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I’ve got lots of low laying branches on my 3 foot tall bushy plants. Should I keep them till they start to flower?
I would be curious to understand your argument from a thermodynamics standpoint.Indoor or outdoor. Since what we are doing indoor is reproducing the outdoor environment, it equally applies to outdoor.
I would be curious to understand your argument from a thermodynamics standpoint.
1) plants capture solar energy through leaves/photosynthesis
2) you suggest removing leaves provides more energy to the plant
This is like saying that a flashlight can produce more light if you remove one of the batteries.
You said, "allowing all the plants resources go to the flowers." Where do you think those come from?I never said that?
You said, "allowing all the plants resources go to the flowers." Where do you think those come from?
I quoted your words. If you think leaves consume energy, we're not operating on the same fact base. There is a lot of stuff in pot growing that is common practice that is absolutely ignorant; coconut water, molasses, organic nutes for 'flavor', flushing, to name a few. Science doesn't support these, yet hundreds of growers believe fervently in them, despite immense evidence that these beliefs are BS. I believe defoliation is one of these.I'm not following man... first of all, your analogy is massively flawed. If you want to keep the flashlight analogy (not a good one) it's more like having a solar powered flashlight, that has one battery and 100 bulbs. Removing a few of the bulbs will definitely make the others brighter.
Regardless. I think you're just looking for things to complain about. You've somehow managed to take something I said, and turn it in to something I never said.
I never said anything about removing all the leaves. Are you just looking for something to disagree with? To the point where you obviously put words in my mouth?
It's almost like you've never grown before? Have you never removed leaves from a plant? Do you understand that removing some growth increases your yield and allow the light and nutrients go to the areas you didn't cut off?
Nothing I've said is controversial, it's common practice, and I could point you to hundreds of other people saying the exact same thing. Maybe go put words in their mouths?
Well, cutting off flowers on tomatoes has a specific hormonal effect, that, as you note, causes the plant to invest more into leaf growth. That increased leaf growth supports more and larger fruit.I’ve only grown cannabis for one run. So by far no cannabis expert. I do however have a degree in horticulture and I can tell you from years of experience that training and defoliation techniques are very proven . For instance a simple tomato plant. You will by far get greater yields and quality of fruit if you cut off the first flower blossoms that you see in order to let the plant grow larger in its vegetative growth stage.you initially stall it. This defoliation is a example of how training techniques can improve harvests. There are many more examples. Pumpkins, melon, squash, orchard trees.
A couple thoughts:By removing leaves you promote more vigorous growth. I’ve only grown cannabis like I said one run. And in that one run I noticed how much vigorously my plants grew after I trimmed off leaves for various reasons. The canopy getting to thick so lower branches I did want to grow were not getting enough light. The plain crowding of leaves getting so thick some leaves were dying anyway. In nature plants can be naturally thinned by animals and weather. You need to replicate this also indoors. I would think idk maybe I’m way off. One way for you to find out like you said is to run a side by side.