my ladies are 60 days old... does that count as to young?I decided to read your link and found this in it.
And it's true that some types of defoliation are brutal to the plants (such as when misguided growers removing all the leaves off extremely young marijuana plants),
Don't know if you missed this bit
thats exactly why i did it.. just wanted to find out for myself. if its true than yeah me, and us. if the world is flat like they say it is, well i guess i will just fall off it... till next grow.. hey i got two months out of life for mental enrichment.. you miss one hundred percent of the shots you dont take- wayne gretzsky
to a degree yes its only doing half its job, they also store food for later on in flower so ripping them all out isnt a great idea.
you have to admit there are some that disagree with you [video=youtube_share;alRSi2BwUT8]http://youtu.be/alRSi2BwUT8[/video]
dude you really didnt just try to some shit from youtube did you? hahaha oh my god im not gonna watch it but you can do some research and figure out leaves also store energy im not gonna sit here and argue about it.
those gals look real healthy PJ, the whole plants gettin plenty of light too, that defoliation done right.These were defoliated a couple weeks ago after the initial stretch was done. They seem to have plenty of leaves and buds too. They're pretty much exactly halfway through flower now.
4 plants. The two in the back and the one on the right-front = G13 Haze. Front-left = Green Crack.
How can you stunt a plant for 3 to 5 days, when topping extra veg time is needed if fact its a must for super cropping to. As the point of defoliation is to get bigger buds and bigger yeilds. I've adopted these techniques for exactly these reasons and my plants speak for themselves.
you stunt the plant by cutting off the top, or as people call it topping. that stresses out the plant.
That depends on your growing style. In a 12/12 from rooted clone SOG system, topping is the last thing you want.
Yeah if your auto flowering i'd say no go on topping, was talkin veg sir where it doesnt matter too much
that too, not to mention youll probably have more need to defoliate since it bushes out, your inner nodes wont get any exposure and youll be left with branches in the shadows leeching energy away from the real producers and very little air flow inside of the bush(chances for mold, overlooked deficiencies/infestations). since you also have an uneven canopy youll be left with popcorn nugs that wont mature nearly as much as the buds that are above it, so youll have to let those bottom nugs run another week or two to get them to bulk up, id much rather harvest the whole plant in one day.
Lots of growers practice the SOG style wthn NON-autoflower strains. Topping vs non-topping is highly strain dependent. Some strains really don't need to be topper due to their amazing branching genetics. with some strains, you can actually lose yield by topping.
Agreed sir only topped mine cuz it was mainly one large cola from what my friend said so i decided why not 2 big colas
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