InvaderMark
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Chiming in to say I'm on board. Love science. Love experiments. And that Bill Nye guy. Lets see how this goes.
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No i have not done a formal experiment on Skywalker or any other strain. I just like to pull leaves and perform canopy maintenance. I wanted to learn something. sounds Sativa to me. from pogenetics:So have you used this technique on Skywalker OG before? Are they 100% Sativa?
Can I ask what stage of the experiment you are at now, as you speak in past tense about some things? Do you have any pics?
As for the actual defoliation itself, am I right in thinking that you only defoliate from week 3 of flower? You didn't defoliate during veg? What percentage of leaves would you say you are taking in that first defoliation from the canopy, and then is it just a random removal from then onward?
,scribing to this, very interested to see what the final outcome is. Do you have a personal opinion as to if you think it helps or not?
right! people treat their plants like spoiled babies, I do too. however, nature intended for the plants to shed leaves that aren't carrying their weight, like the ones getting no light. nature intended shedding due to animal contact and wind. the plant has this under control. COMPLETE defoliation that in no way mimics nature is a totally different technique. I apply this during the flush phase week. nothing but sugar leaf when I chop.Subbed, I love defoliation, previous indoor I defoliated all plants, this indoor just White Russian next grow I will do that to all plants again most likely. I would never do it outdoor since wind and animals and other things do it for me but indoor its awesome.
thanks for mentioning it. well I have created hermies every way imaginable but I am not looking to add to the list with defoliation. one or two leaves per plant aint gonna do nuthin... (hypothetically)Subbed up, glad someone else is going to follow through with the experiment. I did a defoliation experiment recently with just one plant (only for my own curiosity). When I was reading up on it there was mention that starting defoliating in veg is a good idea to get the plant used to losing leaves and not stressing as much (reduce hermies). Just thought I would mention it, Thanks for running the experiment.
can we do a poll thru RIU with like voting buttons?I'd be curious about a poll on this one. I know this is a pretty heated issue with two very different camps.
I'm excited to see some definitive results (not that it will ever change anyone's mind
part of the reason I am doing this is I believe getting light through the canopy to the lower branches is a necessary. otherwise you might as well cut those off. when you grow au naturel, usually the plants are spaced out a bit and light enters thru the side as the sun passes overhead, hitting the plant at different angles as the day passes. that's why ppl use light movers indoors. because I scrog, which means I use a trellis, the idea is to have all the branches receiving the same amount of light. a grower prunes everything that doesn't make it to the scrog. I was told to give the lower branches until week four. if they haven't made it to the trellis/canopy by then, they get chopped/pruned to allow the plant to send that energy to the growing tips or lateral meristems.Thanks for this. This is my very first medical grow, I just started week 4 of flower and my 4 x 4 tent is so full. I so want to prune leafs off them. Like everybody else I have read and read and I just don't know what to do. I have some nice buds starting and I think I could have more if I pruned some leafs but there are so many that say "No" that I haven't removed any. The tent is so full that when I move them to check levels some fall off and I see so many branch's down low that will never produce anything, but I have left them alone. So I am very interested in this. Thank You
A will be the tray to defoliate. For those of you who only want to come back for the results, I suggest you check this thread in July.
skywalker is a 9-10 week show on this channel. plus I take two weeks to dry and then I'm gonna cure to uniform 55% to make it fair. can't have wet weed skewing my results....July? Ffs. It's like HBO...
Thorough. I approve.skywalker is a 9-10 week show on this channel. plus I take two weeks to dry and then I'm gonna cure to uniform 55% to make it fair. can't have wet weed skewing my results....