I have defoliated my plants in the hope to increase my yeild :)

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joe macclennan said:
ok so to be fair I guess I do defoliate.....my mothers ;)

after every cloning they kinda look like the ops second pic.


Never trim the leaves off though! even on the bottom where they do not receive direct light
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So how do you make clones without removing any leaves from your mother plant? Does you mother plant curl up and die after you've taken the clones, because you removed some clones/leaves? You've managed to contradict yourself in the space of two sentences.

You posted that article about translocation twice but what point does it prove? You have just stated how it works without giving us an explanation of what goes so drastically wrong when you defoliate the plant?
 
neo12345 said:
So how do you make clones without removing any leaves from your mother plant? Does you mother plant curl up and die after you've taken the clones, because you removed some clones/leaves? You've managed to contradict yourself in the space of two sentences.

You posted that article about translocation twice but what point does it prove? You have just stated how it works without giving us an explanation of what goes so drastically wrong when you defoliate the plant?
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YOU INCREASE VEG TIME AND CAUSE STRESS TO THE PLANT>IT WILL COST MORE MONEY IN POWER TO REPAIR PLANT JUST TO GET THE SAME RESULTS.why is that so hard to understand????????????
 
neo12345 said:
I find it interesting to see that the argument against defoliation has now changed from it does not work full stop, to you have to veg a bit longer!!

Which one is it?
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I find it interesting that you are a complete idiot. I am done explaining this to you. go rape your plant so the electric company can rape you. Hope they give you a big kiss first.
 
neo12345 said:
I find it interesting to see that the argument against defoliation has now changed from it does not work full stop, to you have to veg a bit longer!!

Which one is it?
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Define "work". One would assume it to mean achieve something beneficial, as opposed to taking longer to achieve the same result. It certainly works in the sense that the plant won't necessarily die as some have suggested, but i do not see anything in this thread which would make me think there is anything worthwhile about the practice.
 
One look at the title and I want to close this thread. Then I see a bunch of name calling/ arguing. Argue with class or that's your ass.

So with that said I would like to comment. Don't cut your leaves off so buds can get light. Tuck them if you must but the leaf is what makes the chlorophyll to feed the plant. Only cut yellowed dead leaves. If it's half yellow just cut the yellow out leave as much green as you can. I'm not reading 43 pages on this so I'm sure if I do I will find enough to end the thread. Lol.
 
I have clipped leaves and not clipped leaves. I'm not committed to either approach. Lately I've been researching nutrient burn and the thought occurred to me that a plant with less mass due to leaf clipping probably has a decreased capability of handling nutrients. P especially is a bad one. So for noobs, perhaps leaf clipping could complicate their lives in ways they didn't anticipate.
JD
 
JohnDee said:
I have clipped leaves and not clipped leaves. I'm not committed to either approach. Lately I've been researching nutrient burn and the thought occurred to me that a plant with less mass due to leaf clipping probably has a decreased capability of handling nutrients. P especially is a bad one. So for noobs, perhaps leaf clipping could complicate their lives in ways they didn't anticipate.
JD
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I think you make an excellent point. Probably best for noobees like myself to just learn how a plant grows and reacts without trimming for a grow or two. That way he or she will have something to compare to if and when they do decide to trim.
 
catofcuriosity said:
this......
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mediocre colas
neo12345 said:
So how do you make clones without removing any leaves from your mother plant? Does you mother plant curl up and die after you've taken the clones, because you removed some clones/leaves? You've managed to contradict yourself in the space of two sentences.
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you are such a knucklehead. there is no contradiction there buddy. You are failing to understand.....that is all.


neo12345 said:
You posted that article about translocation twice but what point does it prove? You have just stated how it works without giving us an explanation of what goes so drastically wrong when you defoliate the plant?
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right, twice.....and you couldn't understand it's pertinence either time. The article was written in such a way that even the average grower could understand how translocation works within a plant, and how the different regions in a plant functions in relation to this.....
People like you can't be helped.

rock on wit yer bad self


chuck estevez said:
I find it interesting that you are a complete idiot. I am done explaining this to you. go rape your plant so the electric company can rape you. Hope they give you a big kiss first.
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lol
Widow Maker said:
One look at the title and I want to close this thread. Then I see a bunch of name calling/ arguing. Argue with class or that's your ass.

So with that said I would like to comment. Don't cut your leaves off so buds can get light. Tuck them if you must but the leaf is what makes the chlorophyll to feed the plant. Only cut yellowed dead leaves. If it's half yellow just cut the yellow out leave as much green as you can. I'm not reading 43 pages on this so I'm sure if I do I will find enough to end the thread. Lol.
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you should close this thread.....they never go anywhere.
 
so you just scrogged it?

still woulda been quicker had you only topped and trained.

It just doesn't make sense to wack alll of the good growth off that a plant has worked so hard to produce....only to let it all regrow again



wut? why?

edit: and yes you have some nice colas in there. Try keeping those leaves more green next time. They'll be better
 
Basically topping the plant a couple times will make the same result. No need to grow your plant and cut it back down to achieve the same results.
 
JohnDee said:
I have clipped leaves and not clipped leaves. I'm not committed to either approach. Lately I've been researching nutrient burn and the thought occurred to me that a plant with less mass due to leaf clipping probably has a decreased capability of handling nutrients. P especially is a bad one. So for noobs, perhaps leaf clipping could complicate their lives in ways they didn't anticipate.
JD
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yeh clipped leaves for newbies, even growers that have a few grows under there belt is not good, you really need to know what your doing before trying this
 
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