Hello everybody!I am here again with a question for you:Can i remove leaves from the plants in order to have more light for the heads?
Yes you can. The thought that you shouldn't because it will harm the plant is a very old growers myth from books from the 1970's and 80's. We've been doing it constantly for around 10 years with our grows. Our grows are large medical commercial ones though and they are done in tight SOG's mostly but some are also large trees as well. Removing some of the shade leaves will give you more light and air flow to your flowers. This will help them fill out, tighten up, mature quicker, and sugar up more.
When I get around to it I will post up some pics of some before and after pics of how heavily we thin out our plants leaves. You need some leaves on your plants to absorb light and co2 and to help in efficient transpiration. There are stomata's on the undersides of the leaves that look like little mouths under a microscope. These open and close taking in co2 in the day then closing at night to help the plant not lose water because there isn't any photosynthesis happening in the dark.
We also thin out the bottoms of our plants by removing the lower branches which gives more air movement underneath the plants and helps increase the energy the plant can give to the upper flower growth.
The lower number of plants you have in a room and if they aren't cramped you don't have to thin as much as a grower doing tight sog's or scrogs.
How are you?
water ph increases incessantly and there is a strange white foam ?
