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Not my first grow, but only my 4th. I used to only remove a small amount from the bottom and defoliated the majority of the fan leaves to open them up. But yea, trimming up tiny little popcorn nugs isn't very rewarding so I'd rather do a more extreme lollipop than I have in the pastThis topic varies from grower to grower and you’ll hear and see a lot of different things. Is this your first grow? I see a lot of people recommending to not defoliate much on your first grow and you’ll see where you need to for your next grow by seeing underdeveloped or popcorn nugs. Personally I took off the bottom 20% roughly when I grew my first round.
lots say to remove anything not getting light and just go bananas. I’ll show a pic below of how a friend defoliates. He’s 100% quality over quantity.
I like it, kinda my thoughts exactly. Thanks !Just tidy up a little bit underneath spread it out over a week or so .i only take the leaves thats shading bud sites and i dont take them off all at once...just here there so not to stress them out too much..
Your plants look good mate..
Nice, yea man I really want to go the organic route but the more I looked into and tried it, the more I realized I know NOTHING about soil! Its complex, the microbiology, the bacteria, the fungai, there's a lot involved. Done right im sure it can be easy, and simple, just add water if the soil is on point, but knowing your soil and how to create that ecosystem with all the right stuff in it takes some knowledgeI’m going with a pre made organic mix for my next grow. Company up in Canada here called stepwell. Heard nothing but wonderful things I’m excited to try it out
Yea it might be worth it to try 3 different ways with the same strain and see what produces the best resultsYou could try different amounts on each plant? That’s kinda where I’m at cause I still don’t really know. Just learning as I go
If you do that post updates please, I'd like to see the results.Yea it might be worth it to try 3 different ways with the same strain and see what produces the best results
What would a heavy trim look like then, you took off all the fan leaves.Before and after a light trim. Organic soil auto grower.
For what it's worth, I do two big haircuts in a plants life. The first is about 3 weeks before flower. This does not count earlier trims to make them bushes. I thin out the insides and very bottom pretty hard at this point. Lets airflow in, and takes away places for bugs to hide. The second one is at week 4 of flower. I get medieval on them and take all leaves and popcorn crap off the bottom third of all the majors. Again, good airflow, and all energy goes to the tops.I have 3 Blueberry headband girls from Humboldt seeds.
1 cherry cake (wedding cake x cherry pie) from eleven8 seeds
And one clone of grand daddy purp
All are coming up on 7th week of veg, getting ready to flip them. Was wondering the best way to defoliate to allow the most light penetration during flower. They are super short and bushy as hell, as I've trained them to be, constantly bending over and tying down the main stem and higher branches to let the lower ones catch up. I have a pretty even canopy now for the most part. They are in 7 gallon smart pots, soil, with (2) 315w CMH lights.
What would a heavy trim look like then, you took off all the fan leaves.
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