right...this is what we have been saying all along. Now you are claiming this is defoliation instead of plucking all the leaves?
If so you are changing your story.
and the only way you can do it wrong would be to go too high up the stem or take too many branches...not really rocket science.
clear the lower third of all budsites. Leaving the leaves if possible. and also clear all sucker branches.
have you read my diary or know anything about the way I grow, for a few years I grow weed by myself, not looked it up on line or had a single mate that knew I grow weed
so I learn t by trail and error, knowing when to remove leaves
(defoliation) To deprive (a plant, tree, or forest of leaves ) not what some grower put up on a website, TBH don't like his results
basically I have work out what to do at what stages to get the best out my plants, this does include topping, lst, thinning an plant out (removing weak shoots and bud sites), defoliation, often called it selective pruning on a lot of different sites over the last 2-3 years as a lot of growers was against defoliation,
lol
"only way you can do it wrong would be to go too high up the stem or take too many branches" you don't know what your talking about, you need to grow a plant/phone at lease once to see how the plant reacts in flower, see how bushy she gets, how much does she stretch after taking a few leaves, this is the trial and error stage, next you grow her again from the clone you took
look back on the notes, work how much she's going to stretch, how many leaves she grows in flower etc
then you can work out how many branches/leaves to take and from where, and knowing this will slow the growth down more depending on how many branches/leaves taken from which part of the plant, you want the plants to have a good amount of light covering all the leaves, bud sites, good air flow going through the canopy but at the same time you do want a good amount of leaves in flower
its not easy to work out but get it right and you will pull yields like me
