Extreme Defoliation...

[LeastExpectedGrower]

lol.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

@bk78 Why do I not recall ever seeing any pics of your grow? You probably grow in a tent. lmfao

If you think those plants are under 16 ounces you're genuinely stupid. I'm averaging 8 # per/4 lights with 6 plants.

Nice! How much do they weigh after you dry and trim them?

 

[calvin.m16]

Nice! How much do they weigh after you dry and trim them?

I only count dry weight as buds that have been trimmed & cured.. The average weight of the plants last run was 19-21 ounces. I log everything after its been trimmed and binned for curing. Off 6 plants I got 5.75 LBS of dry trim......

 

[xtsho]

I might have gone more extreme than others. It still filled out nicely in flower and didn't miss a beat.

Right after defoliation

4-5 weeks later in flower

 

[calvin.m16]

I might have gone more extreme than others. It still filled out nicely in flower and didn't miss a beat.

Right after defoliation

4-5 weeks later in flower

Watch out all the trolls are going to attack you now.

 

[Killaki]

I might have gone more extreme than others. It still filled out nicely in flower and didn't miss a beat.

Right after defoliation

4-5 weeks later in flower

I've legit done this. Fastest way to big budzzz.

 

[bk78]

@bk78 Why do I not recall ever seeing any pics of your grow? You probably grow in a tent. lmfao

If you think those plants are under 16 ounces you're genuinely stupid. I'm averaging 8 # per/4 lights with 6 plants.

8# under almost 5k watts?

That’s alright for a new grower I guess.

 

[bk78]

Watch out all the trolls are going to attack you now.

I stopped trolling people like you years ago. After checking you grew your first auto flower only 2 years ago I chuckled and moved on. Have a great weekend bro.

 

[bk78]

I might have gone more extreme than others. It still filled out nicely in flower and didn't miss a beat.

Right after defoliation

4-5 weeks later in flower

P/k boosted?

 

[xtsho]

P/k boosted?

PK 13/14, Super Bud Blaster, Power Bud Formulation 7, and Extreme Resin Factor.

 

[bk78]

PK 13/14, Super Bud Blaster, Power Bud Formulation 7, and Extreme Resin Factor.

Any purpinator for the purps?

 

[calvin.m16]

8# under almost 5k watts?

That’s alright for a new grower I guess.

Dude it's 4 lights that are each 1000 watts.... Where do you get 8# from 5k!?

 

[Markshomegrown]

You sound old school with your setup and there is nothing wrong with that, you could hit 1g per watt, it's basics math and we can see the plants are massive, so you pulled 120oz's(3,360g) with 4 1kw HPS, that's 0.84g per watt. sounds about right.

 

[bk78]

Dude it's 4 lights that are each 1000 watts.... Where do you get 8# from 5k!?

I was counting them as DE’s, my bad

Have a great weekend bro….

 

[buckaclark]

You sound old school with your setup and there is nothing wrong with that, you could hit 1g per watt, it's basics math and we can see the plants are massive, so you pulled 120oz's(3,360g) with 4 1kw HPS, that's 0.84g per watt. sounds about right.

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[Star Dog]

Eliciting an atypical hormone response never slows them down... leave all those unneeded leaves and branches and nodes for the plant to use up energy to support, that will slow it down, then just prune them well 10 days before flower

Idk enough about the subject to dispute it with you, i expect less foliage = less growth not more.

I'm not saying that's correct but it stands to reason that less surface area making energy will slow growth?

I've got my hands full atm but I intend to do a sbs for myself, my limited experience with it suggests that it slows height/stretch after flipping hence trying it to slow growth.

 

[lusidghost]

Idk enough about the subject to dispute it with you, i expect less foliage = less growth not more.

I'm not saying that's correct but it stands to reason that less surface area making energy will slow growth?

I've got my hands full atm but I intend to do a sbs for myself, my limited experience with it suggests that it slows height/stretch after flipping hence trying it today slow growth.

It seems to me that it spends more energy growing the leaves back than stretching out the plant.

 

[Samwell Seed Well]

Idk enough about the subject to dispute it with you, i expect less foliage = less growth not more.

I'm not saying that's correct but it stands to reason that less surface area making energy will slow growth?

I've got my hands full atm but I intend to do a sbs for myself, my limited experience with it suggests that it slows height/stretch after flipping hence trying it to slow growth.

There a lot of things that seem binary, that are not. Not every leaf is equal in its photosynthestic ability not ever leaf is needed... I strip every plant in vegetative growth each week, I notice that the growth is better then when I don't.

What do I know i only have 600 plants to work with...

The single plant below was 2 weeks out of the clone dome...and not even in perfect health and still good size and good amount of structure already built up. .

 

[Markshomegrown]

I can't agree with extreme Defoliation, but thinning the plants out, removing all the thin stretched shoots, you only want one main shoot every 6-12".
If you the rootmass is feeding 100 shoots( 2ftx2ft plant) there not going to grow large, they have not got the room or water/food and most the canopy will be stems not buds, if you grow 8 main shoots in a 2ft x 2ft, give them lots of space the shoots can grow 4" thick
Each shoot is receiving 10x more water, food, light and has the space to grow.

Removing a few fan leaves in flower can really help if the canopy is too think, fan leaves need space, light and airflow to prevent mold.

 

[Samwell Seed Well]

I'm willing to put any one plant to the test, or a table of plants

All my strains are in counts of above 60 cuts, at min, and I have multiple tables right next to each other for comparrison