defoliation? yes/no and techniques

dopedeeii

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Nulls u tlkn botany then wave off good points made frm ur angle if u insist botany we want tha closes relative tomatoes r weeds dnt give example of how old lady's water the rose's can't speak for riu but I'm here Kuzz I enjoy growing my own cannabis meds the key is cannabis INDOORS I can't recreate nature I dnt try I recreate previous results tho in my growroom based on my techniques no disrespect but show me a equally HQ plant u vegged and flowers I do the same
 

dopedeeii

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Ppls might be right it don't work for U because it doesn't suite UR needs but plz dnt tell another person wats good for them trial and error
 

Javadog

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Your posts are really hard to read!

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Took me a while too. But on topic about defoliation, I don't remove the big fan leaves, only the real small ones which are complete insignificant and don't do anything but restrict air flow. The only time I remove larger fan leaves, or clip them a little is if I'm short of space and they're touching the lights I've got. Otherwise I leave them alone to do their thing.

However, I have seen people grow very well with certain techniques. I'd seen a video where a guy removes the majority of each leaf but not all of it, it's called cheater topping or something like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98e_bWfys8
 

kindnug

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If you need to defoliate then your light penetration sucks ass. Friend grows Vert.+turns plants > no need to defoliate.
I grow horizontal and just top+bend or CCOB and get ~ 2+lb. per 1k. > also no need to defoliate.
I guarantee we wouldn't get over 2lb. a light if we hacked all the water leaves off.
 

zack66

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I don't cut any leaves off unless they are all yellow. I figure the plant knows if she needs them. Here's a couple kush plants with 6 weeks left to go in flower. They seem to like their leaves left alone.
 

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dopedeeii

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Those r sum nice ladies bro but like I said in other post I only remove leaves 75%yellowed in flower i defoliate in veg when needed then I allow the plant atleast a week to leaf back out
 

Fresh 2 De@th

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^ Wth are you talking about, exactly?

I can't believe that people seem to think things like topping, lst, etc. can only be done to Cannabis. Already tried to explain that topping a plant, for instance, is a phenomenon that is both reproducible and explainable; that actually is mother nature. That wasn't you, you didn't build that!

For real though. And what the hell is wrong with "talking all of this botany", trying to help people actually understand how these things actually work so that maybe people actually can experiment for themselves and get legitimate results! Not just blinded by what they think they see.
that's what i was trying to figure out with the shit you were saying.

basically, defoliating has proven to work, it's been well documented on numerous boards but yet hear you and others are preaching the opposite as if it's gospel.
funny thing is that you all talk about how it's unnatural or it's purpose isn't natural and only hurts the plants. as i stated, indoor growing period isn't optimal conditions for growing plants, but yet here we are growing indoors. actual fact, when it's applied, plants benefit from certain stresses and defoliating is one of them if it's done right and of course strain/pheno dependent.

just like topping, where you are taking off limbs instead, certain strains benefit from it while others don't and i think that is where you and others get confused at. just like how some strains/pheno's don't take well to topping and lsting, the same goes for defoliating. what it all comes down to is how much you know your strain/pheno and it's likes and dislike and once one figure that much, if feasible, defoliating is just as useful as any other form of training.

i got documented grows on other boards (unintentionally) where i didn't defoliate on a grow and one where i did and you can definitely see the difference between the grows. better bud formation being one of them, so don't tell me it doesn't work when i seen actual proof for myself. i also noticed better airflow whenever i defoliated, which is recommended with certain strains that are very indica dominate, and possibly prevented pm.

seems like you guys like to post a small portion of info (to only accentuate your point) and leave out the rest.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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It only works in your head. And the boards you speak of, cannabis I am assuming, also have 'proven': You need to flush before harvest. Molasses makes your buds sweeter. The yellowing and dropping of fan leaves is a natural part of flowering. Please share a reputable source on botany and horticulture that back any of these 3 claims up. You wont find any. You will only find BS like this on cannabis type forums. All stated by mostly kids that can barely grow a pimple more less a healthy plant.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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And now I am seeing terms like, 'mild'-'a leaf here and there' ect.....so what your are REALLY talking about is prudent pruning. Far from defoliation. But still for many of the wrong reasons, getting light to the lower buds, being the biggest. You guys are trying to braid some proven horticultural methods(none of which really appy to an annual)into this magical formula for cannabis success. And after the many years of the same basic debate and crap it has not happened yet. None of which you speak has even been remotely proven. Hearsay only. Wont hold up in court or my book. There are physically laws that surround all of us, plants and people, which are really hard to break. And even harder to prove you broke it. Thats my opinion anyways. Keep em Green........
 

Nullis

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:wall: The plants in the above photos are NOT defoliated.:wall:

that's what i was trying to figure out with the shit you were saying.

basically, defoliating has proven to work, it's been well documented on numerous boards but yet hear you and others are preaching the opposite as if it's gospel.
funny thing is that you all talk about how it's unnatural or it's purpose isn't natural and only hurts the plants. as i stated, indoor growing period isn't optimal conditions for growing plants, but yet here we are growing indoors. actual fact, when it's applied, plants benefit from certain stresses and defoliating is one of them if it's done right and of course strain/pheno dependent.

just like topping, where you are taking off limbs instead, certain strains benefit from it while others don't and i think that is where you and others get confused at. just like how some strains/pheno's don't take well to topping and lsting, the same goes for defoliating. what it all comes down to is how much you know your strain/pheno and it's likes and dislike and once one figure that much, if feasible, defoliating is just as useful as any other form of training.

i got documented grows on other boards (unintentionally) where i didn't defoliate on a grow and one where i did and you can definitely see the difference between the grows. better bud formation being one of them, so don't tell me it doesn't work when i seen actual proof for myself. i also noticed better airflow whenever i defoliated, which is recommended with certain strains that are very indica dominate, and possibly prevented pm.

seems like you guys like to post a small portion of info (to only accentuate your point) and leave out the rest.
It isn't difficult to "figure out" what I am saying, use your brain... Reading Comprehension 101. Did you really read all my posts in this thread? I even use proper English grammar and punctuation to make it easier, unlike many others.

There is really no sense trying to explain, logically, why something is entirely absurd and completely illogical to someone who really believes it, huh? Oh, so it has been "documented" on numerous other... er, internet forums, you tell me? Well alrighty, then! Perhaps you could provide me and my associates here with some good, old fashioned, credible documentation? You could explain to us what exactly "defoliation" encompasses, what happens when you "defoliate" and most importantly why would this be of any benefit? What makes it better than the various alternatives?

By the way, photos on internet forums amount to zilch! The things that people associate with their grow room observations is some times astonishing. Honestly, people typically have absolutely no idea why grow B turned out better than grow A. Whether you decided for whatever reason, whenever, to remove how ever many fan leaves; this doesn't automatically mean that made the "bud formation better". There are myriad variables to consider, even amongst clones in the same grow room never mind different plants from altogether separate grows. You're damn right I am not going to just accept such bs "actual proof you seen yourself". I mean, come on.

Again, first of all, familiarize yourself with confirmation bias. Now allow me to reiterate how pictures on forums typically mean; nil, null, nothing. People can set up grow 'experiments' to show whatever result they want as far as making one plant bigger than another goes. Someone could bloom one group of plants under a 600 watt HPS, the other under a 600 watt halide and you'll "see a difference". One could bloom just one group under a 1000 watt halide and you'll "see a difference" and have a much larger yield.

But it could be something even more innocuous and the grower doesn't even realize the results of his experiment are invalid. For example you have two groups of plants: clones from the same mother. You want to do such and such to one group and leave the other as a control. You have two identical 600 watt HPS lighting systems (ballast, reflector, air cooling), in identical grow tents. But, they aren't really the same because you forgot to consider the detail of bulb brand and age. Sure they are both 600 watt high pressure sodium lamps; but one is a Hortilux and it is brand new, the other is a 'Plant Max' and it is 4+ months old.

Aside from that I believe we've already established topping\super cropping as a much more universal plant phenomenon, which more importantly can be explained in scientific terms. What are we leaving out, anything?
 

Nullis

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... Quoting what from the 1960's?

But yeah, whatever to you man. At least I can use logic to clearly get a point across. You still can't answer some simple freaking questions such as why we are removing fan leaves in the first place or why not just tucking them out of the way, using side lighting, etc.
 
I know basically what you're getting at, I think. You're worried about maximizing the growth of your top cola, right? A word of advice: prune from the bottom up to about 8 inches from the soil. That should prevent mold from forming on bottom leaves. Other than that? Do not cut your foliage... I'm telling you from experience. Leave your foliage right where it is.

If you're worried about light penetration, there are alternative and cheap remedies for that... Which you can use in conjunction with one another. 1) Buy several inexpensive CFL lights to hang around your plants as side lighting. It WILL increase your yield on the lower buds. 2) Use some sort of trellising technique to open your plant(s) up. That will obviously increase light penetration and therefore, final yield.

Again. Except for bottom foliage that is succeptable to powdery mildew or pruning techniques used during the veg. phase, leave the foliage alone.
 
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