Extreme Defoliation...

Boatguy said:

Plucking suckers is pretty normal practice. Removing 90% of leaves, not so much

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PJ Diaz said:

Just to add another facet of debate to this, since no one's mentioned it yet..

What about cotton? Defoliation is standard in the cotton industry, for increasing both quality and quantity of cotton flowers. Sure, it's a different crop, and a different defoliation technique, but cotton is also a flower not a berry.

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Markshomegrown said:

who said removing 90%of the fan leaves was a good idea?
The OP removed 100%

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mudballs said:

My best guess on cotton is that cotton is a perennial, and they grow it like an annual because perennials dont go full monty until 2nd year? So they prune to trigger 2nd yr growth during 1st yr? Idk i dont have any cotton friends to call...but i bet the perennial thing is at play

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Markshomegrown said:

who said removing 90%of the fan leaves was a good idea?
The OP removed 100%

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calvin.m16 said:

credits go to @Samwell Seed Well for meme
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If you're against defoliation why do you keep viewing defoliation threads? Buncha Closet Defoliators.This is defoliator territory. NOW GET OUT!
You're like the kind of people that join a Democratic forum when you're a Republican and just argue with everyone. You're like someone that buys a movie knowing it sucks then bitch the entire time the movie is playing ruining it for everyone.

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calvin.m16 said:

credits go to @Samwell Seed Well
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If you're against defoliation why do you keep viewing defoliation threads? Buncha Closet Defoliators.This is defoliator territory. NOW GET OUT!
You're like the kind of people that join a Democratic forum when you're a Republican and just argue with everyone. You're like someone that buys a movie knowing it sucks then bitch the entire time the movie is playing ruining it for everyone.

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lusidghost said:

I take this back. There's a possibility that indica and sativa leaners respond differently. This could have influenced yields that I wrote off as genetics. I have no idea though, I'm just speculating.

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rkymtnman said:

i thought this was a flushing thread? WTF?????

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NanoGadget said:

i have a strain that turns into a bush with no topping and no training. as long as it gets sufficient light I tend to get 8 to 12 hand grenade colas. it's crazy.

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Star Dog said:

Removing side shoots is a common practice with taller varieties of tomato.

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Continued care involves pinching off the suckers that pop up when growing cherry tomatoes. Look at where the branches meet the stalk and form a “V.” Removing the small suckers at these junctions and at the bottom of the main stalk will let your plant to use more of its energy to make fruit.

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thefullspectrum said:

ome Tomatoe growers only keep 12 healthy leaves on during fruiting

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rkymtnman said:

why so many?

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calvin.m16 said:

I agree, too many leaves. Not Extreme enough.

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Star Dog said:

I'm neither for nor against it appears to have its uses for me in veg and I'm open minded on flowering yeild/quality ratio.
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It slows stretch, if it lowers humidity enough any loss is acceptable to me, but let's see?

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