you dudes thrill me, that shit is straight fluff. as you can see my bottoms are mature and rock solid. unlike you i didn't take the nodes off of the bottom of the branch and as you can see the defoliating has done it's job.
I guess we are seeing two different things... those buds look behind the rest of the plant.. not a big deal, I just thought that was what defol was supposed to prevent. I see pale growth less dense than the top on your plant. It doesn't look like it did a very good job. Like I told a past poster. You do not need to remove leaves to get consistently mature and dense buds from top to bottom. Especially with that small of a plant... You can do it without losing yield like you do with defol.. If you want, I can help you out with this.
Just going by what I have seen you type in the past.. I wouldn't expect you to know this... But that dense nuggage on your plant is a result of genetics. That fluff on my plant is a result of genetics. And that below average (productivity) plant that you managed to grow there is a testament to the genetics you have. The superior production (compared to yours) on my plant is a result of adequate (barely) growing conditions and genetics... The funny thing is, your hit to production was your own doing, time spent in the garden working. You spent time fucking up your plant...My decrease in production is much less than yours AND the result of me spending less time in the garden fucking with plants. I don't baby my shit... because I have better shit to do and I know that all I need to do is give them adequate conditions, not piss on my plants (defol), and let my system/grow room and the genetics do their job.
as much as you think that your tricks are doing good for your plant.. all you need to do is give the plant a place to stay and try not to fuck it up... you know, like cut the leaves off of it. If you have time to waste, why not do something the plants would appreciate. Maybe clean up a little? Shit, if you are looking to fuck up your leaves, why not save yourself the labor and just introduce some spider mites to your grow?
Here is a seed from that same pack, more dense, grown right along with that fluff plant (and yes, she was fluffy, found her while looking through a pack for a nice new mother to take on). This plant put out decent density. I've got dense plants, I've got fluffy plants. I've hand picked every mother I have and bud density is not a deal breaker in this garden... Bottom line, every plant in my garden is more productive than your photo there. As long as you defol they always will be.
So, I need to cut the leaves off to get that wine bottle plant to produce dense buds? wow...
So, at the bottom is my 14 week SSH (beanho) selection... so if I want to turn those 24in spear colas into dense buds I just need to cut the leaves off?
haha..
