First Large Grow

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Px9023

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Cannabis just became legal in my state. Got offered a larger grow. I'm running 400sqft, 20 HLG 600r, CO2 1200 ppm veg 1500 ppm flower, RH 60% Veg/55-45% Flower, PPFD 1000 flower. Media my own amended organic super soil, Nutes Athena regular cycle. SOG 360 in 3gal. Tomorrow is day 20 going to schwazz tomorrow. Let me know what yall think. This is the largest grow I've personally done and flowered.

Caramel Apple Gelato Day 16
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Room Day 11
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Room Day 16
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hillbill

hillbill

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I remove most middle leaves running 12/12 from seed for the sake of direct light on more buds.
 
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Px9023

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hillbill said:
I remove most middle leaves running 12/12 from seed for the sake of direct light on more buds.
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I like schwazzing I have been doing since my first grow. I'll repost pics after tomorrow. It's scary to see it done, but once you get the nuisance right it helps with chunking and stacking, calyx to leaf ratio, and total yield. Below is one of the best guides I've found.

threealight.com

Ultimate Guide to Schwazzing

Using the schwazzing method you can dramatically increase your yield! It takes time to master but we've generated cannabis yields north of 4 pounds per light. Here's our in-depth guide to get your schwazze process dialed.
threealight.com threealight.com
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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All it does in my opinion is force sugar leaf to grow bigger to make up for lack of fan leaves.
End up with a leafier product.

Personally can't see any reason to defoliate such low profile plants at all.

But it ain't my grow and I wish you luck and bountiful harvests
 
speedwell68

speedwell68

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Px9023 said:
I like schwazzing I have been doing since my first grow. I'll repost pics after tomorrow. It's scary to see it done, but once you get the nuisance right it helps with chunking and stacking, calyx to leaf ratio, and total yield. Below is one of the best guides I've found.

threealight.com

Ultimate Guide to Schwazzing

Using the schwazzing method you can dramatically increase your yield! It takes time to master but we've generated cannabis yields north of 4 pounds per light. Here's our in-depth guide to get your schwazze process dialed.
threealight.com threealight.com
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You spelt bro science wrong. Seriously, that is utter rubbish.

Selective defoliation is fine. There is plenty horticultural science and anecdotal evidence to support it, that is just nonsense.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Those plants don't need any leaves removed. You're better off leaving them. I wouldn't waste my time with that threealight nonsense.

Also, why go through the trouble of amending organic supersoil and then use synthetic nutrients?
 
xtsho

xtsho

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hillbill said:
Some strains will grow back leaves with a vengeance.
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Yes they will. But the rationale some use for removing leaves is that they are taking energy from the buds. If the plant just grows the leaves back then it's using energy to regrow the leaves. So cutting off the leaves that were already grown is just wasting the energy used to grow them and then the plant uses even more energy to grow more resulting in an increase in energy used to grow leaves which defeats the purpose of them removing leaves in the first place.
 
bk78

bk78

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xtsho said:
Yes they will. But the rationale some use for removing leaves is that they are taking energy from the buds. If the plant just grows the leaves back then it's using energy to regrow the leaves. So cutting off the leaves that were already grown is just wasting the energy used to grow them and then the plant uses even more energy to grow more resulting in an increase in energy used to grow leaves which defeats the purpose of them removing leaves in the first place.
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