mudballs
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Im not laughing lusid just so you know..im neither for nor against.. you take a months worth of nutes you fed the plant and just cut em all off and throw it away..why
Extreme Defoliation...
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AngerbizcuTT
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Ahhh I see ...yes that last defoil is the that money shot fr...have you ever defoiliated this heavily twice on same plant ? If so what did you see or notice in growth speed growth structure and yeild quanity an quality......sorry about all the questions bro...just curious af and you are active and helpful lol
PopAndSonGrows
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That just seems overkill to me. Seems like you're forcing the plant to waste energy on replenishing foliage, which would otherwise go toward maybe thickening or lengthening branches. . ..
It's your plant.
It's your plant.
MickFoster
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It would be pretty boring and this forum would be unnecessary if we all did the same thing.
CheGueVapo
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What some people think defolation actually does:
What most of the times actually happens:
xtsho
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Actually you're losing energy when you defoliate until the leaves grow back. Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves so by removing those you are removing the engines that power the plant. Sure the leaves will grow back but during that time energy production is reduced.
I'm not making anything up that's a just a scientific fact. Less leaves = less photosynthesis = less energy unless centuries of scientific research in plant science is wrong.
Bucsfan80
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What have you done? I've never seen anyone do that. The fans are there solar panels and do a lot for the plants..
twentyeight.threefive
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Yeah... That's not quite how it works. Lol
AngerbizcuTT
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Like I said "in my head" Thats how I imagine it. Wasnt actually being serious, but you sound like you know.... so would you explain how defoliation benefits or hinders the plant ? And explain the extreme defoiliation here and the pros n cons?
ComfortCreator
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When leaves are removed, more light penetrates further down through the canopy until the leaves grow again.
When growing tips are removed, energy is refocused to the other existing tips and/or to growing newer tips higher up on the canopy.
Those are the two main reasons various forms of defoliation or pruning are done.
When growing tips are removed, energy is refocused to the other existing tips and/or to growing newer tips higher up on the canopy.
Those are the two main reasons various forms of defoliation or pruning are done.
lusidghost
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I'm going to quit defoliating on the first day of flip. I don't see a reason for it. The plant is still basically in vegetation, so there are no bud sites. All it's really doing is exposing my coco to direct light. Defoliation may slow down the stretch, but I'll just flip my plants earlier.
AngerbizcuTT
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I was considering the plants actual health ..like monster cropping? Just with leaves ?
strainguy
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That's a heavy one defoliation.... I tried one time, but it did not give any better result than easy defoliation in 5th or 6th week just taking off those fan leaves which block the light. After heavy defoliations plants gets enormous stress, plus leaves are useful to the plant till the last day of flowering to produce energy for bud growth....
lusidghost
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Monster cropping is growing a clone from a flowering plant. I don't really understand the comparison. I don't see how a massive removal of leaves is beneficial health wise. The only thing I will argue is that defoliation allows shaded out buds to look as nice as the ones in direct light. I don't think it's kicks in some sort of overcompensating biological mechanism.
AngerbizcuTT
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No I forgot the name but you kink all your stems and the stems become super strong and yeild like crazy its a common technique...im just spacing on the name ?
AngerbizcuTT
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Thats what I was asking if heavy defoil is like that...the stem bending technique does something like over compensation for damaged areas and skillfulky applied it does just that .... but your saying you dont think heavy defoiliation has any heath or growth benefits ?
C. Nesbitt
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Supercropping. Totally different than heavy defoliation though.
GreenhouseGreen
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Supercropping. I don't thing you have to bend all of your stems, though. When I do it I only supercrop stems that would otherwise be topped because of height requirements.
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