ebcrew
Well-Known Member
Ive never done that in the past, i always leave some of the stem above the soil, but i sort of see what your saying about more roots. Im not sure how much of a difference it will make if i do bury the stem. Perhaps you can explain, have you done any experiments on that? Would be something cool to try next time.The exposed stalk you have above soil, for best results, should be buried. The exposed area where you took leaves will now grow roots if you bury that stalk up to the leaves. You can see them wanting to grow out stalk now but there is no soil for them to grow into. More roots always helps your plants.
That is the only reason I defoliate is when I transplant to larger pot. I remove single blade leaf set, and 2 nodes after that. The defoliated stalk is buried during transplant, to create more roots. Other than that I just remove dead leaves and my space is crowded. Bud sites are still swelling.
Just my 2 cents.
One should always be trying to improve and make old techniques better, thats my philosophy anyway.