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How do you decide what gets the chop? I know the standard ‘what’s not in good light’ but so much has potential lol.Doing the same this week, first grow, I have little clue about defoliating really, just taking the less (done) is more approach, just cleaning the bottom mostly for air flow, figure I can do more later, just starting LST, probably late but I wanted to get them healthy first, supercropping is too much for me, I'm not into S&M.
(That's pruning, not defoliation)Can’t agree with defoliating at all. Maybe only the smallest branches at the bottom with no chance of forming a bud bigger than a pencil eraser...
See that’s what I’m trying to figure out. Am I pruning or defoliating? Which SHOULD I do. I’m only asking because I don’t know. I know it’s personal preference but I’m still learning. I obviously wanna get the most out my plants. I’m not trying to be extra fancy and ridiculous trying to quadruple my yields just because. The video I added was all over the place it didn’t really show what I was trying to say. I added a picture of just the top view. In my opinion that’s a good amount of potential tops. I think it’s like 10 or 11. So going by your method I’d strip off anything that’s not a potential top. Like everything, big fan leaves little baby shoots, even 2-3 inch shoots? I get the concept that it forces the plant to focus on making the top buds bigger and denser. I’m really curious cause I’m trying to see how far to go. I feel like one wrong snip and I could kill the plant and ruin it forever lol.(That's pruning, not defoliation)
So anything bigger than a pencil eraser keep? So 2-3 in is a keeper.Can’t agree with defoliating at all. Maybe only the smallest branches at the bottom with no chance of forming a bud bigger than a pencil eraser...
Don't cut shit... when those smallest 2-3" branches develop buds, chop those, leave all the rest. You're not working on a whole room of plants with unlimited opportunities to make up weight. You've only got your small grow, optimize it, get the canopy together as you're further into bloom. The leaves you might be cutting/defoliating/pruning will power all the buds that develop on those plants. Don't short change yourself because of what you've heard, and maybe taken out of context. imho.So anything bigger than a pencil eraser keep? So 2-3 in is a keeper.
Its really a loaded question, there are a lot of factors to it. Strain/genetics is a big factor, some like to just grow, some like the torture and stress. All plants respond to stress... Some well, some not so well. I would read into whatever you can find on your particular strain, grow diaries, cultivation guides etc. Ultimately it will come down to making a bit of a leap combined with a lot of trial and error.See that’s what I’m trying to figure out. Am I pruning or defoliating? Which SHOULD I do. I’m only asking because I don’t know. I know it’s personal preference but I’m still learning. I obviously wanna get the most out my plants. I’m not trying to be extra fancy and ridiculous trying to quadruple my yields just because. The video I added was all over the place it didn’t really show what I was trying to say. I added a picture of just the top view. In my opinion that’s a good amount of potential tops. I think it’s like 10 or 11. So going by your method I’d strip off anything that’s not a potential top. Like everything, big fan leaves little baby shoots, even 2-3 inch shoots? I get the concept that it forces the plant to focus on making the top buds bigger and denser. I’m really curious cause I’m trying to see how far to go. I feel like one wrong snip and I could kill the plant and ruin it forever lol.
Makes sense. That’s what I was thinking people have tons of plants and get not necessarily get the most out of all of them so they can sacrifice smaller buds, larf, what have you and it’s fine because sheer number of plants makes up for it.Don't cut shit... when those smallest 2-3" branches develop buds, chop those, leave all the rest. You're not working on a whole room of plants with unlimited opportunities to make up weight. You've only got your small grow, optimize it, get the canopy together as you're further into bloom. The leaves you might be cutting/defoliating/pruning will power all the buds that develop on those plants. Don't short change yourself because of what you've heard, and maybe taken out of context. imho.
Thanks. That makes sense too. I’m think I’m over thinking it and trying to not do the ‘wrong thing’.Its really a loaded question, there are a lot of factors to it. Strain/genetics is a big factor, some like to just grow, some like the torture and stress. All plants respond to stress... Some well, some not so well. I would read into whatever you can find on your particular strain, grow diaries, cultivation guides etc. Ultimately it will come down to making a bit of a leap combined with a lot of trial and error.
I could give you specific instructions on how to defoliate and prune throughout the life of the plant, but they would be specific to the strains I grown/have grown.
The basics are simple, I mentioned them in my previous post. You can start there with some level of restraint. Until you know what you are doing less is more. Take notes, try different things, never take too much in one go...
I've worked in the industry, grown at home for over two years and researched/collected knowledge for years before pulling the trigger... I'm really just starting to get a feel for what my tents/plants need in the way of defoliation and pruning.
Intuition at this point, I just clean up what looks unproductive & watch as it grows, I've overdone it before on tomato plants & I ascetically just don't like bald plants, production a side, I just like to grow things.How do you decide what gets the chop? I know the standard ‘what’s not in good light’ but so much has potential lol.
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