needynate
Well-Known Member
u dont need the excess leaves that r blocking new growth from light and u dont need because u want to grow bud, not leaves.. the reason for defoliating in x amount of days is because if u do it to much to often u can over stress the plants and herm em out ,stunt growth etc..u can bet all u want but these were my grows and i know what i did to them .i know i fed them the same nutes and the environment was almost exactly the same as the other. u dont have to believe me . just know i will never pull anything under a pound and a half in my 4x4. next grow im shooting for three pounds and it will all be possible because of defoliating ,not to mention i have a bad ass set up and i know what im doing for the most part. . it baffles me how many ignorant people r actually on this site claiming to be so knowledgeable ,yet they never have pics or vids to prove anything they claim smh... show me a 4x4 grow room that hit 3 pounds that didn't defoliate and ill believe u when u say defoliating doesn't work or isn't needed.. until then just watch us real growers yeild large harvests and u can keep on thinking that defoliating doesn't work..Non defoliators don't know what leaves the plant doesn't need? Can you explain what leaves they don't need and why? The only thing I've ever seen posted is take leaves off at day ?? and then again at day ?? Why are the times to do it so specific? "Leaves block light to bud sites" is the usual answer, never an answer with any substance. The biggest reason this misinformation is around is inexperienced growers regurgitate it constantly. In reality i think you lack the experience to tell the difference. One year growing experience is only a few grows so comparing the first to the third or fourth isn't fair. I'd bet the yield increase has more to do with environment, watering, and feeding experience than the defoliation. I'll add a couple links that show leaves do much more than photosynthesis.
https://www.boundless.com
http://audiophile.tam.cornell.edu/randpdf/grplants.pdf
https://garden.org/courseweb/course1/week2/page10.htm