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Sorry but this is far from defoliation and it won't prove anything.
Man, that gave me goosebumps!! Kudos bro for sharing that kick ass video!!!You can watch a full grow in time lapse that used this technique...
Please explain your comment?Sorry but this is far from defoliation and it won't prove anything.
I would call what I saw in the video as pruning, not deforesting. It's a pretty good prune but it left a lot of green on the plants. The buds seem to grow well, but I think that the trade off is smaller buds overall, but more larger buds instead of the light starved lower buds. The strain has a lot to do with it as well...if it isn't bushy, there isn't as much a need to clear out as many leaves.At least it doesn't ruin the crop. Maybe I'll give it a shot in the future.
Strip them more!;)I think that's what people mean by shwazzing?He really didn't leave anything?!I am a fan of defoiliating,even hard defoliating but I'm not sure i would cut so much.....But the plants dont look bad few days after....Would you try that on one of yours?hehe By the way they look wonderful!I ended up pruning three days earlier then expected (day 18 flower), as the stretch ended earlier then I expected, and the plants had shifted to full bud production.
In the attached pictures it may seem that I did not chop a lot of leaves, as there's so many to begin with! However I chopped a total of 82,9 grams, so nearly 30 grams per plant. Once the plants start maturing, I'm expecting the foliage to open up a little more as the weight of the buds will bend the stems. By the end, the plants should look much different from the control group.
The plants that were pruned are the three on the right side of the tent.
I'll keep you posted!
Plus buds not being bathed in light won’t build the same trich defenses to the light so overall be weaker.I just read up on this schwazzing
Honestly the video is nice but proves no method. No actual hands on. Too much like a commercial.
So why is everyone stuck on fan leaves being the power source of the plant?
I always thought the little leaves attatched to the buds were what mattered and big ones just blocked things.
On the defoliating subject
How late is too late to defoliate pretty heavily?
Would you all say 30 days in no later?
Is there a negative effect ?
Has anyone personally experienced negatives? from defoliating mid flower ( plant die, slowed a lot in growth or stalled in flower ?)
So why is everyone stuck on fan leaves being the power source of the plant?
Well if he wants to prove anything then there has to be big difference in how the two group of plants look. Removing 20 from 200 leaves won't prove anything. If he removes all the fan leaves then we can see if there is difference in the final crop.Please explain your comment?
IMO, at the very least that video disproves the idea that thinning out the monster blockers is a catastrophic mistake, an opinion held by many in the Who is Plucking thread.
I'm wondering if you're a fan of this Grand Master Level guy in the video? I found some content on youtube, he has some interesting things to say. Do you follow him regularly?Strip them more!;)I think that's what people mean by shwazzing?He really didn't leave anything?!I am a fan of defoiliating,even hard defoliating but I'm not sure i would cut so much.....But the plants dont look bad few days after....Would you try that on one of yours?hehe By the way they look wonderful!
that does make sense - in week 5-6 the buds start fattening and so goes it "More Light = Bigger Buds" and at that point the fan leaves have do their jobI typically def in beginning of week 5 before heavy co2 consumption.
I think they do not defoliate but practice the "One Node Flip" method. Their plants have 16 tips and are so tall when they flip them that it would be stupid if they don't remove some of the lower nodes. After that I don't think they defoliate.I think you will find a large amount of the large Med grows (e.g. Jungle Boys) defoliate plants
I think you will find a large amount of the large Med grows (e.g. Jungle Boys) defoliate plants to maximise crop production and make harvests (trimming) a bit easier. Traditionally defoliating has been criticised because photosynthesis occurs in the leaves (i.e. rubisco catalyzes CO2, sugars are created etc) and the leaves transpire drawing in water and nutrients. The thing though is that what science has found is that when plants are defoliated compensatory photosynthesis occurs along with an increase in reproductive efficiency. So effectively at this point the science supports defoliation under some circumstances in some crops (e.g. Okra, Tomato) - although it is early days and I expect more studies will occur over time. As for the Three a Light Book I seriously wouldn't use this technique. It may work with some genetics but certainly not with others and there are a bunch of factors that need to be considered before completely stripping a plant of leaves preflower. Either the author didn't understand this or he didn't care to mention it because let's face it its a full on hype marketing sham. Defoliation though offers one very major benefit in that more plants can be in a given area without competing for light because the canopy isn't so much in the equation. Also obviously better light penetration and better airflow. I think over time in fact defoliation may become a standard with more advanced growers - particularly where heavy canopy genetics are concerned.