How much to defoliate going into week 3 of flower ?

morugawelder

morugawelder

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Wondering how much defoliation works best for better flowering .
Their 2 days into week 3 of flower , I seen some people really strip off the leaves and their buds really blow up ,
and theirs those who only remove bottom third and no leaves towards the top ,.

So hmmm what would give me the better results ?

thanks
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Uh oh. You just started a major debate. I remove leaves that are blocking bud sites in flower, but I do it little by little. I try to do all my defoliation in veg though.
 
BigHornBuds

BigHornBuds

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They are not quite at 3 weeks, I stripped them early because they where getting to big , I wanted them to stop the stretch.

The main point of defoliation is getting light down low, if you don’t grow your plants big, or if your light isn’t up to penetrating through to the bottom, it’s a waste .

Personally, I would start with some lower lollipoppin ,See how the plant reacts to what you do ,remove the odd fan leaves that are blocking bud sites.
As you observe and gain understanding, do more .
 
Xs121

Xs121

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I do total defoliation in the 1st week of flip, I removed all fan leaves 'from the main stem' aside the upper 2 fan leaves from the shoot. After that as new fan leaves developed, I removed the old leaves.

Before
7th wk veg (1).jpg

Defoliated
defoliated 7th wk.jpg

3rd week of flip
3rd wk 12-12 (8).jpg

Flowers looking good
3rd wk 12-12 (7).jpg

Plenty of trichome already
3rd wk 12-12 (3).jpg

Growing single cola
 
Xs121

Xs121

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4th week of flip
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no larfie bottom flower

a little closer look of the upper part, starting to dense up really good
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a close up look of the tip, trichomes looking good
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Huge improvement from 3rd week of flip
Just sharing
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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I think it's just personal preference. Some people like cute little trimmed plants and some people like big trees with lots of leaves and buds.
 
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