Hi guys. Just repoted these Into there final pots and was wondering if people defoliate at this age to get rid of some of the lower leaves? They just over 4 weeks old from seed
i always wait till my plants are at least 4 or 5 feet tall before i take a leaf off and then i only take 1 or two off because it is hard to water with the leaf in the way
My thoughts. When I get a well established fifth or sixth node, I remove everything under 4 because it never amounts to much in my grows.
After that, I tie down nodes, bend, fold and tuck fans out of the way. But I grow autos, and you can't stress an auto.
I take off leaves that touch the soil as having your leaves touching the soil is supposed to be a good way to get powdery mildew. I tried a heavy defoliation this grow (schwazzed) and I'm getting leaf drop in week 6 of flower for the first time. Don't think I'll be doing that again.