Light has everything to do with it! Manipulating the genetics of cannabis is what INDOOR growing is all about. Genetics allow a plant to produce x amount in optimal conditions, now you as the grower(god) decides what type of growth. Lower bud site can be manipulated in a way that you now produce the weight heigher on the plant thus increasing bud size while eliminating the useless popcorn, by telling me you get popcorn outdoors speaks to your abilities or lack of. Sad you come here with bad info and cannot learn from someone with greater experience or ability, your loss.
WRONG AGAIN! My background is in the AG industry and my lab work and studies go way deeper than what you are reading on the net... but keep believing what you read from the kiddies who thinks he can grow a 1zip plant then post online about their GREAT technique or some out dated practices from a gone era. Manipulation of crops has grown in population in the last twenty years for only one reason INCREASED food production.
Gees! you sure can get your fact mixed up. You are correct in the thinking they are used for, but skewed on their job exactly. At a certain point in the life cycle they become a detriment to the plant and is at that point a good grower will reconize this and help their plant. Some strains will actually show you, have you ever wonderd why some leaf stems start to turn purple at a certain point?The plant is shutting down those leaves to increase growth elsewhere. Sorry roots do not store anything, their the transportation hub for moving product up the chain to be used or stored. Stems are like your backbone or at least someone that has one. You talk about fruits and veggies and make comparisons to them so much it makes me wonder if you grow cannabis at all?
This statement has said it all, you can't tell the difference between a plant that has been severly manipulated and one that isn't. This plant was stripped clean at the start of flower and a practice I call controlled removal right up to harvest. What you seem to think is lots of leaves is the re-growth from the manipulation. This is how my girls enter my flower chamber
You are the one that seems scared, my technique and ability speak volumes for advocating PROPER LEAF REMOVAL
Enjoy your popcorn bud if you want, but stop giving people bad advice from an era long gone.
Obviously you should stick to fruits and vegetables since your knowledge base seems to come from that. I think there a veggie grower forum somewhere...ask your internet buddies I'm sure they can point you in the right direction, after their diaper change that is...
