defoliation? yes/no and techniques
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RedCarpetMatches
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It works!!! I've done this to allow more light onto lower buds. Weed is very hardy and can handle the chops. I just stripped 75% of my fan leaves and a week later most of them grew back. Your bottom "popcorn" will be rocks.
JonnyAppleSeed420
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Indoor growing...all indoor growing will require different steps then outdoors. R/H is one of the main factors to remove foliage, air flow is another good one. Light penetration...seems to be the main reasons most talk about when talking about defoliation and its the biggest fallacy. These plants have been around a long time and taking them out of their natural environment will only create issues not found outdoors, thus techniques like topping and de-foliation have been implemented. Proper technique will increase your yields indoors and anyone that does not agree...they don't have proper technique. JAS
jacksthc
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love it mate you must be one of these growers than don't rip any part of the plant off and gets 2 zips of bud from a single plant under a 600w, but its all good you have lots of green leaves to eat
RedCarpetMatches
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Buds love the extra temporary boost when fan leaves are snipped. I've done many side by sides and defoliation does yield more in same conditions. All those hormones with nowhere to go but the bud 
jacksthc
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oh no what are you going to do, there even got high flower-to-leaf ratio seeds so I don't even need to rip any leaves of these plants, northern lights must be a really low yielding crap plant best stay clear
http://www.nirvanashop.com/de/cannabis-samen-weiblich/799-northern-light-feminized-5-seeds.html
http://www.dutchseedsbank.com/34-northern-light-feminized-autoflower-5-seeds.html
jacksthc
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my friend you don't have to make any points when seed breeders are growing high flower-to-leaf ratio seeds to give you better yields lolBuds love the extra temporary boost when fan leaves are snipped. I've done many side by sides and defoliation does yield more in same conditions. All those hormones with nowhere to go but the bud
RedCarpetMatches
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Closed minded hear say idiot. Grow a pair and snip something. Like OMG plants can't be pruned...
jacksthc
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a lot of growers can't see high flower-to-leaf ratio is a good thing
and its a joke, don't matter if your plant grows like this or you have to remove the fan leaves yourself, its not natural to grow plants under a bulb, indoors with a low airflow, high humidity and the bulb does not move like the sun so the fan leaves will block airflow, stop light getting to the buds and with higher humidty in the room (caused by a large amount of fan leaves ) you can get bud rot and it attracts insects with a very dense bushy plant, for example you may not see spider mite till its too late and lose you hole cropall these problems can be avoided, just by removing a few fan leaves
dr.tree
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I get a gram per cfl 1000 cfl' s =1000glove it mate you must be one of these growers than don't rip any part of the plant off and gets 2 zips of bud from a single plant under a 600w, but its all good you have lots of green leaves to eat
dr.tree
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Sounds like a newbie growera lot of growers can't see high flower-to-leaf ratio is a good thing
all these problems can be avoided, just by removing a few fan leaves
jacksthc
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wow you get a hole gram per cfl and you call me the newbie, from that comment I know you have no ideal what you are talking about or your just trying to look stupid and you pulled it off
lilroach
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I've grown both ways......I "defoliated" my first couple of grows and got decent yields. I then have had several grows now where I left the leaves on. Leaving the leaves on gave me three times the yield as when I yanked 'em.
Those that want to prove it to themselves, grow two plants of the same strain side-by-side and defoliate one, and leave the other alone. Get back to me and tell me what you found out.
Those that want to prove it to themselves, grow two plants of the same strain side-by-side and defoliate one, and leave the other alone. Get back to me and tell me what you found out.
jacksthc
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I have been defoliate my plants for many years and here are my plants on my last grow under a 600w hps
............................................................................................................heavy defoliate in early flower
...............................................................................................................couple weeks before harvest
...............................................................................................all my buds drying, grown from a single 600w hps
............................................................................................................heavy defoliate in early flower
...............................................................................................................couple weeks before harvest
...............................................................................................all my buds drying, grown from a single 600w hps
jacksthc
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now where your grow newbie
Dogenzengi
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My first hand knowledge over the Last 60 days vegging my first run ever.
I starting with 20 plants and I culled down to 6 females finally.
I started overcrowded and started to pull off fan leaves on most plants but not all to let light thru the canopy.
I was advised by people with Tons more knowledge than me that I was removing sugar producing leaves.
It is a huge trade off and it does more harm than good.
I stopped plucking when I was advised by the "elders" of the Page, they saw my habit of plucking leaves in my photos and advised me it was a bad thing, I did more reading and I knew they were right.
I see better growth since I stopped plucking.
Just my opinion.
I starting with 20 plants and I culled down to 6 females finally.
I started overcrowded and started to pull off fan leaves on most plants but not all to let light thru the canopy.
I was advised by people with Tons more knowledge than me that I was removing sugar producing leaves.
It is a huge trade off and it does more harm than good.
I stopped plucking when I was advised by the "elders" of the Page, they saw my habit of plucking leaves in my photos and advised me it was a bad thing, I did more reading and I knew they were right.
I see better growth since I stopped plucking.
Just my opinion.
Dogenzengi
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Beautiful Grow!
Props to you, great photos!
Props to you, great photos!
I have been defoliate my plants for many years and here are my plants on my last grow under a 600w hps
............................................................................................................heavy defoliate in early flower
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...............................................................................................................couple weeks before harvest
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...............................................................................................all my buds drying, grown from a single 600w hps
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RedCarpetMatches
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defoliating = bigger yields. 3x's more without pruning?! BS