Latest day in flower that a plant can be defoliated?
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JustBlazin
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Last day before harvest?.....lol
Like you said it's only three days, if you do it on the 21 day I don't think it's going to do much more harm on the 24 day.
If your not sure just do 1 plant and you will know for next time
Like you said it's only three days, if you do it on the 21 day I don't think it's going to do much more harm on the 24 day.
If your not sure just do 1 plant and you will know for next time
Samwell Seed Well
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May I ask...when someone suggest you defoliate...what exactly does that mean to you..
To me it's abstract, but themed..removing fan leaves.. or unwanted biomass
You can remove older leaves in senescence, younger uneeded leaves. Growth cost your plant energy, best let the plant utilize that energy for better growth. Remove uneccisary leaves or nodes or branches. And never daily... cyclic pattern leaf removal should happen in healthy cycles
To me it's abstract, but themed..removing fan leaves.. or unwanted biomass
You can remove older leaves in senescence, younger uneeded leaves. Growth cost your plant energy, best let the plant utilize that energy for better growth. Remove uneccisary leaves or nodes or branches. And never daily... cyclic pattern leaf removal should happen in healthy cycles
PeatPhreak
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I remove leaves anytime I want. Including anytime during flower. Nothing bad happens.
kingzt
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Hahah thank you for the input
kingzt
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Yup i meant removing leaves that are blocking bud sites. I lollipopped a lot all the way up to my trellis
kingzt
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I do that also here and there but i need to remove a lot of leaves at once
PeatPhreak
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I've never paid attention to the don't defoliate after day 21 rule. I've removed major amounts of leaves at week 6 or 7 and nothing bad happened. Got plenty of yield.
Samwell Seed Well
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You are fine, just dont go crazy. It will grow back what you remove but that's not why you remove leaves.
Kindbud421
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If it's a photoperiod, you can do it anytime the plant is thriving... With autos, only sparingly. Undergrowth and damaged leaves. Shwazzing is what it sounds like you wanna do and I have no experience with that. Basically stripping all fans and unwanted leaves shortly before harvest to promote more bud growth and density... Do research but if I were to do that it would be in the last week of life...
hillbill
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The plant has a much different agenda than we do. They want to continue their genes, to make and protect seeds. We are not pursuing that which is best for the plant, we want the best bud for it’s psychoactive properties which the plant don’t care about. The point being that “natural” in all respects may not best serve our particular goals.
Samwell Seed Well
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This is important to factor in. Your larger leaves act as storage of unused nutrients elements both for impeding and future use, if you are in organic souls or medias the amount of readily available nutrients is variable based on soil biodiversity, removing to many leaves could negatively affect the plant.
Their are no silver bullet techniques they all require nuanced knowledge of effects
To much or too little of anything will negatively effect your plants health and production
Samwell Seed Well
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some people want theory some people want laws some people want a shortcut
its up to each person to ask the right question if they expect the right answers...
this is not me saying thier are dumb questions, cause i get those(apparently algea is a big problem for some growers), but that not everyone is a teacher or a technical writer, and this isnt our jobs( well growing is my job) we are not in any way expected to conduct ourselves with any professionalism none of you pay me
DrOgkush
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At day 70 of flower my plants never looks good or proper with defoliation done. Looks like shit and sucked up. So I just keep everything left alone and just accept it for what it is. Keep my tops. Hash the rest. On to the next run. It’s a hobby for me for before a needed item per say. So I rather keep the prettiest plant till the end. It’s my plant. My rules lol
