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2 Cut some for air flow and light
context, EX3 Only cut bottom leaves as they are useless.
I'm talking about cutting leaves good or bad.context, EX
humidity/PM issues/Airflow.
so you would do this.
3- are you referring to "lollipopping" or are talking strictly fan leafs.
otherwise, some one with more experience can come along.
This is where my lack of experience came in on my first soil grow, I stripped in soil, did it wrong, maybe too much at once as well.Loaded question but the answer is, it depends.
A plant should always be pruned properly, but in terms of defolitaion you need to weigh certain factors like how much room is available to the plant? Are you just growing a couple in a decent space or packing it wall to wall? Are you using a soil based media or soiless like coco or rockwool or dwc hydroponics?
Generally speaking plants in a soil media with lots of room to breathe, I'd leave as many leaves on as possible but still remove a couple.
If you're in a fast growing media and the room is packed and the plants are healthy, a few days before flower I'd strip every damn leaf off as well as every node to the tip of each branch, just leaving a single node and leaf at the tip. Better to do it all at once, like ripping off a bandaid.
In a slower growing system, you need to watch how much you stress them because you can really stall them.
I’d say yes, after looking at dirtbags strip before/after flip. That shit is crazy, defoliation done properly and his plants blew up, but I don’t mean to talk for someone.I'm talking about cutting leaves good or bad.
If leaves only provide water to plants on dry days then they are useless because I grow inside and monitor water.
But is the stress on the plant worth the benefits of extra new growth.
I got the room I'm only growing 5 autoflowering in a 4x4x6 tent using organic soil.Loaded question but the answer is, it depends.
A plant should always be pruned properly, but in terms of defolitaion you need to weigh certain factors like how much room is available to the plant? Are you just growing a couple in a decent space or packing it wall to wall? Are you using a soil based media or soiless like coco or rockwool or dwc hydroponics?
Generally speaking plants in a soil media with lots of room to breathe, I'd leave as many leaves on as possible but still remove a couple.
If you're in a fast growing media and the room is packed and the plants are healthy, a few days before flower I'd strip every damn leaf off as well as every node to the tip of each branch, just leaving a single node and leaf at the tip. Better to do it all at once, like ripping off a bandaid.
In a slower growing system, you need to watch how much you stress them because you can really stall them.
No, that's going about it all wrong. To make more tops you need to prune it, nip the top when it's a foot tall and let the side branches grow up, then nip the tops off those and let the two top branches grow off each branch.I got the room I'm only growing 5 autoflowering in a 4x4x6 tent using organic soil.
Because they are small plants I'm thinking if I get rid of leaves the energy will go to the branches and multiply basically same method as topping 1 cola turns into 2.
What I'm wondering is do the leaves serve any other purpose then storing water because I can provide the water..
Not there yet but trying to get my technique dialed in before they grow..lol
"Don't be fooled into thinking fan leaves are just for show. Their large, multi-fingered shape is an essential tool for collecting as much sunlight as possible. The primary purpose of fan leaves is to support photosynthesis. The leaves themselves are also packed with phytonutrients and, to a much lesser degree than sugar leaves and buds, cannabinoids."I got the room I'm only growing 5 autoflowering in a 4x4x6 tent using organic soil.
Because they are small plants I'm thinking if I get rid of leaves the energy will go to the branches and multiply basically same method as topping 1 cola turns into 2.
What I'm wondering is do the leaves serve any other purpose then storing water because I can provide the water..
Not there yet but trying to get my technique dialed in before they grow..lol
So many different methods I look forward to messing a few of them up...lol"Don't be fooled into thinking fan leaves are just for show. Their large, multi-fingered shape is an essential tool for collecting as much sunlight as possible. The primary purpose of fan leaves is to support photosynthesis. The leaves themselves are also packed with phytonutrients and, to a much lesser degree than sugar leaves and buds, cannabinoids."
hey dirtbag can you nip the top of the side branches all in 1 go ? or is that too much stress ? or should you do one every couple days ?No, that's going about it all wrong. To make more tops you need to prune it, nip the top when it's a foot tall and let the side branches grow up, then nip the tops off those and let the two top branches grow off each branch.
Only remove lower leaves and any massive leaf that's really blocking light penetration and airflow a few days before you flip.
In veg, just let it grow, let it have its leaves, and train the plant by pruning it properly. I'd suggest a topping when they're 8-12" tall, or about 8-10 nodes on the plant.
I prefer to do them all at once.hey dirtbag can you nip the top of the side branches all in 1 go ? or is that too much stress ? or should you do one every couple days ?
I'm talking about cutting leaves good or bad.
If leaves only provide water to plants on dry days then they are useless because I grow inside and monitor water.
But is the stress on the plant worth the benefits of extra new growth.
I like this explanation...Ok, so, leaves take light energy, and use it to convert the nutrients you give them into food. So, think of it like this, the more leaves you take off the plant, the more you are starving them.
So, after you strip all the fan leaves off, you give them the same amount of nutrients, expecting them to be able to convert the nutes into food, but, it can't do that as efficiently, because why?
You just stripped off all the fan leaves.
You can get away with pulling off leaves to open up air and get rid of some of the shading of lower buds, without starving them, but, eventually pulling off to many leaves leads to a point of diminishing returns.
heh…. You don’t want all the larf, yet, are removing leaves to stop larf from being light blocked?Yes you cut fan leaves. They cover bud sites from light penetration. If you are unsure go on YouTube and look up Kyle kushman on plant defoliating and chiropractic techniques. You don't want all that larf on the bottom of your plant. It only takes away from the main colas. Just my 02 cents.
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