And by that i don't mean extreme defoliation leaving the plants naked, only the large fan leaves that create big time shading. I know that different opinions will occur. I think that when you take a pill for a disease or something else this pill will do it's best for your current situation, but it might have some side effects also such as nosia etc.So what do you do , you take the pill or not? The same thing happens with cannabis when it comes to defoliation , to do or not?when growing indoors and don't have some serious lightning or a perfect set up defoliation maybe is the way to go, IMO. What do you think?
What about defolation?
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tusseltussel
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rather than remove fan leaves I remove what the fan leaves are blocking. I trim off anything in the under canopy that isn't going to make a worthy nugget. I trim up the bottom 6" of the plant when it is put in 12/12 and I go bak around week 3-4 and take off anything thats not going to make much. If it's as big as your index finger and when it dries it is smaller than your pinky finger it was a waste of energy that fat colas could have used. The plant will send it's energy up.
Sand4x105
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Not this thread again....
Not everyone will agree with anything about defoliation...
I take a slightly different approach than most...
I do not worry about fan leaves blocking there own plant or light/bottom leaves...
However, at times, I really cram in the gallon pots into the bud room...
So I trim to the outside of the pot, so plant 'A' will not cover up any of plant 'B'...
The fan leaves/and others get a 'leaf cut' trim... at least, 50% of leaf is left behind and still supplies plant with goodness...
Each plant, gets it's own special treatments... some get plucked/some get left/some get a trim... the plant tells me what to do....
You do listen to your plants, don't you ?
Not everyone will agree with anything about defoliation...
I take a slightly different approach than most...
I do not worry about fan leaves blocking there own plant or light/bottom leaves...
However, at times, I really cram in the gallon pots into the bud room...
So I trim to the outside of the pot, so plant 'A' will not cover up any of plant 'B'...
The fan leaves/and others get a 'leaf cut' trim... at least, 50% of leaf is left behind and still supplies plant with goodness...
Each plant, gets it's own special treatments... some get plucked/some get left/some get a trim... the plant tells me what to do....
You do listen to your plants, don't you ?
mr2shim
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If you have to ask then you probably shouldn't do it. With that said, I trim at various stages. First trim is around 2 weeks of 12/12 I cut off everything that is under the scrog screen. Next trim is around 5 weeks of 12/12 where I cut all the fan leaves above the screen that are blocking light. I leave the "sugar" fan leaves as flowers will most likely grow on them.
Jus Naturale
Active Member
This, my friends, is gold.
Listen to this guy listen to your plants talk to them but don't cut top fan leaf trimming away the shaded underside is the way. I have done both and my dad has pulled all his fan leaf off,well its very obvious after a week that it was better to have left it to naturally grow
Ok i understand no cutting of the fan leaves, unfortunately i first did and then asked, i cut em, some big ones cause couldn't see anything from below. It's day3 now from slighly defoliation no stunted groth appeared neither fast growth, we will see,thnx for posting
Galvatron
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if youre gona try the defoliation do it with a strain or cutting you know well, then you can really judge if its making any difference good or bad. if you just do it on some new plant have you would never know if its helping or hurting. im in the pro de-leafing camp but i feel its strain dependent.