What would Happen if i Cut off most/All my Plant's Leaves?
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Harrekin
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I know all logic says Im wrong, but topping actually causes very very little stress to the plant. The redirection of hormones is almost instant and less than a day later you'll see a clear growth response to the topping.
Pruning leaves removes energy that the already grown parts of the plants require, this is what causes stress.
Uncle Ben
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So we can get stupid and cut them all off.
CR500ROOST
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I wouldn't do it to myself so why would I do it to my plant.But that doesn't really matter cause your the master grower that know everything so there really is no use in arguing with a troll.
Unclejoe51
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I always cut almost all the leaves off my plants before I put them into flower. Get way bigger yields than most of my friends who just change the light cycle & don't trim. I'm not saying its the only way to go but my results speak for themselves.
SirLancelot
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Just curious did you do a side by side comparison with the same strain? like trim one before the switch and not the other I only ask because I feel like it would be hard to judge one harvest from another, there are so many factors that happen within one grow to another their wouldn't be enough proof that trimming before switching lights resulted in different buds. e.i. (nutes, soil, light distance, strain, temp, etc...)
Uncle Ben
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Since leaves drive production, that is botanically impossible.
Fess up, you remove leaves cause they look like shit due to poor culture (use of bloom foods) are dropping prematurely.
UB
SirLancelot
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I was thinking this lol...Since leaves drive production, that is botanically impossible.
Fess up, you remove leaves cause they look like shit due to poor culture (use of bloom foods) are dropping prematurely.
UB
heresSMOKEY
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ok so lets say hypothetically that all the leaves get cut off? excluding the the newly growing bud sites/ tops what would happen and how long will they take to grow
Propagate
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Everyone needs to stop with this human to plant comparisons. We are not the same. If you cut our arms off, under no circumstances (at least not yet), will we grow them back. These forms are so littered with absolutes about the "right way" to grow. Everyone should experiment and learn for themselves. There are tons of plants out there other than our beloved Marijuana. Uncle Ben, i think as such a facet to RIU, you should hesitate to use words such as botanically impossible. There are plenty of plants that perform better, many rose varieties, climbers and shrubs with hard pruning. The amazing world of botany has very few absolutes, some plants need to live underwater, and some need very little water.
Uncle Ben
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And what is the result of hard pruning which is done DURING DORMANCY?
Recommend a course in Botany 101.
Propagate
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I think we are just discussing pruning in general not the ideal time to prune.
Thank you for your recommendation on the classes, I did enjoy Botany 101 as well as 102 103 104.. Since plants are so much like us, I decided re veg my friend earlier. I also took a cutting of his hair and rooted him, now I have 2 friends, working on a more hardy variety of them as well
I contacted Monsanto to see if they could help with a round up proof human.
mikeandnaomi
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Dude - I cut almost every leaf off a plant - it was one I was going to pull because I thought perhaps it was genetically screwed up.
Upon further examination I had bad drainage. I thought - WHAT YOU HELL - so I do all my experiments on this plant - this season. Guess what?
The damn plant is naked of leaves from about the 1/2 way point down the plant and the top is very robust. I suppose it depends on the strain.
I'd always remove dead leafs and foliage in general that is no longer helping the plant. I know many people want to keep every leaf on the plant - but not some.
Removing some of the leafs (not healthy ones) more light exposure for parts of the plant otherwise covered by the dead debris etc.
If you can - do it to one of your plants and see what happens. Its all about learning. Turn a negative into a positive.
Upon further examination I had bad drainage. I thought - WHAT YOU HELL - so I do all my experiments on this plant - this season. Guess what?
The damn plant is naked of leaves from about the 1/2 way point down the plant and the top is very robust. I suppose it depends on the strain.
I'd always remove dead leafs and foliage in general that is no longer helping the plant. I know many people want to keep every leaf on the plant - but not some.
Removing some of the leafs (not healthy ones) more light exposure for parts of the plant otherwise covered by the dead debris etc.
If you can - do it to one of your plants and see what happens. Its all about learning. Turn a negative into a positive.
cues
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Um, no.
Forsythia is a plant that is quite unususual in that it starts flowering before producing leaves in early spring. Wisteria is the same.
Immediately after flowering, it should be pruned back hard to promote new vigorous growth as next years flowers are produced on the coming summers growth, in common with many spring-flowering shrubs (Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Lilac, Philadelphus) . Pruning later in summer would be removing forming buds.
Harrekin
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You know the leaves get narly because the plant is using stored resources due a a deficiency in feeding/watering,etc.
Cutting leaves off a cannabis plant is dumb, do a Buffalo Bill job and just tuck those bitches if needs be.
Uncle Ben
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The title of this thread is one of the most ignorant I've seen.
The majority in the cannabis community can easily recite AN, Fox, Canna, Humboldt snake oil product names but damned if they know shit about what makes a plant tick.
May I remind those that wish to obfuscate the discussion that cannabis is an annual, NOT a perennial. Expect a loss in flower production to be directly related to a loss in root and foliage mass.
UB
The majority in the cannabis community can easily recite AN, Fox, Canna, Humboldt snake oil product names but damned if they know shit about what makes a plant tick.
May I remind those that wish to obfuscate the discussion that cannabis is an annual, NOT a perennial. Expect a loss in flower production to be directly related to a loss in root and foliage mass.
UB
cues
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I would argue the whole annual/perennial thing. I think in the case of some plants (cannabis included) it's a bit of a misnomer, similar to the tree/shrub thing (botanically no difference).
Surely a plant that is annual in one climate zone may become perennial in another and vice-versa.
Under lighting, people have kept mothers for years.
Others harvest their plants, leaving some on, over-winter in a frost-free place and re-veg in spring. Surely perennial behaviour?
Surely a plant that is annual in one climate zone may become perennial in another and vice-versa.
Under lighting, people have kept mothers for years.
Others harvest their plants, leaving some on, over-winter in a frost-free place and re-veg in spring. Surely perennial behaviour?