Defoliating Autoflower - For or Against?

Realshibz1 · Jun 13, 2020

I’ve been low stress training a blueberry auto and wanted to research about pros and cons of removing leaves off my plant.
The reason I want to do this is to allow light to penetrate the tops I have created on her.
She is in her first week of flowering and I have been tucking the leaves in upto now to allow light to hit my tops.

what would you suggest

grou · Jun 15, 2020

Some say its good to defoliate autos but personally i dont think thats a good idea.

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

If your plant is healthy and you have a strong light then I you can defoliate your auto and it won’t even notice.

If your plant is already struggling and your light is weak maybe leave it as is. Without pics and info there is no way to say what is best.

I take all the big fans are in the middle that are stacked up and leave one or two. . I take anything blocking future bud sites. I take anything 12” or more from top of canopy including branches bud sites etc. anything past that point isn’t even worth messing with for me.

Realshibz1 · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
If your plant is healthy and you have a strong light then I you can defoliate your auto and it won’t even notice.

If your plant is already struggling and your light is weak maybe leave it as is. Without pics and info there is no way to say what is best.

I take all the big fans are in the middle that are stacked up and leave one or two. . I take anything blocking future bud sites. I take anything 12” or more from top of canopy including branches bud sites etc. anything past that point isn’t even worth messing with for me.

Mr. Cheetah · Jun 15, 2020

Realshibz1 said:
I’ve been low stress training a blueberry auto and wanted to research about pros and cons of removing leaves off my plant.
The reason I want to do this is to allow light to penetrate the tops I have created on her.
She is in her first week of flowering and I have been tucking the leaves in upto now to allow light to hit my tops.

what would you suggest

dont trim leaves if not absolutely necessary, im not a big fan at all

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

You don’t have a strong enough light to defoliate IMO. I would leave them alone. IF your dead set on taking something take the upper leaves that are blocking lower sites, toward the middle of the plant only. I wouldn’t take any branches.

Mr. Cheetah · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
You don’t have a strong enough light to defoliate IMO. I would leave them alone. IF your dead set on taking something take the upper leaves that are blocking lower sites, toward the middle of the plant only. I wouldn’t take any branches.

isnt that the purpose of defoliating, so the little growth can get more light then if whens in the shadow of a big ass fan leave?

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

Mr. Cheetah said:
isnt that the purpose of defoliating, so the little growth can get more light then if whens in the shadow of a big ass fan leave?

Yes IF he had more light. It’s not there. I wouldn’t do it just my opinion.

Mr. Cheetah · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
Yes IF he had more light. It’s not there. I wouldn’t do it just my opinion.

yeah, better not to

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

If that’s under a 1000w HPS I would be telling him to take 60% of that bitches leaves off!!! :bigjoint:

Realshibz1 · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
You don’t have a strong enough light to defoliate IMO. I would leave them alone. IF your dead set on taking something take the upper leaves that are blocking lower sites, toward the middle of the plant only. I wouldn’t take any branches.

I’m also using LEDS too I just removed them so the picture would come out clear

Realshibz1 · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
If that’s under a 1000w HPS I would be telling him to take 60% of that bitches leaves off!!!

Using a 200w cfl
I smoke a lot of weed bro and live in a small one bedroom flat so it is a DIY stealth set up

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

I was using that as an example for defoliation.

I’d still leave the leaves.

Realshibz1 · Jun 15, 2020

Wattzzup said:
I was using that as an example for defoliation.

I’d still leave the leaves.

Yeah dude thanks for your help. Do you have any idea approximately How much you think she’ll yield if everything is done properly from here onwards .

Wattzzup · Jun 15, 2020

I wouldn’t even want to guess sorry.

Realshibz1 · Jul 4, 2020

Wattzzup said:
I wouldn’t even want to guess sorry.

lol ur feedback was just abit off but none the less thanks for ur 20pence

Wattzzup · Jul 4, 2020

Looking good. Did you end up defol or no?

Thebanktella · Jul 4, 2020

I personally defoliate under my led but not for the normal reason of doing it , I mainly do it if the fan leaves are covering bud sites that could be getting light but I only defoliate if I’ve tried moving leaves out the way and it still doesn’t make a gap for light to penetrate

Realshibz1 · Jul 4, 2020

Wattzzup said:
Looking good. Did you end up defol or no?

I took several fan leaves off yesterday that I felt were obstructing lower bud sites. But I would say it was about 10%. The pictures you see are after I defoliated. Using Grotek monster bloom atm to provide the right nutrients for bud production and will be preparing to flush soon.

Realshibz1 · Jul 4, 2020

Thebanktella said:
I personally defoliate under my led but not for the normal reason of doing it , I mainly do it if the fan leaves are covering bud sites that could be getting light but I only defoliate if I’ve tried moving leaves out the way and it still doesn’t make a gap for light to penetrate

Yeah I used the tucking method all throughout the grow to be honest.

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