Defoliation Test

Uncle Ben said:

This one sativa plant topped to 4 main colas kinda let me down too. Loose stuff was on a wire net drying elsewhere. Dem colas are long and fat.

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Anyone need a wheelbarrow full of bud?

Come on fellers, wanna do one of those soaring sativa highs!?

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Nice job BB........

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Actually I don't think all of it will fit in a wheelbarrow the two colas would fill most of it. I still have at least a oz os popcorn on each not bad considering I stripped leaves off 6 or 7 times and still have three foot bushes for another similar harvest.

Uncle Ben said:

This one sativa plant topped to 4 main colas kinda let me down too. Loose stuff was on a wire net drying elsewhere. Dem colas are long and fat.

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Anyone need a wheelbarrow full of bud?

Come on fellers, wanna do one of those soaring sativa highs!?

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Nice job BB........

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Yo Tio , love the fat nuggets in the wheelbarrow and yes,I wanna some soaring sativa highs !

Folks, UB is straight shooter he dont bullshit y all, I used to defoliated my ladies and thought to going to make popcorns into colas...till Tio Ben explained depth of the foliages and root system and i took Tio Ben's advice and i paid attention more on the foliage and root system, quit playing around with bottles. Now i have more healthiest plants and more bountiful yield than my old practice with defoliation and bloom boosters.

To OP, im not stopping ya to do the defoliation test, but i feel that you got more buds because of unknown genetic you got but I bet you wont do well with sativa strains without losing leaves in the long flowering period. Please be more open minded about everyone's style of growing and learn tips from each other. I still highly recommend y'all to take Tio Ben's advice and see for yourself. Hope everyone have a best meds to smoke

happy gardening.

Izoc666 said:

Yo Tio , love the fat nuggets in the wheelbarrow and yes,I wanna some soaring sativa highs !

Folks, UB is straight shooter he dont bullshit y all, I used to defoliated my ladies and thought to going to make popcorns into colas...till Tio Ben explained depth of the foliages and root system and i took Tio Ben's advice and i paid attention more on the foliage and root system, quit playing around with bottles. Now i have more healthiest plants and more bountiful yield than my old practice with defoliation and bloom boosters.

To OP, im not stopping ya to do the defoliation test, but i feel that you got more buds because of unknown genetic you got but I bet you wont do well with sativa strains without losing leaves in the long flowering period. Please be more open minded about everyone's style of growing and learn tips from each other. I still highly recommend y'all to take Tio Ben's advice and see for yourself. Hope everyone have a best meds to smoke

happy gardening.

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Defoliation done repeatedly in veg did this, my friend gave me these plants after growing three nice normal 2-3 foot plants vegged in hydro for two months with a 1000 mh.

I helped him trim them up all three are about the size of one of mine this isn't a magic stain but it is very good.

I used no store bought nutes at all I made my own organic concentrates a lot more difficult feeding plants this fat than just scooping a tablespoon of chemicals.

The test will show you what I mean by extra branching like I have said I should have started next week results will be seen a bit by then this will be a long race the topped ones may never catch up.

I have been growing almost 30 years this isn't a gimmick. I'm sorry you didn't see what defoliation does when you did it but if you were taking an Internet Experts advice like UB who took some leaves off half a plant once and didn't notice a difference I can understand why.

I agree with most of what UB preaches without ever reading one of his threads reharvests topping higher nitrogen and potassium in flower all are old news and have been around forever, If you don't experiment you get stuck in the past.

Uncle Ben said:

If any outdoor growers are lurking, you're wasting your time transplanting a pot plant into native soil, that includes amended native soil too.

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Really? You must not be doing it right. I have a few locations that are just amended native soil (basic blood/bone meal/some Dolomite lime/basic time release. Works well for me, most seasons. Might want to chack out the outdoor section UB, might find some good pointers to help you out. Peace!!

I have to agree nothing like a unlimited root system and full sun for months to really fill some wheelbarrows I can fill two with only 18 gallon pots and 1000 watter indoors.

This year I will put some out In the ground because I won't be able to water every day or week then you will see some big plants.

Uncle Ben said:

This one sativa plant topped to 4 main colas kinda let me down too. Loose stuff was on a wire net drying elsewhere. Dem colas are long and fat.

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Anyone need a wheelbarrow full of bud?

Come on fellers, wanna do one of those soaring sativa highs!?

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Nice job BB........

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Some people have no idea what they are missing!!! That fucking Sativa high is HIGH! My Sour D will kick anyone's ass!!!

Guitar Man said:

Some people have no idea what they are missing!!! That fucking Sativa high is HIGH! My Sour D will kick anyone's ass!!!

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Pics or it didnt happen lol

I'm looking to add a good motivating sativa I don't care about yield I can always make it more dense what do you recommend.

I bought some cannalope kush from dna. Havent popped them yet though. I went with popping the cheese quake from tga first.

Ninjabowler said:

Pics or it didnt happen lol

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OK, here are a couple of pics. Sorry, nothing like these other tremendous buds on here, but they are still dank as fuck!! After I grew this, I gave some to my son, who will take a little toke before work. I warned him to be careful!! He is no lightweight, either. So, he takes a reeeaaal small toke the first day. The next day, he wasn't so careful. He called me after work and told me, "Dad, I couldn't back in the fucking trailer strait! I kept trying, again and again!" Well, I began laughing my ass off!! He doesn't take a toke of Dad's primo Sativa before work anymore!!

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OK, here are a couple of pics. Sorry, nothing like these other tremendous buds on here, but they are still dank as fuck!! After I grew this, I gave some to my son, who will take a little toke before work. I warned him to be careful!! He is no lightweight, either. So, he takes a reeeaaal small toke the first day. The next day, he wasn't so careful. He called me after work and told me, "Dad, I couldn't back in the fucking trailer strait! I kept trying, again and again!" Well, I began laughing my ass off!! He doesn't take a toke of Dad's primo Sativa before work anymore!!

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Dont be rediculous! Those are huge, thanks for adding. So your trick is strain then?

Bud Brewer said:

I'm looking to add a good motivating sativa I don't care about yield I can always make it more dense what do you recommend.

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BB, I'm assuming you're asking me about my Sativa grow. I'm good friends with growers in California who are breeders/growers and I was given the seeds to try. I think my friend was laughing his ass off when he gave me these, knowing how kick ass the S.D. was. He did tell me, it's not a full strain Sour Diesel, but is heavy on the S.D. The pics I just posted are the buds I just cured. Right now, I'm growing another one and the harvest on this plant will be 5 times what the other plant was. I used UB's topping technique to get 4 colas, and at day 47, that plant is fucking unbelievable!!

Ninjabowler said:

Dont be rediculous! Those are huge, thanks for adding. So your trick is strain then?

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Strain is definitely vital, too me. I'm no pro, but I've done my share of research on growing and strains. I have limited growing space and I want to make the best of my efforts, so I try to grow the dankest, strongest, MJ that I can find. When I'm on my summers journeys this year, I will be paying my good friends a visit and they are excited about giving me more of their special "Potions" to grow. One of my buddies just harvested 95 pounds of primo shit!! It sure pays that I grew up in the 60's, because a lot of my old acquaintances are some of the best growers in the Country/World right now.

Nice bud I'd like to see what your doing my two topped plants are still not growing as fast after six days branching no more then the 4 with tops.

Does the sour d give you energy or just a good balance like mine I'm looking for an up high.

Bud Brewer said:

Nice bud I'd like to see what your doing my two topped plants are still not growing as fast after six days branching no more then the 4 with tops.

Does the sour d give you energy or just a good balance like mine I'm looking for an up high.

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The high is definitely different than an Indica. Yes, it has more of an "Upper", energy feel and does not send you to the couch unless you're already tired or sick. I do use MJ for medical reasons, so I try to blend my needs via which 1 to use at the right time. Personally, I don't use any MJ until I'm home from work. I like using the S.D. at that time (carefully, or I'll be flat RIPPED if I take a huge hit) because I don't want to go to bed yet. We eat dinner, watch a movie, and then hit the hay. By the end of the night, I might toke a few hits from my Indica strain which will send me right to sleep, and that is what I need for my back condition.

Don't get me wrong, we (my wife and I) love getting high for recreational purposes and we enjoy smoking other times of the day, especially if we're on vacation visiting all of my California MJ friends. They smoke morning, noon, and night, so when in Rome, do as the Romans!! LOL

It sound very much like what I have strong balanced high a cross between the two.

I'm looking for a clean motivational mostly or totally sativa I have a few in mind but there are so many choices.

Shaggn said:

Really? You must not be doing it right. I have a few locations that are just amended native soil (basic blood/bone meal/some Dolomite lime/basic time release. Works well for me, most seasons. Might want to chack out the outdoor section UB, might find some good pointers to help you out. Peace!!

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I'm all about low maintenance while maintaining efficiency. If I wanted more bud, (which I don't), I'd plant more plants. There is a method to my madness - upcan a seedling into a 5 gal. pot of good potting soil, grow it a while. The final pot should have at least 4 drain holes, most black commercial pots have 6. Haul it out to your field and using a shovel dig a 3" deep hole big enough to swallow the pot. Drop it in, and using your finest Nike footwear, work dirt up to the pot. What comes next is what's important. The plant will enjoy the richness of the original potting soil and then the roots will grow thru the drainholes into native soil. It will then benefit from you watering from the pot down. The roots that grow out the drainholes will benefit from the water and NPK salts that you apply to the pot. Your result will be a low maintenance system that aids in plant vigor and production.

Easy peasy.......

Nice to finally hear you admit that you opt for the easy route in lieu of maximum yield.

tldr

Gonna stick to my method which I know for a fact is better for me.
No point in reading all this junk.