OkieKush
- 70
- 33
I would like to see that. But my point is -if the plant get plenty of light because its not overcrowded (yours is perfect), why remove the leaves. I find the best buds grow in the shade. Better resin and way better terps imo. I say defoliate if you must, but not because you think it will improve yield. I will never sacrifice quality for quantity. Outdoors or when you have plenty of room indoors-no way.I’ve done schwazzing in past grows and I feel it increased my yields and the density of the buds.
To be fair, I have not done a side-by-side experiment. I do plan on doing that soon with clones from the same mother.
That would be awesome to see. What would the parameters be? How many sqft and veg time ya thinkin?I hear ya brother.
One of the reasons that I enjoy growing cannabis is it’s one big, fun experiment.
I need to replenish my Skywalker OG supply so maybe I’ll do the schwazzing side-by-side experiment with it. It’s a nice stretchy strain. Should be fun.
You did a beautiful job on that mainlining I love the way it looks when they are all bent and tied down like that. I need to start doing it like that. I watched a bunch of youtube videos too. Up to this point I have just used the standard topping technique. I pinch off the tops and bush it then let it go through the trellis. The mainline looks strong as hell. Like little tree trunks at the bottom freaking dope. I gotta step up my game.
OK cool thanks for the tip. I run a bunch of OGs the real old school funk. Thats my jam I grew up on it and it was the standard on the streets back in the day. The OGs stretch a ton Im gonna give it a shot. Thanks again!Thanks. Just like you, I watched a lot of youtube videos on the subject and I read lots of articles. It is easier than I thought it would be though.
You should try it. I'd recommend you only use the method on strains that stretch quite a bit. On non-stretchy plants, I'll keep using the method you spoke of with topping to get the canopy even as possible.
OK cool thanks for the tip. I run a bunch of OGs the real old school funk. Thats my jam I grew up on it and it was the standard on the streets back in the day. The OGs stretch a ton Im gonna give it a shot. Thanks again!
I think your being too hard on yourself. Yeah it may not be the perfect mainline but man your plant is looking really healthy overall. When that shit starts filling in its your gonna have nugs all over the place man. Its gonna be a beast! You can always try to tie down the candles on that birthday cake so that you can drop the light lower. The the Cob will be able to punch down to the top of the cakeI had to raise my light again. The Kosher Kush has grown 4" in the last couple of days. I think it is slowing down though.
And, I admit it, I screwed up this mainline.
I know you are supposed to clear out the lower suckers. I should have listened to @growsince79 . (I'm still going to schwazze though) I decided to start clearing out the fan leaves below and discovered a nicely-spaced bed of budlets covering the entire interior of main colas. I thought about it and decided that I'm going to let them grow. I know it will probably reduce the weight I would have gotten in the main colas but I really don't care. It's going to be more trimming though, which sucks after the first 30 minutes.
View attachment 1058407
View attachment 1058408
Then I started thinking about the difference in distance from the light between the top of the tall colas and the lower bed of buds below. I thought it might be a problem. I checked the PAR at both levels and it's good. My COB LED light has pretty good penetration.
View attachment 1058409
View attachment 1058410
View attachment 1058412
Anyway, the schwazzing is happening in a couple of days (day 20 or flower). I'll post before and after pics.
So, the weird thing is I now have a cannabis plant that looks like a birthday cake with candles on it.
I had to raise my light again. The Kosher Kush has grown 4" in the last couple of days. I think it is slowing down though.
And, I admit it, I screwed up this mainline.
I know you are supposed to clear out the lower suckers. I should have listened to @growsince79 . (I'm still going to schwazze though) I decided to start clearing out the fan leaves below and discovered a nicely-spaced bed of budlets covering the entire interior of main colas. I thought about it and decided that I'm going to let them grow. I know it will probably reduce the weight I would have gotten in the main colas but I really don't care. It's going to be more trimming though, which sucks after the first 30 minutes.
View attachment 1058407
View attachment 1058408
Then I started thinking about the difference in distance from the light between the top of the tall colas and the lower bed of buds below. I thought it might be a problem. I checked the PAR at both levels and it's good. My COB LED light has pretty good penetration.
View attachment 1058409
View attachment 1058410
View attachment 1058412
Anyway, the schwazzing is happening in a couple of days (day 20 or flower). I'll post before and after pics.
So, the weird thing is I now have a cannabis plant that looks like a birthday cake with candles on it.
I think your being too hard on yourself. Yeah it may not be the perfect mainline but man your plant is looking really healthy overall. When that shit starts filling in its your gonna have nugs all over the place man. Its gonna be a beast! You can always try to tie down the candles on that birthday cake so that you can drop the light lower. The the Cob will be able to punch down to the top of the cake
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?