Samwell Seed Well
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Good stuff Hobbes, many fruiting/flowering plants benefit from various forms of pruning defoilation and other forms of stress to elicit a hormonal or systemic response by the plant... horticulture is fun
Defoliation Trial - 4 Clones
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Hobbes
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Looking at your pic the leaves seem pretty good, but if you want to get more light deeper into the plant you could prune the big fan leaves.
What strain is it and how many more weeks do you estimate until harvest?
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Severed Tongue
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Thanks, not worried about light, was curious though on opinions if removing them would instigate new growth this late into it... I'm pretty sure it's a no, but never experienced so thought I would ask.
They are from an ACE feminized elite random 5 pack, so no idea what they actually are.
Looking like 2-3 more weeks at least.
Hobbes
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The 4 clones after 2 toppings. I'm going to top twice more for 16 colas, as well as about 6 colas coming up the side branches.
I started adding nitrogen with their feed, about month ago, much more lush than my last batch from seed.
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These 4 Serious Happiness plants are from seed, at 8 weeks. They're starting to swell up a bit, 2-3 more weeks.
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This is the mother of the four clones, I picked her over the other three because her colas were more even.
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The 4 clones after 2 toppings. I'm going to top twice more for 16 colas, as well as about 6 colas coming up the side branches.
I started adding nitrogen with their feed, about month ago, much more lush than my last batch from seed.
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These 4 Serious Happiness plants are from seed, at 8 weeks. They're starting to swell up a bit, 2-3 more weeks.
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This is the mother of the four clones, I picked her over the other three because her colas were more even.
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Hobbes
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No, no new growth. You are correct. At this point you're just getting more light down deep.
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cindysid
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Hate to hear about the mites...the only thing worse I ever had was root nematodes when I was in Florida. Both are tough to eradicate in flower, (at least for me). Glad you beat them!
Severed Tongue
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Thanks, it was aphids and whiteflies though not mites thankfully! My own fault for bringing in my pepper tree for the winter. Lesson learned, never again.
Hobbes
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I topped all four clones for the 3rd time, giving 8 colas plus the side branches. I've got one more topping to do and then I'll let the 16 colas veg until about 10", probably get 2 or 4 inches of stretch.
A 12" cola will be long enough to give a good yield, but still be short enough so it won't bend under bud weight.
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I've been supplementing with Nitrogen and I have to say that my plants have never been more lush.
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I topped all four clones for the 3rd time, giving 8 colas plus the side branches. I've got one more topping to do and then I'll let the 16 colas veg until about 10", probably get 2 or 4 inches of stretch.
A 12" cola will be long enough to give a good yield, but still be short enough so it won't bend under bud weight.
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I've been supplementing with Nitrogen and I have to say that my plants have never been more lush.
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Hobbes
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Serious Happiness (the strain I'm growing for this test) has a serious berry-floral smell stronger than any strain I've grown, even Blue Dream and Blueberry.
I'm going to give the garden one more week of flower then harvest, then I'll have the big tent free for the defoliation test.
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Serious Happiness (the strain I'm growing for this test) has a serious berry-floral smell stronger than any strain I've grown, even Blue Dream and Blueberry.
I'm going to give the garden one more week of flower then harvest, then I'll have the big tent free for the defoliation test.
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calvin.m16
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Looks great I'm surprised you haven't been attacked by the anti-defoliators yet.
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Boatguy
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Thanks for your welcome.
I have scrogged, mainlined, topped, natural, but have never done a clone side by side. Havent seen one either.
Subbed, and good luck
HydroKid239
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I have stripped plants and got rid of all the huge fans in flower and had dense bud developement the whole way up the branches on lollipopped plants. I have left tons of lower branches on with no pruning... however on that particular run I was made to only chop what was above the net, and then I dropped my light down to finish the rest off. Everything on the bottom was shaded, and looked like week 5 flowers. The light hitting those bud sites is where it’s at from what I’ve grown. Some strains are said to throw a bit of a tantrum if stripped.
Hobbes
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For some reason that clone was slower starting than the others and started out smaller. I adapted by putting that plant directly under the light and the other 3 plants off to the side a bit as they circle the smaller plant.
The runt has caught up to and passed the other plants so I now have them in a circle in the tent again.
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The plant in question is the bottom right.
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You can see from the side view that it's now as tall as the other 3 clones. (bottom right)
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Hobbes
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Fiete how many nodes deep is your canopy?
Your plant looks good, I wouldn't prune any more.
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I check it later. Why?
