Is it risky to remove fan leaves 5 weeks into flower?

ALong14U

ALong14U

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Dumme said:
By the time you chop the top cola's, the sex organs below would be already partly developed, and will remain whatever sex it is.
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I think he is saying it's fine. Once sexed and no sign of Hermie you should be ok. But don't want to put words in his mouth. Ive witnessed others do this with no I'll effect. But I didn't smoke the product.

My 2 cents.

Happy Growing
 
ALong14U

ALong14U

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NanoGadget said:
Just for the sake of comparison, here is another shot of the same plant I posted earlier in the early stages of flower. This plant was so freaking bushy that I actually ended up doing far more selective pruning than I would ever normally do.
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Ya without pruning I would probably get mold for sure. And my goal is quality meds. That's why I just up plant count if I need more weight. Train them the same. Every bowl I pack needs to be a cola lol. Just preferable.

Your plant looks amazing. You have a current pic or a finished pic if the same plant? What strain. Some kind of hybrid?
 
NanoGadget

NanoGadget

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ALong14U said:
Ya without pruning I would probably get mold for sure. And my goal is quality meds. That's why I just up plant count if I need more weight. Train them the same. Every bowl I pack needs to be a cola lol. Just preferable.

Your plant looks amazing. You have a current pic or a finished pic if the same plant? What strain. Some kind of hybrid?
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That picture is the same plant that produced those bus I posted pics of before
 
Blakhash

Blakhash

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Robogreen said:
Thank You All for your great comments.

This discussion lead me to another question.

I heard of some harvesting in stages.
With the risks discussed above is this possible?

Question is: Does chopping part of your plant in flower to harvest the top buds / colas now shock the plant and create a risky situation for it to become a hermie or other problems as discussed above while waiting for the lower buds to develop more?

Thanks
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there is always a chance of turning a plant into hermie, BUT if you do chop the amount of time left it wont have enough time to produce pollen sacks to effect the plant.
 
ALong14U

ALong14U

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NanoGadget said:
Oh yeah, the strain is Papaya. Indica dominant.
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I've been looking for a new strain to start running.
I have a lemon skunk crossed with blue berry from a friend and long time pollen chucker that is amazing.
But I I also want to try C99. As I've seen it at work and tasted it from a friend for years. It's awesome.
Do you have any suggestions for a 60/40 indica with decent yield and good potency that you have experience with? That is easy going in flower?

Hate changing things but crop before this was probably 7th gen clones. And it's just not what it used to be or I am used to it.
So with 8th gen and wanting a diff. Taste I'm going out on a limb asking. But gotta do something.
My extra strains are fine and change on the regular. But some people are asking if I'm going to change my regular strain from what it is now.
So better get it started lol.
Any tips are appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Head_cultivator_4150

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I know this in an old thread but i would like to add my two pennies in a commercial grow it makes a lot of sense to thin them out for light penetration when you have alot of plants on a table just look at what threealite is doing they remove ALL the fan leaves BUT its risky if your nutrient game is not super tight along with your watering schedule i grow 750 plants at a time on a ycle i usualy prune pretty heavy a week befor i send them i to flower and then i like to thin them out between day 20 -23 i do remove a lot of fan leaves i leave the top 4 usually and any that are not blocking other viable node sites i would say i remove around 40 to 60 % of the large fan leaf's species dependent it helps to control humidity it also slows down my watering schedule lowering the cost of nutrients helps to control VPD and so on this is in a commercial grow at home i always have R&D plants i thin them out a lot less there is very little worry of mold in growing just a few plants i would say less then 10 plant growth has a lot to do with the amount of light used and nutrient schedule
 
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Head_cultivator_4150

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i think there is great evidence out there that supports heavy defoliation Can raise your yield substantially but it takes practice if you just go and rip off all the leaves i think you will be in trouble i like to do it after the stretch which is when i start my C02 push and you need to make sure you dont miss a watering session until they recover take it slow do your research there is good data out there


 
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