Stripped all the leaves off my plants

[DistyDemon]

I get little to no larf now. Solid bud right below huge fan leaves. I think there is middle ground for his personally even in a fully crowded room.

Do you need to up nutrients to compensate?

I dont. I dont change anything but how many leaves are there.
Lol

This does add 1 additional day between waterings/feedings

 

[BrandedForLife]

Spare change the defol king

Spare change???

 

[1diesel1]

@SPARECHANGE will rock your world!
You dig!!!

 

[BrandedForLife]

@SPARECHANGE will rock your world!
You dig!!!

i do now

 

[Vagician]

Again? Can he not see the difference? Another snide comment @1diesel1

Just remember, when you choose to roll around in the mud with pigs, they are having a blast while you are only getting dirty. Fuck the haters.

You have done a solid job of defoliating a crowded tent. I don't know if it was because of what I said or somebody else, but thanks for removing everything below the net, it looks good. The only thing you did wrong in this grow was possibly waiting too long to switch to flower and/or allowing too many tops to form. You're still going to get lots of good bud out of this.

Next time, try to guide a single, strong branch up through each square on the net, it will give you good spacing for lighting and airflow as the cola forms. To figure that number out, count how many squares of netting fit in your tent, it looks like a 6x6. 36 squares/8 plants = ~4.5 tops per plant. Call it 5 so that you have culling options. If you do this, those buds will be nice and chunky, evenly spaced across the tent. It will also allow you some space to adjust your lighting.

 

[BrandedForLife]

This seems like more of a hydro/dwc technique than something that would work in soil. Not knocking what you are doing, just seems like the recovery and growth you get off hydro compared to soil would make a huge difference. Have you tried both to test or no?

I have not tested both

 

[Vagician]

I'll go to bat for ya OP.

I'm a veteran grower. 10+ yrs growing, and extractions. Up until 1yrs ago, I never ever plucked a fan leaf. Maybe tucked out the way. I only topped, supercrooped, and lollipoopped. I NOW do a leaf strip 2 weeks in veg before flip. Then again between week 2 and weeks 3. I pluck every fan leaf (exactly like you've done). I leave all sugar leaves, or leaves from new shoots.

I now have zero larf. My larf is now usable thumb size nuggets, not destined for the trim bin.

I now encourage leaf stripping. BUT there is a time and place for it.

Before strip
2 weeks before harvest
Leaf stripped room

Looks great, the experience really reveals itself on that second picture.

 

[BrandedForLife]

I get little to no larf now. Solid bud right below huge fan leaves. I think there is middle ground for his personally even in a fully crowded room.

Do you need to up nutrients to compensate?

An uptake in micro is what im doing and seems like a logical thing to do. Scientifically speaking

 

[Moshmen]

@SPARECHANGE will rock your world!
You dig!!!

Lol can’t dig in that teepee! No dirt , seriously pulls some nice lookin bud off with little foliage!

 

[DreamsOfDiesel]

@SPARECHANGE will rock your world!
You dig!!!

You gotta really read & think about what SC says, but he's filled with knowledge from what I've seen

 

[below frigid]

Today was day 21 of flower of the strain ICED OUT and I defoliated all the leaves off the plants. I have so many questions since this is the first time Ive ever done it like this. Normally I just trim some off. Will this actually produce more yield? Is there any tricks I should do to produce more? I plan on doing a 67 day flower cycle. How much bigger will the colas get? Check out the before and after picture and let me know what you think!

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Lol, Lol, sorry. Leave them if some are turning yellow pluck them. Maybe a week before harvest you can due some more serious de leafing. The last month outdoors I start plucking yellow leaves. Day before I get all the big stuff off that I can reach. Some are too tall. Only reason I do this is I find it easier when the plants are standing and hydrated.

 

[Myrcene]

Decalyxing is also incredible. Will produce the BIGGEST fan leaves you’ve ever fucking seen.

 

[HiDaze]

Decalyxing is also incredible. Will produce the BIGGEST fan leaves you’ve ever fucking seen.

..

 

[BrandedForLife]

Lol, Lol, sorry. Leave them if some are turning yellow pluck them. Maybe a week before harvest you can due some more serious de leafing. The last month outdoors I start plucking yellow leaves. Day before I get all the big stuff off that I can reach. Some are too tall. Only reason I do this is I find it easier when the plants are standing and hydrated.

Im not growing outdoors first off, and my leaves have never turned yellow because of lack of nutrients or age... They are gone by then and the top fan leaves never get old because its new growth

 

[below frigid]

Im not growing outdoors first off, and my leaves have never turned yellow because of lack of nutrients or age... They are gone by then and the top fan leaves never get old because its new growth

Lol, it's ok. Since your indoors maybe you should take more off earlier?

 

[below frigid]

Im not growing outdoors first off, and my leaves have never turned yellow because of lack of nutrients or age... They are gone by then and the top fan leaves never get old because its new growth

Sorry dude, my point was maybe you should wait longer before you do such a extreme de leafing. Sun leaves convert light to productive energy for the plants. You will lose a lot of yield doing this so early in flower. Good luck. Try not to take everything so personal. We have all made mistakes along the way. Peace and out.

 

[BrandedForLife]

Sorry dude, my point was maybe you should wait longer before you do such a extreme de leafing. Sun leaves convert light to productive energy for the plants. You will lose a lot of yield doing this so early in flower. Good luck. Try not to take everything so personal. We have all made mistakes along the way. Peace and out.

No they dont... thats where I believe you are wrong. i waited 21 days into flowering and they dont need the energy if you are replacing the stuff they use energy to make

 

[below frigid]

No they dont... thats where I believe you are wrong. i waited 21 days into flowering and they dont need the energy if you are replacing the stuff they use energy to make

Lol, ok dude. You know more than the rest of us. Lol

 

[Snakeskins]

Lol, ok dude. You know more than the rest of us. Lol

Nice crops.

 

[DistyDemon]

Sorry dude, my point was maybe you should wait longer before you do such a extreme de leafing. Sun leaves convert light to productive energy for the plants. You will lose a lot of yield doing this so early in flower. Good luck. Try not to take everything so personal. We have all made mistakes along the way. Peace and out.

Again utter bs and kool-aid thinking. If it hurt yields, I wouldnt do it, nor reccomend it to others. And I sure as shit woulndt post on a public forum if I personally did not think it's a viable way to grow and get a better yield.

This is my room just last night. I would normally do a harder deleaf, but had a lot of other garden duties.


I still pull 3.5+ from this room.