Defoliate vs didnt do jack vs lollipop

[Wizzlebiz]

Monday update.

From left to right.

Defoliated, didnt do shit, and lollipop
As always disclaimer: defoliated is 1 week behind the other 2 for start of flower. Didnt do shit and lollipop began to flower on the same day.

Everyone is still happy, super healthy, and covered in ash.

Fed Fox Farms top 3 66% of recommended values.

Now for the interesting information.

Didn't do shit is far ahead of defoliated and lollipop in terms of close to finished. My assumption on that is it wasn't fucked with. No pulling off leaves causing redirection of energy slowing bud progression, no pulling off lower nodes to redirect energy to the top. Again assumption but it makes sense in my head. The only training didnt do shit got was pre flower.

Here are the buds.

Defoliated


Didnt do shit


Lollipop


As we can see although didnt do shit is closest to being done lollipop will absolutely destroy it in weight. No question in my mind now on that.

However I withhold judgment on defoliated as it is 1 week behind the other 2.

Hope all is well for everyone. Have a wonderful day and if you have any questions about the grow please feel free to ask.

 

[MajorCoco]

This is good of you to do.

Personally I tend not to do anything to my plants...so I have no real-world experience of how plants react to heavy pruning, however I'd always read that pruning was used to keep plants low.
This implies (to me at least) that "didn't do jack" plants will (all else being equal) be taller than pruned plants.

Am I missing something there? Are people who top their plants actually ending up with more height at the end?!

Cos I was just wondering why we are seeing the reverse of what I'd expect here height-wise. The untouched tree is clearly the shortest by far. Just pheno differences perhaps?

 

[Wizzlebiz]

This is good of you to do.

Personally I tend not to do anything to my plants...so I have no real-world experience of how plants react to heavy pruning, however I'd always read that pruning was used to keep plants low.
This implies (to me at least) that "didn't do jack" plants will (all else being equal) be taller than pruned plants.

Am I missing something there? Are people who top their plants actually ending up with more height at the end?!

Cos I was just wondering why we are seeing the reverse of what I'd expect here height-wise. The untouched tree is clearly the shortest by far. Just pheno differences perhaps?

That plant was more LST than the other 2. Knowing I was going this path I needed to make sure mobility wasn't an issue. I kinda did more than intended is the answer there.

 

[DoobieDoobs]

This is good of you to do.

Personally I tend not to do anything to my plants...so I have no real-world experience of how plants react to heavy pruning, however I'd always read that pruning was used to keep plants low.
This implies (to me at least) that "didn't do jack" plants will (all else being equal) be taller than pruned plants.

Am I missing something there? Are people who top their plants actually ending up with more height at the end?!

Cos I was just wondering why we are seeing the reverse of what I'd expect here height-wise. The untouched tree is clearly the shortest by far. Just pheno differences perhaps?

I think it depends on what branch you prune, if you prune the too branches, it would help keeping them low, like topping does.

 

[Wizzlebiz]

Didn't do shit is almost done folks. I dont want couch lock. Not a fan. Im thinking Saturday. The Monday update will probably without her.

 

[Caliverner]

Wizzle were these autos ?

 

[Wizzlebiz]

Wizzle were these autos ?

No. Photos that I kept small.

 

[Caliverner]

No. Photos that I kept small.

Man those nugs are way bigger than what I'm at so far

 

[Wizzlebiz]

Man those nugs are way bigger than what I'm at so far

When did you start yours?

 

[Caliverner]

When did you start yours?

Way late from clone beg Aug

 

[Wizzlebiz]

Way late from clone beg Aug

Ah I started these in April.

 

[Caliverner]

Ah I started these in April.

Gotcha

 

[Caliverner]

They look good they seem like there gonna be heavy ? You think 3 4 zips each?

 

[Wizzlebiz]

They look good they seem like there gonna be heavy ? You think 3 4 zips each?

Maybe. I dont like guessing lol. It generally leaves me disappointed. I have come to just chopping and weighing when dry.

 

[Caliverner]

Maybe. I dont like guessing lol. It generally leaves me disappointed. I have come to just chopping and weighing when dry.

Yessir

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

Very very nice job on your ladyes and the thread as always I appreciate your time and help keep it frosty

 

[DoobieDoobs]

Oh my, those are looking really good, Damn I hate entering into these threads when im out of weed. My plants have, I think, 3 more weeks to go.
Looking forward to the final results.

 

[Wizzlebiz]

for those who are wondering about the Monday update. It will be on Tuesday. I have not been feeling great today and basically tried to sleep off nausea.

Will snap some pics and talk a bit about the plant that got chopped.

 

[Doug Dawson]

for those who are wondering about the Monday update. It will be on Tuesday. I have not been feeling great today and basically tried to sleep off nausea.

Will snap some pics and talk a bit about the plant that got chopped.

Looking forward to hearing the update. Feel better soon bud.

 

[smtent]

Those plants all look good I grow indoors and I thought the major defoliation was more for that directional lighting situations then outdoors so this is interesting to me. I have done some major defoliation on several of my grows now and I am pretty happy with the results. I think taking the suckers off the lower branches is more helpful than anything though.