giving defoliation during flower a try

warren kirk

warren kirk

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jacksthc said:
your right but it has to be done right and newbie need to learn basic's before trying defoliation and even then they should try main-lining first.
topping, lST and defoliation thrown in together, as there a step by step guide even uncle ben should be able to follow lol
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warren kirk

warren kirk

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I've try little of everything, progress comes with failures, but the end results that count. I've just started trying this technique, let u know. Believe nothing what u hear an Half of what u see. (2mean420)
 
jacksthc

jacksthc

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warren kirk said:
I've try little of everything, progress comes with failures, but the end results that count. I've just started trying this technique, let u know. Believe nothing what u hear an Half of what u see. (2mean420)
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Good advice fellow, alway make me laugh when UB starts talking about botany, as its basic rules on how plants grow outside
and we grow inside, so there so many verbies, you can't write a book that cover all strains grown under diffent light and in diffent systems lol
The list would be endless.

Every plant can deal with diffent amouts of stress, all strains can handle topping and lst, most strains respond well to a little defoliation/prunning in veg/ early flower
as this is no diffent to shapping a bush or prunning a fruit tree at the end of the season

When growing under light, you will alway gain a larger yeild if you have a good level canopy shape and fill the space with top bud sites, have good air flow in the canopy,
this will reduce the chance of budroot in late flower and a good chance you will see insects early, thick canopy will hide them till the number gets very high.

So if the canopy grows very thick, thin it out a little defoliation (a few fan leaves in veg and flower)
If the nodes are very close you can top 1,2 or 3 sets of nodes down ( to give you lots of even tops from topping the plant once).

If the shoots strech alot, pull the tops down to give you a large even canopy ( if you have the space in the veg/flower room)..

There so many thing you can do with your plants, just going to have to find you own way over time good luck warren.
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Aeroknow said:
Hey bro,
I was gonna defoliate the fuck out of those plants that me and rudy just ended up bringing to the dump. I was gonna post pics so I would get a chuckle or two, but i'm not really in a laughing mood:-(
Fuck russet mites! :cuss:
I'll kick their ass, but they fucking suck dick.
I'll grab that shit for you tomorrow. I didn't go to the other pad today;-)
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I hope you gave them a proper burial and set them on fire :( we will make russet mites our bitch when all said and done! That sounds like a plan bro, I'll be home all day for the weekend 8-)
 
jacksthc

jacksthc

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good to see you fellow, I am a little too stoned, but reading the post and looking at the meme, knowing most growers where against defoliation (last time i was on) and most newbie growers would think the plants are well grown, I guested everyone still against it ( i know in time loads of growers will be doing it, but only removing 10-40% of the fan leaves depending on how bushy the plants are )

so have you changed you mind and do a little defoliation in flower ?
 
Uncle Ben

Uncle Ben

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There is NEVER, and never has been, one post in all of the dozens of RIU defoliation threads (primarily posted by noobs) touting "the benefits of butchering a plant" that discusses the botanical implications and the direct cause-effect relationship.

Just a lot of hooey.......buds need light to fatten up, defoliation allows more air and light into the canopy, the practice fattens up the lower buds, etc.

I HAVE explained and countered with botanical fact why these herd mentality postulations are incorrect. It's a feel-good thing for ya'll.
 
TheChemist77

TheChemist77

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Uncle Ben said:
There is NEVER, and never has been, one post in all of the dozens of RIU defoliation threads (primarily posted by noobs) touting "the benefits of butchering a plant" that discusses the botanical implications and the direct cause-effect relationship.

Just a lot of hooey.......buds need light to fatten up, defoliation allows more air and light into the canopy, the practice fattens up the lower buds, etc.

I HAVE explained and countered with botanical fact why these herd mentality postulations are incorrect. It's a feel-good thing for ya'll.
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maybe the newbs simply hack off too much,,,there are benifits wen done correctly,,,but ive seen some disasterous effects from defoliating too...
 
TheChemist77

TheChemist77

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personally i try not to remove anything other than branches for clones off mothers or ocasionally yellowing leaves or a big fan leave thats already done its job and is now just blocking light.. however ive seen good and bad grows so i guess it depends on the skill level of the grower....grow well
 
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