Anyone a fan of defoliation to increase yeild?

smkweed420303

smkweed420303

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done side by side comparisons for 3 years in a 100 light warehouse with over 100 strains. taking fans leaves off that are covering bud sites helps your yields 99% of the time, done this in a scrog, lst, and staking, make sure your don't prune to much and try n spread plants as best as can so don't have to take to many fan leaves off
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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smkweed420303 said:
done side by side comparisons for 3 years in a 100 light warehouse with over 100 strains. taking fans leaves off that are covering bud sites helps your yields 99% of the time, done this in a scrog, lst, and staking, make sure your don't prune to much and try n spread plants as best as can so don't have to take to many fan leaves off
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I do the same.
If a budsite never see's direct light it will be fluffy popcorn at best. If I have to take a couple of fans off of a larger neighbor so be it.
 
Uncle Ben

Uncle Ben

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neo12345 said:
I think you've answered your own question there in the other thread, phototropism is the reason we uncover the budsites because they grow bigger with direct sunlight.
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No it's not. The two are not remotely related regarding function and outcome.
 
OscarLaGrouch

OscarLaGrouch

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Uncle Ben said:
Really. And what's the science behind that opinion?

I guess that apple sitting in the shade of the tree canopy can't read.
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#1 apples are not cannabis
#2 your analogy is not research
#3 you don't have any research to support your opinion that defol is deleterious
#4 your opinion is based on a bunch of old hippy wives tales
#5 you're an outdoor grower that has no idea about indoor hydro
#6 advanced indoor growers can learn nothing from you

go help the newbies that you resent so much
 
OscarLaGrouch

OscarLaGrouch

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neo12345 said:
I think you've answered your own question there in the other thread, phototropism is the reason we uncover the budsites because they grow bigger with direct sunlight.
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I talked to another veteran grower today and asked his opinion on defol
he said

#1 cannabis naturally doesn't produce many leaves but the synthetic nutrients we give them support growth and that also means extra leaf growth
#2 everything in indoor growing creates stress so defol is but one of many stresses
#3 when you remove fan leaves, the younger leaves above it draw nutrients which effectively creates demand from nutrients and draws them up through the plant
#4 plants evolved to shed leaves naturally through animal vectors and wind. they will be fine to lose a few
 
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