Hollatchaboy
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Yea but you should be able to get it close enough to make a comparison.It really isn't that easy to make a proper side by side experiment that actually proves something.
Yea but you should be able to get it close enough to make a comparison.It really isn't that easy to make a proper side by side experiment that actually proves something.
Flushing is a bit more understandable because that really requires some lab testing to get accurate resultsAgain, agreed. How has nobody run tests on this subject. It's like(dare I mention it), flushing. Just recently I've seen a video where they did a test on flushing. Why did it take so long? Lol
In this case maybe it isIt really isn't that easy to make a proper side by side experiment that actually proves something.
Well It would damn sure be a fair Guage. If I'm pulling 25% more over several grows on one method over another, I will feel very confident those results can be taken elsewhere^ sure it's easy to compare two grows like that, but I'm not sure you will get results that can really be applied elsewhere. If you repeat your experiment a few times you will get results that apply to your grow. Some one else growing in a different style might have a different experience. We can't know without testing different ways.
I'm pretty sure defoliating a lot or even "all" leaf from the plant is indeed beneficial for some grow styles. I don't think it's true for all grow styles.
And it will certainly be accurate for your situation, so it should be valuable information for you. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it. I just commented on why there are so few tests around: It's a lot of work to get it right.Well It would damn sure be a fair Guage. If I'm pulling 25% more over several grows on one method over another, I will feel very confident those results can be taken elsewhere
Sure isn't a true scientific test, but 10x better than most "tests" in the cannabis world lol
Thats the second dumbest thing i have ever seen on this forum and ive seen some SHIT on riu. There is NO WAY you can explain how thats going to help in the end..
I practice extreme defoliation at days 1 and 21 of flower, recently doing a 1 and day 16 of flower with good results.
I copied the method from Black Dog, who get great results - 1.4 grams per watt.
The leaves grow back, except not shading at the nodes like a giant fan leaf - they grow back around the bud sites.
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The argument that the plants wouldn't grow the leaves if it didn't need them fails because we're putting the plants in an environment that they didn't evolve in - constant light and nutrients.
Defoliating is no more unnatural than topping, using root pruning pots, Lsting.
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This is correct. I have never done any of that. I have seen really leafy strains but I guess I just never thought anything special about them as they never applied to me. As I recall, most of those really leafy ones were auto flowering strains and I am not interested in those because there is a flavor in autos that I don't care for. But now that I think about it, yeah...some defoliation would make sense for some strains. I'll try to remember this thread if I ever end up with a really leafy strain someday.You must not grow very often or do much breeding if you’ve never, ever, run into a leafy strain...
Dude chill.Thats the second dumbest thing i have ever seen on this forum and ive seen some SHIT on riu. There is NO WAY you can explain how thats going to help in the end.
I dont mind removing a leaf or two but this is why i dont recommend it EVER. If you did that after the flip , you lost at least 1/3 of your total weight.
id rather watch your side by side then even think about googling shwazzing. im all for proof. im the first one to admit when im wrong.Dude chill.
This is actually done by a lot of growers with great results. Proof is in the pudding. It's called shwazzing.
Read just a few comments above you and we are taking about how I plan on running a few side by sides with clones on that method.
There is litteraly a book that coined the term shwazzing in 2015id rather watch your side by side then even think about googling shwazzing. im all for proof. im the first one to admit when im wrong.
Using this technique you are supposed to pull off every single fan leaf big enough to have a stem except 2-4 of the top ones on every nodeWell at least you left the tops on. You raped um pretty good but it looks like you knew why you were doing it.
And what is this supposed to achieve ? looks like lolipopping to me.Using this technique you are supposed to pull off every single fan leaf big enough to have a stem except 2-4 of the top ones on every node
It is different than lollipopping in that you cut off absolutely no growth sitesAnd what is this supposed to achieve ? looks like lolipopping to me.
Lol thats the problem though, its all opinions and hearsay. I plan on running several tests on this and recording everything on a thread down the line to try to be as constant, and accurate as possible.Having a thread about defoliating and getting everyone’s opinions and looking at all the debates back and forth it’s almost as bad as mentioning politics! Scary! It’s only weed guys chill!