Defoliation questions

buckaclark

buckaclark

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What if he has been over watering,would it then be good advice to defoliate and he would stay on the same watering .
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Samwell Seed Well said:
What?

"The photosynthetic potential exceeds the requirement of the sink as a whole plant. The surplus of photosynthates of young, upper leaves is considered to depress the photosynthetic activity of old, lower leaves. This is a conceivable reason for the rapid decline of photosynthetic activity of a leaf with age."
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that's weird cause all the outdoor plants i've seen have healthy leaves and buds all the way to the bottom. was that from an indoor study you are citing by chance?
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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CANNANOOB0624 said:
I'm sure you don't get nitrogen toxicity from the leaf...lol
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My theory was If you have an overload of food stored in the leaf, removing them would allow those leaf sites to reset, and burn up excessive nitrogen in production of the new leaves. Obviously a heavy defoliation would stall everything out and the problem would worsen. Or if the plant was already locked out and wouldn't have the energy to grow back the leaves.
 
buckaclark

buckaclark

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lusidghost said:
My theory was If you have an overload of food stored in the leaf, removing them would allow those leave sites to reset, and burn up excessive nitrogen in production of the new leaves. Obviously a heavy defoliation would stall everything out and the problem would worsen. Or if the plant was already locked out and wouldn't have the energy to grow back the leaves.
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Or at best it would stall until a noob grower killed it.
 
buckaclark

buckaclark

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What if he has insects? It will be too late when he's in flower he needs to test his waters by growing in veg a little more,no?
 
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CANNANOOB0624

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lusidghost said:
My theory was If you have an overload of food stored in the leaf, removing them would allow those leaf sites to reset, and burn up excessive nitrogen in production of the new leaves. Obviously a heavy defoliation would stall everything out and the problem would worsen. Or if the plant was already locked out and wouldn't have the energy to grow back the leaves.
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I was thinking why not fix the root cause, pun intended. You can always flush and get rid of the nitrogen if I'm not mistaken instead of resorting to chopping up the plant seems less invasive. Imo
 
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