Hi everyone !
First 4 pictures show a before and after massacre,
and the next 2 pictures show the previous harvest,
with the same method, same clones from the same mother...
He also said:
"Well there was this thread in 08' called "Size does matter", there was a cat named jrosek that posted up with giving them haircuts at around 21 days, I had followed arguments about it over on OG, and I was def. from the school of NEVER cut fans off. That being said, it started really making sense to me as I am a traditional SOG guy, I did a test run with about a 1/4 of my room and keep track of what each plant weighed after, and the averages on the ones with the haircut were higher, noticably! The dont need those leaves the last 2/3 of flower, you dont cut them all off, and the have all the leaves coming out of the flower sites. I've had friends come over and see the garden after the haircut and be totally shocked! And, then they come back at the end, and go shit god damn. Not all strains respond well, but I dont cut any branches off, and I would have to say that a plant is gonna have less shock from taking a dying fan leaf, than a growing branch. It's not for everyone, but if you have the nerve and the numbers, I think you'll be surprised at how the bottom nugs are dense and not larfy! This is just what I've been doing for about a year and half, with great results! I average anywhere between 4 to 10 grams more on average per plant. I did tests weighing every plant, doing it on half tables, after a couple of runs, the proof was in the pudding (stole that from you J). There are plenty of leaves coming out of the flowers to sustain energy. This again is just what I spent months testing, and decided it worked for me. I just chose to try doing something outside the box. "
Just subscribed and voted 5 stars! keep up the badass work bro! I posted a pic of my next project on my thread, 4x4 ebb and flow sog under 1k, hope to look alot like yours when im done. Props again.
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I sent him a PM asking if he has any insight now, more than a decade later. I'll post here if he replys.
That being said, I could never do that. I know my setup, how much I can expect to harvest. I have healthy plants, decent buds for my light, slightly burned tips but no deficiencys, so all is within the sweet spot.
I think there's a individual defoliating formula, involving strain, genotype, training applied, grow medium, air, light, synthetic/organic, indoor/outdoor and so on.
That's why we see 2 sides, both thinking they are right, but with so many variables, the only thing we have in common is we all grow weed.
