Extreme Defoliation...

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lusidghost

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Markshomegrown said:
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.
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I've come to the conclusion that schwazzing creates nice colas, but you have to up your plant count to compensate for the lack of side branches. It's similar to running a SOG.
 
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Samwell Seed Well

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calvin.m16 said:
I personally do a 2 node strip. Hope it goes well so we can see for real what is better.
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pre flower this is exactly what i do, 2 nodes 2 leaves...in flower its more conditional to what the finale prodcut will end up like, small airy nugs removed, tight moldy nugs removed, shitty branches and nodes removed, along with a large amount of leaf. only leaving the upper cannopy. with as much light as i have i dont need to worry about penetration. i will turn the lights down after to limit any stress for a 24hr peroid

at days 7-10, 14-17, 21-24. and if plants are growing to fast i top them so the smaller, less vigorous plants can catch up. i only need 2ft tall plants within a 28 day veg peroid.
 
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Rurumo said:
Mee too. I'd love to see a big study looking at various defoliation methods vs. control. I keep an eye out for them, but there have been no defoliation studies in cannabis, just adamant people on both sides. I love when people do small side by side grows too though.
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Their is a litany of information for fruiting/flowering plants that somehow , possibly because of plant biology, trends to most if not all fruiting/flowering plants...

Growth control through biotic and abiotic methods is pretty well known.

This idea , casually behind any cannabis specific information, that cannabis is a plant all by itself in its growth characteristics is Bro sicence...

It's a plant...a fruiting flowering plant...like many others
 
lusidghost

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bk78 said:
You edited out the massive colas part. Laugh emoji retracted

We know them grinders ain’t binding up. And the cats aren’t dumb enough to go outside currently.
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My buds are definitely not massive this grow. They are just nicely sized and dense. I scrogged them out too long to make up for the lack of side branches along with the males I pulled, so most didn't get much of a vertical stack.

The edit was me deleting a doubled up message because I left the page before posting my reply and then came back.
 
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lusidghost said:
Not bad, but I don't know if I would consider that massive.
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still got a couple of weeks to go, that's just one of them here some more

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bk78 said:
April fools isn’t for a couple months home boy



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you have a stem with some buds, maybe 14" long, looking at your hand no thicker than 2" and the top bud might be 6" long, it's not bad buts not great.
 
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