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Photo shop eh....? So thats how u won potm u scallywag!!! HahaView attachment 755779
I love Photoshop.
This shit has me thinking about the way I'm doing things. Not that I defoliate as a general practice anyway but, maybe I don't need to lollipop so much either?
I've finally seen all the proof I need that defoliation is not a good thing. I've long held the belief that every fan leaf is feeding the section of plant that it's growing from through photosynthesis. I've seen so many people talk about defoliation helping the plant and I think it's just the opposite actually. Some people seem to think the buds need to have light getting to them but, buds don't absorb light, leaves do.
Two of my stunted Tokyo's are showing me each side of the issue, they are both about the same size, only around a foot tall, one has been pretty well stripped of fans, only 3 or 4 remain at the top, the other one hasn't had any stripped off. Both top buds are pretty much the same size. Of course, there are still plenty of leaves on the bud sights, but the fan leaves have been removed though.
On the one that still has all the fans, the lower buds are plumping up nicely even though those buds can't see the light for shit. On the other, that's been stripped down, the lower buds are looking rather pathetic, not filling out very well at all, looking like typical garbage popcorn buds even though they're much more exposed to getting light.
I definitely like to do some lollipopping but, I've been thinking about back before I started doing that I had some Cataract Kush that would fill out like crazy on the lower stuff. I never removed a leaf that wasn't more than 50% damaged, (which came from the old grow bible), and on one plant in particular with that CK I had buds on the lowest branches, (growing out from just above the soil line), that were as big around as an American half dollar and solid.
Hmmm...??? My two cents on the issue.
Yeah, I wish I was that good with it. lolPhoto shop eh....? So thats how u won potm u scallywag!!! Haha
I'm seeing that with this run. The few little tests I've done look like the plant favors less defoliation. But my veg was all fuckered up this go round . still working on a nice clean runI've tried massive defoliation in the past and not doing it at all and things in between.
In the end I came to the conclusion that you should only take a leaf if you have to. If the leaf isn't getting light and dies off the plant will steal nutrients from it as it dies. If it's blocking something good I just tuck it back.
About the only time I'll pluck a leaf is when the plant is overly bushy to begin with and it is both blocking quite a bit of potentially good growth AND can not be tucked out of the way. I generally reserve this for some of the largest leaves in the middle to upper canopy that have no place to be tucked back and are huge and blocking the light to many buds sites below it.
Lolly popping is a different issue. If the light can't reach the bud it won't be very dense regardless of how big it manages to get. At the same time in a perfect world you shouldn't waste veg time on plant matter you are going to have to cut off so you should be managing your veg time and your grow area in such a way that your plants just fill your canopy without any trimming. But that's a perfect world and I live in this one where I've done that maybe twice.
In the end though play with it. Find what works for ya and then improve, improve, improve.
I just got some indican beans. Well sinister I guess. I almost popped a few this round too. Those UK blues x heri would be dopeWell, all four germinated for me, now if they will all come up I'll be on the right track. Still trying to decide what else to start along with them, should I start up a half pack of some regs or stick with the fems this round...?
I've got a lot of stuff I really want to try, makes it tough. Seriously considering running some of those Skunky Blues from OldPro.
Getting close broDecided to pop my last six beans of UK Blues, they're supposed to be really flavorful, which is my thing as I'm sure most of you know. The UK Blues x Herijuana should be pretty good too but, think these will be better. I'll definitely be taking cuts of these.
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The Critical Strawberry. Hoping I can flip these soon, don't want them to be too short, gotta see if I can find out how much they typically stretch. Gave them both another topping right after I took this pic yesterday.
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Mr. White. Same thing with this girl, trying to get her big enough to flip, Fudge tells me they don't stretch much.
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Didn't take me long to change my mind and clip those two lower limbs off. I was getting a step ahead and getting stakes in and tying off the three tops and suddenly it just seemed like the thing to do. She'll probably yield better without them. Either way, it's done and the buds on those three will be better for it.My Goji gettin' her stretch on.
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Done all the lollipopping I'm going to, although, I have considered chopping those two lower limbs but, don't think I will.
Id say good call, had a feeling they were coming off.Didn't take me long to change my mind and clip those two lower limbs off. I was getting a step ahead and getting stakes in and tying off the three tops and suddenly it just seemed like the thing to do. She'll probably yield better without them. Either way, it's done and the buds on those three will be better for it.
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