounded in the roots, will eat off of first main fan leaves to power out the branches or heal roots that could be wounded wich happens rarely Or build new roots for the new branches whether this is a result of me only giving plain water at the bottom or not, I do not debate, however they probably would not do this if sitting in nitrogen.
Point? Does it hurt them or hurt yield?
No, in fact it helps.
How?
Once a fan leaf has powered out a branch it's job is done and I pull it.
When they do this and use the leaf as energy to power the branch they do the defoliation for you!
Works perfect every time.
The leaves are simply there to power out branches for sites.
Since the tree is cannabalistic and must for sure die in flowering, it made since that allowing some cannabalistic behavior in veg would be fine and it absolutely is outside of the fact it looks a bit unsightly until the leaf browns and falls to be used for healing oil.
Then the new beautiful branch is out with new fan leaves as you will see in next couple weeks and then top those and once again you will see fan leaves being eaten to power out more sites.
Hybrid Bob thought me nuts in this until I proved it.
Now he just uses molasses like me and let's the tree do its thing.
Now, as they become bushes and really fill out the pot, they will not respond and eat the leaves as aggressive because they have large roots and able to utilize the molasses well by then.
I do not even give molasses and sugar until they are filled out and or several weeks into flower.
Then they start exploding with size and resin.
Even when given Epsom the young ones will do this.
However why let them soak in nitrogen if it is not needed and does nothing to upset yield or quality?
Makes no sense to me so I let them do this until they get big and they explode then and cannabalistic themselves fast in flower for those pure cannabinoid.
Keep watching as these grow and in a few weeks you will see exactly what I mean as ole Bob did. Lol
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