Should I defoliate at all??

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Blue_Walker

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I'm currently growing a Tangerine Dream Auto (Day 26 roughly) and I am wondering if I should defoliate any of the larger fan leaves. I have included an album of the entire grow and an album of the plants current state if you don't want to look through the entire album. Thanks for looking and providing any feedback!

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amicustoast

amicustoast

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Im a beginner myself here but from what I've seen you should absolutely defoliate the lower canopy and then if you want remove any large fan leaves that are blocking light getting to any lower bud sites. Or just position them to allow light using Lst- that'd probably be best. Good luck.

Also- where'd you get your seeds from? Im still tryna decide on what sseeds to get& from what site... ‍♀
 
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Blue_Walker

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amicustoast said:
Im a beginner myself here but from what I've seen you should absolutely defoliate the lower canopy and then if you want remove any large fan leaves that are blocking light getting to any lower bud sites. Or just position them to allow light using Lst- that'd probably be best. Good luck.

Also- where'd you get your seeds from? Im still tryna decide on what sseeds to get& from what site... ‍♀
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Yea, that’s what I’m thinking. Especially after I LST today I have a lot of big fan leafs growing and she’s pretty bushy haha.

I got my seeds from Growers choice seeds.
 
T macc

T macc

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I would wait to do any defoliating. Wait till you see flower clusters forming at the beginningof flower; not just preflowers. I think if you defoliate now, you'll prevent the plant from growing to full size, since it's an auto. Remove any lower leaves and branches that won't grow to the light. This will also encourage upper growth
 
maranibbana

maranibbana

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T macc said:
I would wait to do any defoliating. Wait till you see flower clusters forming at the beginningof flower; not just preflowers. I think if you defoliate now, you'll prevent the plant from growing to full size, since it's an auto. Remove any lower leaves and branches that won't grow to the light. This will also encourage upper growth
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I second this...

mainly bc auto flower...

if it was full photo period id say yes defoliation in veg...

but let her use those leaves to create her veg base... first signs of flower defoliate...
wait 14-21 days...
if she's healthy and could use it, do it again...


looks good tho!
 
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Blue_Walker

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T macc said:
I would wait to do any defoliating. Wait till you see flower clusters forming at the beginningof flower; not just preflowers. I think if you defoliate now, you'll prevent the plant from growing to full size, since it's an auto. Remove any lower leaves and branches that won't grow to the light. This will also encourage upper growth
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Thanks! That is a good point I don’t want to stunt the auto. Tomorrow I’ll check and remove any lower leaves that are small under the canopy and leave it at that! I am attempting to tuck leaves also to expose more of the new growth.
 
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Blue_Walker

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maranibbana said:
I second this...

mainly bc auto flower...

if it was full photo period id say yes defoliation in veg...

but let her use those leaves to create her veg base... first signs of flower defoliate...
wait 14-21 days...
if she's healthy and could use it, do it again...


looks good tho!
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Thank you. I appreciate the input! I’m enjoying the grow so far. She seems to need to be trained almost daily.
 
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