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Defoliation: Hi-Yield Technique

ahumado Dec 30, 2011 33 Replies 10,610 Views
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ahumado

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Anybody doing this?
 
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This is a very controversial issue nowadays. From my experience I can say that by defoliating you can still harvest a sizable amount of bud but I believe that selectively defoliating SOME leaves instead of all is the thing to do...also pinning back and tucking leaves are better.

If you do defoliate it's better to do a bunch at once then keep on plucking leaves off because your plant will always be in recovery mode.
 
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ahumado said:
Anybody doing this?
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The mis-informed?
 
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the mis-informed?
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lol!
 
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I just pulled 1.75 per in soil.

I defoliated every day from the veg till harvest.

lol....misinformed......

that is THE INFO....
 
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if anyone is wondering, this is stickied over at icmag
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=174163
 
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ahumado

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Buddy Hemphill said:
I just pulled 1.75 per in soil.

I defoliated every day from the veg till harvest.

lol....misinformed......

that is THE INFO....
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Awesome...have any pics?
 
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I dont have any pics of it in full swing. There are some pics of the planters and roots in a thread I started about planters.

I can post pics of finished meds if you would like.

I have cuts of the strain that yeilded that on deck as we speak. I am gonna do my first grow diary to document it.

I am a little paranoid and didn't want to post pics. I am lowering my count for the next runs and I will have plenty of pics up.

Should be starting in about 2 weeks. Just took cuts. Please stop by and check it out. I am changing up a few things but still gonna rock some big ole planters. Jusr adding a few verts to fill in for the lowered plant count!:party0044:
 
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Buddy Hemphill said:
I dont have any pics of it in full swing. There are some pics of the planters and roots in a thread I started about planters.

I can post pics of finished meds if you would like.

I have cuts of the strain that yeilded that on deck as we speak. I am gonna do my first grow diary to document it.

I am a little paranoid and didn't want to post pics. I am lowering my count for the next runs and I will have plenty of pics up.

Should be starting in about 2 weeks. Just took cuts. Please stop by and check it out. I am changing up a few things but still gonna rock some big ole planters. Jusr adding a few verts to fill in for the lowered plant count!:party0044:
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hell ya ill sub that fo sho
 
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GrimloxK said:
This is a very controversial issue nowadays. From my experience I can say that by defoliating you can still harvest a sizable amount of bud but I believe that selectively defoliating SOME leaves instead of all is the thing to do...also pinning back and tucking leaves are better.

If you do defoliate it's better to do a bunch at once then keep on plucking leaves off because your plant will always be in recovery mode.
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Nailed it bro.
 
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Buddy Hemphill

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How many leaves do I have to pick to throw a plant into recovery mode?

I pull leaves off almost daily when they are blowing up. I have only seen gain.
 
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Buddy Hemphill said:
I just pulled 1.75 per in soil.

I defoliated every day from the veg till harvest.

lol....misinformed......

that is THE INFO....
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Dont get too excited over 1.75 there lil buddy
 
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Buddy Hemphill

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and it was (7.5) from (4) 1k bulbs


I have 3 different planters running 3 differents strains

Each is 16x4
 
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1.75 per ? per what..? per plant..per watt..per sq/ft..per ?
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Ive been wondering the same thing. :bong2:
 
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Buddy Hemphill

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per 1k bulb.

never mentioned TREES....lol....
 
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ahumado

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Buddy Hemphill said:
per 1k bulb.

never mentioned TREES....lol....
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So is that pounds per 1000 watts?
 
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Buddy Hemphill

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No offesnse...

thats it on the subject...figure it out..

what other increments are there......

Sorry for the 'gray fox to mother squirrel' routine. Some things are better left unsaid in public forums. Allow a man his paranoia.



This was supposed to be about deleafing fans for yeild. Lets go back to that conversation.
 
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Nice pull Buddy! 1.75 is certainly nothing to scoff at.

I remove some fans to allow light penetration to upper growth. Lower growth all gets pruned out. As long as you don't hack the shit out of your plant, it will be fine.

Ever heard of people removing fruit from their fruit trees? Its called thinning, and it allows the tree to produce larger, albeit fewer fruits. Same holds true with herb I believe.

Also, I am a one man army, so I need to keep all larf and popcorn to a bare minimum. Otherwise, I get depressed come trim time.
 
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Buddy Hemphill said:
No offesnse...

thats it on the subject...figure it out..

what other increments are there......

Sorry for the 'gray fox to mother squirrel' routine. Some things are better left unsaid in public forums. Allow a man his paranoia.



This was supposed to be about deleafing fans for yeild. Lets go back to that conversation.
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sent a pm instead
 
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Buddy Hemphill is right. I have a cultivar that likes to form a fan leaf shell around itself that really shades the interior. A raging fan leaf pluck in week 3 and 8 (of 9)results in an increase in premium material from each specimen.
Of course, there have been other cultivars that had a higher calyx/leaf ratio that I barely plucked. And pissy little bitches don't like to be plucked, so I don't work with them. No time for stupid plants that won't perform.

I have a heavily trained scrog so that the trimming will be easier.
I am on the hunt for something with a good calyx/leaf ratio. I want a low scissor swipe/bushel ratio. Some wifis to select from might be the ticket.
Trimming a certain size room can really wear on a person.
I also am the onliest motherfucker there is come trim time.
Lots of time to think. A lot of thoughts will run through your head.

And let's clarify exactly what Mr. Hemphill was addressing.
Buddy Hemphill claims 1.75 per.
Translation: Buddy Hemphill claims that he receives an average of 1.75 gold stars per smile. So if he smiles 4 times, he will receive a total of 7 gold stars next to his name on the board.
technically, Buddy pulled 7.5 gold stars from his 4 smiles, resulting in a true average of 1.875 gold stars/smile

Good job Buddy! Gold stars for Buddy! Fuck yeah!
:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star:star
 
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