Do you defoliate?

Do you defoliate your autos?

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 72.7%

  • No

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • Total voters
    33
jonsmith2012ad

jonsmith2012ad

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Do you guys defoliate your autos? If so when is it ok to do? Also should I avoid defoliation if I’m getting a little nutrient burn?
 
Papykush

Papykush

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more energy to the blooming ...less to keep the big ass leaves:cuss:...grow bud :eyesmoke:.... not a bunch of leaves ...:joint:... gives her better light ...8) , air:hump:, down in the plant ....:leaf:
 
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mackey

mackey

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Would love to post a pic of my last plants but they were sativa and I got all paranoid and deleted my pics. Not doing that àgain. We were out so I smoked bottom buds, didn't hurt it at all. Tied down branches to keep canopy flat so all got fairly equal light.
 
CannaBruh

CannaBruh

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As soon as I notice they are done stretching 14-21 days'ish into flower I will remove EVERY leaf that has a stem that can be exposed by gently pulling down on the middle finger.

Pull expose snip. In 3-7 days the things will already have a lot of new leaves from the flower sites and most of those sites are now exposed if you kept up with a decent canopy structure.

This helps mitigate against stagnate air, overlapping, water condensing, mold, and allows for more light to reach more flower sites directly.

I use this same technique in veg, it's a way of topping without removing the top, simply clip the top most fastest growing fans and let the rest of the plant catch up, it can be a daunting task after a week or so of doing this because the plants will really really bush up.

*credit to GML GrandMasterLevel for being the first larger scale grower to demonstrate these techniques with efficacy.
 
Thegermling

Thegermling

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tyke1973 said:
Never take a leaf of that is green ,no need
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I tried this way but I got PM because water got trapped between leaves ( I foliar spray sometimes) and became a perfect scenario for PM. The plant got bushy as hell too and the humidity where I live is 20-30% (outdoors). I agree with trimming up the plant for air movement around the plant. Cheers!
 
Kipn

Kipn

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i remove everything under the scrog net and try tuck he rest of the leaves i don't like causing stress to my plants so i try not take many leaves off unless the plant is extremely bushy hen you kind of have to strip leaves to reduce humidity and mold risks
 
Thegermling

Thegermling

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Kipn said:
i remove everything under the scrog net and try tuck he rest of the leaves i don't like causing stress to my plants so i try not take many leaves off unless the plant is extremely bushy hen you kind of have to strip leaves to reduce humidity and mold risks
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Theres a method I picked off the dude grow show. When you defoliate in flower pick off one or two leaves a day. Pick leaves that shade more mass than the entire leaf itself.
 
Kipn

Kipn

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Thegermling said:
Theres a method I picked off the dude grow show. When you defoliate in flower pick off one or two leaves a day. Pick leaves that shade more mass than the entire leaf itself.
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i much agree on doing that. never a good idea to strip the entire plant in one day
i will lollipop my plants over a week and only take a few hand full of leaves at a time
id imagine with a auto plant stressing it as little as possible would be a good idea
 
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