Should I cut the bottom yellow leaves off
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chiqifella
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gnats......the color yellow seems to attract them.
dying yellow leaves grow fungus.
dying leaves makes the other plants ill.
I'd remove any dying material as it happens.
dying yellow leaves grow fungus.
dying leaves makes the other plants ill.
I'd remove any dying material as it happens.
Rcourt19
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Thanks man, is it okay to just pull them off with my hands
AngryMexican
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I would not remove them before you clearly see that they are full yellow/brown. Dont remove them too fast
chiqifella
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yes, snap, scissor, pull, cut, no matter, remove them at once. They are yellow, no more chlorophyll, they are not photosynthesizing any longer. But they are providing a nice place for pests and fungus to thrive. I like to skirt my plant when they go into the flower room
I remove everything below my light penetration point every time. I still get some yellowing as plants finish, but so does every veggie in the garden so...no worries
Cx2H
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That's called lollipoping and should be done before flower #IMO
chiqifella
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right,
when they are done spending time in the vegetative room, when they go into the flowering room, they get lollipopped.I know that they dont mind the trim in there with so much more room and light to stretch out. A dedicated manicuring are is in my flowering room to keep the mess in one place.
I have more room to lollipop plants in my flowering room than I do my veg room. I can walk around a plant with ease for a final trim.
Its in the flowering room, its not flowering though, until it has flowers on it. I always remove dying dead or damaged plant material from plants regardless of which room they're in or how long they been there.
Rcourt19
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Can you do this on autos ?right,
I know that they dont mind the trim in there with so much more room and light to stretch out. A dedicated manicuring are is in my flowering room to keep the mess in one place.
I have more room to lollipop plants in my flowering room than I do my veg room. I can walk around a plant with ease for a final trim.
Its in the flowering room, its not flowering though, until it has flowers on it. I always remove dying dead or damaged plant material from plants regardless of which room they're in or how long they been there.
chiqifella
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while you can do this its not worth the efforts on small ones. if a few leaves are dying naturally you can remove them.
even the lower larf on an auto becomes cherished popcorn for the yields. I skirt to improve air circ, easier watering,
easy inspection/feeding and I dont have to look at all that popcorn being tossed to the compost at harvest.
Organic Altruism
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My advice is to leave the leaves on as long as possible. Removing them only if:
1. The leaf is turning brown. Dead leaves can attract disease or fungus if they are left on the plant.
2. Too many leaves are causing several nodes to be shaded out.
3. Leaves densely packed towards the center of the plant. It is good to have airflow moving between your branches. Usually this can be fixed with LST and doesn't necessarily need to be fixed by removing leaves.
1. The leaf is turning brown. Dead leaves can attract disease or fungus if they are left on the plant.
2. Too many leaves are causing several nodes to be shaded out.
3. Leaves densely packed towards the center of the plant. It is good to have airflow moving between your branches. Usually this can be fixed with LST and doesn't necessarily need to be fixed by removing leaves.
SchmoeJoe
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Everything they said...
chiqifella
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probably save some money vs buying these traps
just by putting sticky glue on yellow leaves I bet
just by putting sticky glue on yellow leaves I bet
Smok3yMcChok3y
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My 2 cents are as follows I don't use dirt and am inside where bugs aren't an issue. I never defoliate or trim unless a branch is just in my way or something. I figure the plant will use what it wants then kick it off. I just sweep arou d my buckets into a pile and clean everything at the end of the grow before my next run
leather lungs
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I usually gently push down on leaf stem if it falls off its ready . I've read
that if you do it to early it leaves an open wound and can get infected.
that if you do it to early it leaves an open wound and can get infected.
cannn
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When your plant has a nutrient deficiency, it usually starts eating its lowest leaves. If it still has any issues and you pick these leaves off the issue will just go to the next leaf. Better to let the plant drop the leaves.. when you barely touch them and they fall, the plants done with them. And i see a lot of ppl blame loss of leaves in flowering on being natural.. personally i see it as a common issue with cutting off n in flower too early.. you have to go overripe before the plant starts killing itself
SchmoeJoe
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Flowering plants will start dropping leaves from the bottom up. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do deficiencies. Also, not every deficiency starts with the oldest growth. Look into the difference between mobile and immobile nutrients.
cannn
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I said usually in reference to deficiencies starting in lower leaves.. And ive flowered plants man.. they dont start dropping leaves unless i do something wrong.. i know about mobile and immobile nutrients.
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SchmoeJoe
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When you make generalized statements that leave people to fill in the gaps it leaves people who are inexperienced in a precarious spot and puts people who know what's being left out to wonder if they should try to fill in the gaps.
I have recently been told to be careful about "critiquing" other people's advice but I'd rather put some people off and make sure the op looking for advice gets the whole picture. I realize you're probably not one of those that I've put off but I just wanted to let you know where I was coming from.
