Where should I trim and defoliate
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PurpleGlurple
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looks good. A lot of people remove he bottoms when doing indoor. I have mixed feeling about this. I wouldn't remove large branches but definitely remove lower nodes just not the whole branch
I’m on day 37 I want bigger yield man
Not an expert it’s my first time so I’m not sure what I’m looking at from urs pic
Shoot I remove a big fan leaf from the top just one though then I didn’t cus I was afraid I was doing it all wrong they say remove big fan leaf I just trip some of the bottom but only 1 Fan leaf on top
Why does ur leaf look so small
Rictor94
Active Member
Some people go really heavy with defoliation you gotta just do it a few times and get comfortable with it. Removing fan leaves to allow light lower on your plant is what you want in veg. I can see a branch in your 3rd pic that is totally shaded. I'm new so dont hold me to this but from what I have seen you can remove up to about 40-50% of leaves and it will recover. I have seen most ppl do it over a few days removing fan leaves and training lower branches to reach the light. Till flower then remove lots of fan leaves at start of flower for plant to force energy to bud.
Lockedin
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I'm new to doing it myself, but have defoliated with a professional a few times before. Big indoor scrogs.
Ummm - why does that sound so --- dirty? Now that I think of it; I got paid for defoliating with a group of men and two women!
What have I become???
Anyway - what I was taught was:
*****GO SLOW - look twice, look again, look back, ---- cut (you get the idea)
*****Look at the canopy from above if possible, avoid revealing the ground level to use all available light.
*****Frequently step back a few feet if possible and re-evaluate
*****Look on the ground level - avoid snipping where there are bright spots (thin canopy) unless it's a fan leaf shading a site.
*****The grower I worked for has done this for years - and he moves SLOW during defol.
@Hobbes did some very advanced / aggressive defoliation (looks awesome) - there is a lot to learn before getting reliably successful results from that level of removal (maybe a few grows from now...)
1. Lower third of all leaves - GONE
2. Middle third
- if it shadows a growth node - gone
- if it's larger than my hand - gone
3. Top Third - Cut FAN leaves shadowing growth sites ONLY - kink the leaf stem away and tuck if possible (they recover quickly)
4. Grower often followed us after and removed a few more; or wondered aloud what we were thinking...
Ummm - why does that sound so --- dirty? Now that I think of it; I got paid for defoliating with a group of men and two women!
What have I become???
Anyway - what I was taught was:
*****GO SLOW - look twice, look again, look back, ---- cut (you get the idea)
*****Look at the canopy from above if possible, avoid revealing the ground level to use all available light.
*****Frequently step back a few feet if possible and re-evaluate
*****Look on the ground level - avoid snipping where there are bright spots (thin canopy) unless it's a fan leaf shading a site.
*****The grower I worked for has done this for years - and he moves SLOW during defol.
@Hobbes did some very advanced / aggressive defoliation (looks awesome) - there is a lot to learn before getting reliably successful results from that level of removal (maybe a few grows from now...)
1. Lower third of all leaves - GONE
2. Middle third
- if it shadows a growth node - gone
- if it's larger than my hand - gone
3. Top Third - Cut FAN leaves shadowing growth sites ONLY - kink the leaf stem away and tuck if possible (they recover quickly)
4. Grower often followed us after and removed a few more; or wondered aloud what we were thinking...
Man I don’t know what I did but this how it turn out lolI'm new to doing it myself, but have defoliated with a professional a few times before. Big indoor scrogs.
Ummm - why does that sound so --- dirty? Now that I think of it; I got paid for defoliating with a group of men and two women!
What have I become???
Anyway - what I was taught was:
*****GO SLOW - look twice, look again, look back, ---- cut (you get the idea)
*****Look at the canopy from above if possible, avoid revealing the ground level to use all available light.
*****Frequently step back a few feet if possible and re-evaluate
*****Look on the ground level - avoid snipping where there are bright spots (thin canopy) unless it's a fan leaf shading a site.
*****The grower I worked for has done this for years - and he moves SLOW during defol.
@Hobbes did some very advanced / aggressive defoliation (looks awesome) - there is a lot to learn before getting reliably successful results from that level of removal (maybe a few grows from now...)
1. Lower third of all leaves - GONE
2. Middle third
- if it shadows a growth node - gone
- if it's larger than my hand - gone
3. Top Third - Cut FAN leaves shadowing growth sites ONLY - kink the leaf stem away and tuck if possible (they recover quickly)
4. Grower often followed us after and removed a few more; or wondered aloud what we were thinking...
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alright thanks buddie not sure how to like ur comment on this website
Budzbuddha
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Stop defol and just LST her . You could have simply LST the branches to shape plant and allow mids to go vertical , now that it is stripped , not so much.
You could have tucked leaf too.
You could have tucked leaf too.
Lst how would u do that
I see will look into it and also should I even transplant to a bigger pot
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Lockedin
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That mylar reflection...
