Calcium def/Bad leaves and defoliating

hawse

hawse

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So my question is - I had a bit of an accident and caused a cal def with one of my girls (foliar sprayed too long and with a calcium uptake agent, and didn't have enough calcium in the soil). I got it under control and the new growth has been fine, but I lost a lot of fan leaves and decided to just defoliate all the leaves that were dying - this was around week five of flower. Sugar leaves look fine, flowers look fine, I'm on week seven now, but maybe on the small side still a little, not bad. So in general, I read that indoors the girls should like defoliating, but is this just because of better light penetration? Should you not take off the bad leaves after an issue? Would that be insult to injury, or will those leaves with yellow spots just die eventually anyway? What's the general rule of thumb here? Thanks!
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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alot of the time the girls u speak of will defoliate themselves i've come to find out with my girls....so you don't necessarily have to do it yourself it's kinda of a automatic thing...

bad leave or what i call dead leave if they're ready they will just pluck off, don't pull them off cause you might hurt the plant the less stress the better...pluck them..you'll know it when u pull on them....

the leave with the yellow on them, is the cal def...over a period of time they will die then u do the 2 steps above....

hope it helps and more chime in...
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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hawse said:
So my question is - I had a bit of an accident and caused a cal def with one of my girls (foliar sprayed too long and with a calcium uptake agent, and didn't have enough calcium in the soil). I got it under control and the new growth has been fine, but I lost a lot of fan leaves and decided to just defoliate all the leaves that were dying - this was around week five of flower. Sugar leaves look fine, flowers look fine, I'm on week seven now, but maybe on the small side still a little, not bad. So in general, I read that indoors the girls should like defoliating, but is this just because of better light penetration? Should you not take off the bad leaves after an issue? Would that be insult to injury, or will those leaves with yellow spots just die eventually anyway? What's the general rule of thumb here? Thanks!
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KISS. Calcium uptake agent? Dude, that’s a first for me. Your leaves are the engine driving the plant. I’ve been around a lot of orchards. Fruit and nuts. Never seen anyone defoliating any trees but whatever. Never saw an onion or any other kind of field flushed either.
 
hawse

hawse

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hotrodharley said:
KISS. Calcium uptake agent? Dude, that’s a first for me. Your leaves are the engine driving the plant. I’ve been around a lot of orchards. Fruit and nuts. Never seen anyone defoliating any trees but whatever. Never saw an onion or any other kind of field flushed either.
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Yeah I agree, makes sense - I probably didn't ask very clearly though my question... Not really worried about why I got the bad leaves, I'm just curious is it better to get rid of problem leaves, or let them die on their own? Or just leave them? The product line I'm using is NFTG, and I just didn't read the instructions properly lol...
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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hawse said:
Yeah I agree, makes sense - I probably didn't ask very clearly though my question... Not really worried about why I got the bad leaves, I'm just curious is it better to get rid of problem leaves, or let them die on their own? Or just leave them? The product line I'm using is NFTG, and I just didn't read the instructions properly lol...
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If they’re really damaged and not just spotting cut them off. None will be repaired but the plant can still utilize some of the nutrients stored in it. Some remove anything not picture perfect.
 
hawse

hawse

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hotrodharley said:
If they’re really damaged and not just spotting cut them off. None will be repaired but the plant can still utilize some of the nutrients stored in it. Some remove anything not picture perfect.
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Thanks! Yeah I've had mixed results in the past - I removed a bunch of leaves that had pretty bad spots on them, but were still green in parts, and ended up with a terrible yield. I also have left the bad leaves to eventually curl up and die, and now this current time I actually fixed the problem ha ha and prevented new bad leaves... Live and learn. Seems maybe leaving leaves until they are completely used up is the most natural thing to do... Some of these lower fan leaves on the girl I fixed up are still holding on, and I've just lost like the tips...
 
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