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Those are pretty bushy.. maybe you should have defoliated more aggressively...
Day 21 and day 42 you can defoliate. If possible, do it before lights out. You will have to defoliate aggressively, or you will end up with a ton of larf. Leave 3-5 fans per lead.I was thinking they were to brushy and I removed more than half the plant, twice not just once.
Is to late now to defoliate without negatively effecting the outcome of the flowers?
Day 21 and day 42 you can defoliate. If possible, do it before lights out. You will have to defoliate aggressively, or you will end up with a ton of larf. Leave 3-5 fans per lead.
I've said it a coupe times now, and it @scubascrog mentioned it above...you want them to grow as uninterrupted as possible for the first 3 weeks of flower. Picking at them during those first weeks will slow vertical growth/yield.Why wait till day 21 why not just do it now? Is the point that by day 21 you will be able to truly see what leaves are causing issues and which ones are not?
You cut the N completely after that point?I clip the under right before stretch, I want to keep all the stretch, all that growth, hate to waste it. or just run more 3000k for veg so you dont have to cut many out. and the stretch usually stops 2 1/2 weeks in. usually when I cut N out
The idea of 21 and 42 days for defoliating is the end of stretch and the beginning of bulking. Read up in mango tech leaf stripping technique
% wise, how much are you reducing N from veg to flower?not completely, "reduce" I meant
Makes sense. What are your thoughts on growers who completely strip their plants day one into flower?I've said it a coupe times now, and it @scubascrog mentioned it above...you want them to grow as uninterrupted as possible for the first 3 weeks of flower. Picking at them during those first weeks will slow vertical growth/yield.
You have them in flower for a limited amount of time. You only have 10 weeks or so to get the most out of your plants. You want them to run as fast as possible.
You cut the N completely after that point?
It's their grow. I would never do that. Day 21 and 42 work out great for defol for me.Makes sense. What are your thoughts on growers who completely strip their plants day one into flower?
Picture 2 is more or less good. So next time, lollipop before the flip, and wait to do what u just did till day 21, and again on day 42.Decided that once again,
Ain't nothing to it but to do it!
It's just being my second real grow and the first being a scrog I'm not super confident removing bud that would be.
First photo are the two of the four I haven't done yet and the second is the upper part of two of the four I just did and the pile on the floor is from the four plants I did.
I got rid of basically every bigger leaf with a red stem, any branches against the tent or less then 2/3rds as tall and any bud sites over a 3rd the distance from the canopy.