Defoliation--heard a lot of great and horrible things about it so im trying myself!!!

kbmed$ said:
The only thing I and anyone with plant knowledge will remove from the plant is dead leaves and lower branches (lolly pop) to encourage larger buds up top removing all of your leaves is like removing half the spark plugs from you car shit.won't run right...photosynthesis my friend without leaves the plant will be severely stunted or die..why do you think plants grow faster as they get bigger...more leaves to create energy thru photosynthesis..
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also check the video above ... i think that guy might have a little knowledge..... what do think based on the grow behind him hmm?
 
I defoliate constantly. Makes for a bushier plant and more overall bud sites in the end. I defoliate well into flower as well. The fan leaves don't grow back the new ones that where there just pop up a lot faster seeing that plant isn't feeding the fan leaves anymore.
 
You should have left a "control" plant. One you do not cut or trim @ all, to compare on the growth. I personally couldn't bring myself to cut my plants to that extent.
 
That's why you have to try it yourself. Once you see that plant responds even better then you will see for yourself. Sun leaves absorb energy but also rob the plant of nutes to grow themselves. It's not like outside where there are sunny and shady day's for it to even out. Why do you think sun leaves get so big ? They are robbing the plant. You will see the plant eat less and still grow better.

I cut them all off right from clone and them let them grow out for a few weeks and get nice and bushy again and cut again and again if necessary.

Here's my flowering Aurora about done 3 weeks. I trimmed her over the weekend bare.

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Here's a quick one i just took lights out though so not that great but it shows the purple wreck in the back i trimmed over the weekend and the aurora I did last night. Which I still need to trim a bit more.

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It's a better way to get bushier mom's and bigger clones as well as more bud site's as you can see.
 
sorry i havent been posting here's all the updatesdefoiliation3 001.jpgdefoiliation3 003.jpgdefoiliation3 006.jpgthis was at day 21 of flower heavy defoliation then




three days later4daysafterdeleafing 006.jpg4daysafterdeleafing 008.jpg4daysafterdeleafing 011.jpg4daysafterdeleafing 013.jpg4daysafterdeleafing 014.jpg so moving right along to day 36 of




flower going back in for another cut heres video http://youtu.be/mysSIdexdv8 and here are my ladies now!!!!beforedefoliation 003.jpgbeforedefoliation 001.jpgbeforedefoliation 002.jpg all caught up!!
 
kbmed$ said:
The only thing I and anyone with plant knowledge will remove from the plant is dead leaves and lower branches (lolly pop) to encourage larger buds up top removing all of your leaves is like removing half the spark plugs from you car shit.won't run right...photosynthesis my friend without leaves the plant will be severely stunted or die..why do you think plants grow faster as they get bigger...more leaves to create energy thru photosynthesis..
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I've tried it all and I found that the best thing is to do nothing and just let them grow
 
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