Got a couple seedlings as well as a bigens running right now, and inspired by some of the things I've read mad seen here,
i made some cuts...
Cant really call it defoliating because I don't have enough foliage....
But I chopped off all the fans leaves on one side of my seedlings, so that I could tie it parallel to the ground.
I'm anxious to see if the plants respond how I expect them to.
I expect everything to grow up within a day or two, which I'm sure it will..
what I'm waiting to see is how the remaining leaves respond, and whether or not if it'll stunt the growth briefly....
I've got 4 other seedlings that I didn't touch, and a couple before pics..
Edit...Defoliated my White Widow also. I'm 10 days into 12/12. Worked the bottom half and didn't keep anything for clones
Now for an observation period.
Funny thing is....I think fan leaves are light blockers and energy producers..
I don't think one or the other cuts it...pun intended ha
It's just up to us to experiment and create our own art.
ohhh yeah an I got your oxymoron guy! Just found it to be "quotable" lol