Bernie420
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Fat colas of quality buds.... I'll just leave these here
Bitchin
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Fat colas of quality buds.... I'll just leave these here
Lol that's the "personal" medical grow I need! Might finally last me a monthNone of the growers that I know pull green leaves. Pull the yellow leaves all day, but leave the green ones to do their job. They are your plants storehouse...
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So which one are you going to defoliate?To "D", or not to "D" .. That is the question ...
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How many of them are dealing with overlapping leaves and standing water in an indoor environment scenario? How do they mitigate against this?None of the growers that I know pull green leaves. Pull the yellow leaves all day, but leave the green ones to do their job. They are your plants storehouse...
Stripping sucker branches is logical because they only draw from the plant and don't give much back. You agree with that but cant agree with a leaf that isnt producing anything (Lower leaf not getting light) isnt taking resources away from the top part of the plant. Or if its a upper leaf its better to block a flower site from receiving light. Also in my experience the plant doesnt cut anything loose unless there is a shortage that the plant wants in that leaf then it will canonabolize that leaf not because of it not getting light. I have a bunch of healthy looking leaves that are basically not getting light. So if its getting what it needs it wont just cut a leaf loose. Now you say why bother cutting a leaf if the plant is getting what it wants whats the point. Same thing to direct the growth to the top where its getting the light. Where the buds grow. Better airflow.Wow that's an oxymoron. So your saying that by removing the very thing that produces energy for the plant, that you now have more energy going to the flowers...SMH. You do understand that these leaves your stripping are NOT using anywhere near the energy they produce for the plant and your buds. If the plant has No use for leaves that aren't producing (not catching light) it will cut them loose on it's own it doesn't need an ill informed noob doing it for them. Stripping sucker branches is logical because they only draw from the plant and don't give much back. Use some logic and reasoning before you apply this stoner Pseudo science and I'm willing to bet your a Supercropper as well.
What do you mean arguing it all makes perfect sense.Lol after all these mixed answers among all the arguing
I only read the first 2 pages of this thread by my advice to the OP would be to ignore everyone and do your own test. Dunning-Kruger is running rife here. Lots of big mouths and small brains.
It is pretty simple. Do a run where you dont defoliate at all, then do a run where you defoliate hard around Day 20 then again around day 40. You will soon see which yields higher and which yields less larf.
It doesn't grow back more leaves... we've been over this. The same leaves that WILL grow whether you strip are not are going to grow once the f[QUOT
When I talk about defoliating im not saying remove every single leaf and strip the plant completely. Use your head and remove leaves arent doing anything significantlyWhen I talk about leaf strip, I am talking about removing every leaf that has a stem at some few mm in length. You might lose some quantifiable yield but without #s from actual observations this conversation isn't much of interestDefoliating increases yeilds. You'll have fatter denser budsThe plant won't magically create new leaves it otherwise couldn't have had you not removed the leaves with stems. It grows as normal as it would without the leaves you took, it does appear to grow new leaves but these leaves would have grown anyways.
0 he doesnt know any indoor growers. If I had the sun shining and the wind blowing in my basement I wouldnt pick a leaf eitherHow many of them are dealing with overlapping leaves and standing water in an indoor environment scenario? How do they mitigate against this?
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I hope I'm not coming off as flinging mud at JJ cause I'm not I have mad respect for em while also completely empathize with this line of thinking.0 he doesnt know any indoor growers. If I had the sun shining and the wind blowing in my basement I wouldnt pick a leaf either
indoor?....you're trying to grow pot indoors?....How many of them are dealing with overlapping leaves and standing water in an indoor environment scenario? How do they mitigate against this?
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Yeah, its a bitch, dont do it.indoor?....you're trying to grow pot indoors?....
My entire grow(s) could fit in that ft²Now your gonna tell me you don't grow in 600gl smartpots....
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Never heard of such a thing - wtf.Now your gonna tell me you don't grow in 600gl smartpots....
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yowser you really got in there. Took out a tad bit more than what I would of but I like it. The bigger plant is going to produce more.12/25...
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12/26...
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12/28...
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1/02 (de-fo'd half the indica, going to see which side produces better)...
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