Defoliation Method Opinions
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tip top toker
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It is not the bud sites which need the light, it is the leaves.
What a useful post....
vostok
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Do you want my Vodka....sorry all gone now liver is shot ....!
tip top toker
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Haha, all good man. Just getting into the beer now myself 
apparently I have missed all of the new top gear. Gonna be a good night 
apparently I have missed all of the new top gear. Gonna be a good night 
charface
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Gentlemen. Lets get it on
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ilyaas123
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Dr.SteveBrule
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Try to remove as few fan leaves as possible, this is where the plant draws from the lights. if a fan leaf from one plant is blocking the light to another plant, then you should try to tuck it out of the way or tie it back. FAN LEAVES ARE IMPORTANT!! Heavy pruning at one time can stress your plant and stunt growth and yield.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
this goes directly against the square inverse law which states that light fades very quickly, and leaves that are only a foot below others, will therefore only receive 1/2 the light as the top leaves.. therefore by cutting off top leaves in an attempt to get light to lower leaves, you're literally cutting off your nose to despite your face, as those lower leaves, no matter what, will only ever receive .5 of the light as the same leaves 1 foot above them, naturally it only gets less and less the further from the light source you get..
Dr.SteveBrule
New Member
This goes for the canopy. Removing all small growth from under the canopy where the light doesn't reach is beneficial for the plant. This allows the plant to divert all its energy to the canopy and big fat colas.
tip top toker
Well-Known Member
Precisely. There is a radon that no matter how the plant is grown with regard to light being able to reach the lower growth, the lower growth is always airy and insignificant compared to the top growth. Get rid of lower growth, not the upper growth.
Dogenzengi
Well-Known Member
The leaves serve 2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS,
they act as energy gathering surfaces thru photosynthesis and they act as a
Battery when a plant pulls the sugars from a leaf as it needs them killing the leaf.
essentially the plant reabsorbs the leaf by taking the sugars.
The leaves must be available for this process!
ALSO THE PLANT NEEDS THE LEAVES TO GAIN ENERGY.
( leaf turns yellow and shrivels )
tuck leaves, I do cut tips if they are burnt but that's it.
I don't remove ANY leaves unless they are all Yellow and dead.
I think the idea of "plant food" confuses most growers.
From what I have learned plant food is LIGHT.
nutrients are like us taking vitamins.
the more light absorbs tigon the better and faster a plant will grow.
Sure a plant can come back from being stripped and it might be bushy but,
if the original leaves were left I think the surface area would be double the defoliatedand re vegged plant.
Remember it's all science.
lots of good ways to cut plants, look at Uncle Bens tech, I suggest you try that on your first plants.
Then move into LST and super cropping as you learn and continue to grow plants start to finish.
read about using a Screen, another great way to control your growth.
good luck Don't Defoiliate, so many other avenues of plant training work so well choose another that's my advice.
damn I'm HIGH!!!
product of my own , It makes even better to me!
they act as energy gathering surfaces thru photosynthesis and they act as a
Battery when a plant pulls the sugars from a leaf as it needs them killing the leaf.
essentially the plant reabsorbs the leaf by taking the sugars.
The leaves must be available for this process!
ALSO THE PLANT NEEDS THE LEAVES TO GAIN ENERGY.
( leaf turns yellow and shrivels )
tuck leaves, I do cut tips if they are burnt but that's it.
I don't remove ANY leaves unless they are all Yellow and dead.
I think the idea of "plant food" confuses most growers.
From what I have learned plant food is LIGHT.
nutrients are like us taking vitamins.
the more light absorbs tigon the better and faster a plant will grow.
Sure a plant can come back from being stripped and it might be bushy but,
if the original leaves were left I think the surface area would be double the defoliatedand re vegged plant.
Remember it's all science.
lots of good ways to cut plants, look at Uncle Bens tech, I suggest you try that on your first plants.
Then move into LST and super cropping as you learn and continue to grow plants start to finish.
read about using a Screen, another great way to control your growth.
good luck Don't Defoiliate, so many other avenues of plant training work so well choose another that's my advice.
damn I'm HIGH!!!
product of my own , It makes even better to me!
stickybuds*
Active Member
good luck, probable not going to get any useful info about from rollitup as 70% are against this and 30% for it, this will end up in name calling and get shut down in a week or two after 2,000 posts are on here
tip top toker
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What do you call the above posts? Stop throwing a hissy because you didn't like the way your thread went. Deal with it. Don't drag your shit around the rest of the forum like a child. Why not add this useful information that won't be brought up by anyone else because of our ignorance of growing.
JohnnySocko
Active Member
has any defoliating thread ever ended peacefully? 
stickybuds*
Active Member
yeh I have been reading though the endless threads and they never end peacefully and that is my pointhas any defoliating thread ever ended peacefully?
Exactly, endless threads saying the same exact thing, thats everyones point.