Should I defoliate?

Alteredegovintage · Mar 1, 2021

I think I’m about 50 days old. Should I remove any more leaves?
Just curious. I’m not too too far into flower.
Just wanted opinions.
Thanks guys!

anexgrower · Mar 1, 2021

Lollipop is the way to boost yields at this point

Rurumo · Mar 1, 2021

I'd clean up some of the shaded undergrowth and take off any fan leaf that's covering a major bud site, but that's it. Doing too much will take growth away from the buds, but a little will stimulate growth.

drsaltzman · Mar 1, 2021

I’d start with what Rurumo suggested.
You can always take more but you can’t put back.

Alteredegovintage · Mar 2, 2021

Shit I’m stuck then. I don’t feel like there is too many leaves at this point

twentyeight.threefive · Mar 2, 2021

Alteredegovintage said:
Shit I’m stuck then. I don’t feel like there is too many leaves at this point

As suggested I'd remove the lower 25% of the plant. Unless you want to collect larf.

Autofire · Mar 2, 2021

Don't defol anything ever unless you want a smaller yield.

Any strain in any grow will yield higher with lst and some leaf tucking than a defoliated plant would

f series · Mar 2, 2021

You can remove all fan leaves absolutely

twentyeight.threefive · Mar 2, 2021

Autofire said:
Don't defol anything ever unless you want a smaller yield.

Any strain in any grow will yield higher with lst and some leaf tucking than a defoliated plant would

Autofire · Mar 2, 2021

Pull your plant out of the pot and trim off all the smaller roots. Those smaller roots are stealing nutrients from the bigger better ones

twentyeight.threefive · Mar 2, 2021

Autofire said:
Pull your plant out of the pot and trim off all the smaller roots. Those smaller roots are stealing nutrients from the bigger better ones

Did you create an account just to troll?

Autofire · Mar 2, 2021

No way. Just trolling you back for trolling me mate. IMO defol is a long perpetuated myth. The more leaf surface area the plant has the greater the overall rate of photosynthesis. More light uses equals a bigger healthier plant and bigger plant means bigger yield

MICHI-CAN · Mar 2, 2021

Autofire said:
No way. Just trolling you back for trolling me mate. IMO defol is a long perpetuated myth. The more leaf surface area the plant has the greater the overall rate of photosynthesis. More light uses equals a bigger healthier plant and bigger plant means bigger yield

And I was just getting bored.

And at what point do eaves no longer contribute more than they consume. What is the needed percentage of productive foliage for optimal photosynthesis?

You opened the can show me how to use it beyond bait.

plantreader · Mar 2, 2021

Leave it alone. In future try to go for more light on the plant if possible. thats the way to go instead of chopping it

twentyeight.threefive · Mar 2, 2021

Autofire said:
No way. Just trolling you back for trolling me mate. IMO defol is a long perpetuated myth. The more leaf surface area the plant has the greater the overall rate of photosynthesis. More light uses equals a bigger healthier plant and bigger plant means bigger yield

Do you have pictures of your grows?

bk78 · Mar 2, 2021

twentyeight.threefive said:
Do you have pictures of your grows?

grabs popcorn

anexgrower · Mar 2, 2021

Wizzlebiz did a side by side grow that showed lollipop was better than defoliation or doing nothing:

Defoliate vs didnt do jack vs lollipop

Sup RIU. Was in another thread about why defoliation is such an at odds topic. I had mentioned I was doing a side by side by side comparison of the 3 styles. I will show some pics of begining of flower and document them going forward for all of us. Some variables that probably will cause many...

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Autofire · Mar 2, 2021

MICHI-CAN said:
And I was just getting bored.

And at what point do eaves no longer contribute more than they consume. What is the needed percentage of productive foliage for optimal photosynthesis?

You opened the can show me how to use it beyond bait.

The leaf is either a sink or a source. During growth the leaf is a sink after full grown it is a source. Even a dying leaf is only dying because the plant is transporting the nutrients out of that leaf and into other areas.

There is no such thing as unproductive foliage.

plantreader · Mar 2, 2021

correct. The leaf is there for a reason and the plant will get rid when it wants. All this science jargon is a load of rubbish wrote by boffins who probably never grew a plant in there life, side by side comparisons over many years of experiment gives all the answers who will ever need. Leave the plant alone

bk78 · Mar 2, 2021

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