Should I defoliate?

I get lovely, juicy red apples and strawberries every year weather there are hidden under big leaves or not. get away you nasty leaf you are in my way or I will cut you down, That's my space not yours LOL

I never said it was a clone. I know it's not an exact copy. It's purely for the purpose of continuing the strains seed so I can continue to grow it. The pheno stability of the seed is reliant on how stable the strain from the breeder was to begin with.

twentyeight.threefive said:

Those pictures all the same cosmic bomb auto? That first one a trimmed close up of it?

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yeah mate. All those pics are of the same plant.

what i do during flower besides the lollipop at week 3 id pluck a fan here and there every watering usually the ones blocking the most light or the sick looking ones

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This cosmic bomb auto came in just a touch over 15 ounces. First I harvested all the tops which is what you see hanging, 8 ounces there. Then I let gave the colas sitting below another week to ripen and got another 6 bags. Then I left the real low hanging stuff for another week and that weighed another about 1.5. Bottom stuff wasn't the greatest smoke but made some Killa brownies

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Why is half the sugar leafs on? You don't smoke that flower, do you?

Miiikke said:

Experience

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That's not experience, that's plant torture. There is a point to certain defoliation. What you did was nothing short of destroy some of your yield, at the very least you extended your veg for no reason.

I disagree, thats art. Thats interference and control with success at a level that I have yet to see

twentyeight.threefive said:

Why is half the sugar leafs on? You don't smoke that flower, do you?

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I forget if I trimmed again or not. But here's a pic of some critical jack that I rolled up recently

plantreader said:

I get lovely, juicy red apples and strawberries every year weather there are hidden under big leaves or not. get away you nasty leaf you are in my way or I will cut you down, That's my space not yours LOL

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I'm curious, because your point is taken for some plants/trees?
Do you just let your vine tomatoes grow wild, or do you prune the suckers?
While no one would remove all of the fan leaves off a cannabis plant unless they wanted to stunt/kill it, selective pruning is viable and works.

What did I just wake up to

Alteredegovintage said:

What did I just wake up to

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You brought up the defoliation topic lmao. Went about as expected. If you use the word flushing in a thread topic you'll see similar results.

twentyeight.threefive said:

You brought up the defoliation topic lmao. Went about as expected. If you use the word flushing in a thread topic you'll see similar results.

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I suppose you’re right lol.

I think I’ve decided to just let my plants do their fucking thing.

Alteredegovintage said:

I suppose you’re right lol.

I think I’ve decided to just let my plants do their fucking thing.

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Worst case scenario the bottom stuff you leave in will probably end up with your trim. Great for edibles or tinctures.

twentyeight.threefive said:

Worst case scenario the bottom stuff you leave in will probably end up with your trim. Great for edibles or tinctures.

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I have been getting rid of smaller branches as they pop up. Trying to keep most of the growth at the top for the most part.

I just gave my two in flower their first haircut.

twentyeight.threefive said:

You brought up the defoliation topic lmao. Went about as expected. If you use the word flushing in a thread topic you'll see similar results.

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I think most people have finally came to a consensus on that, that flushing to "remove nutes" at the end is bro science.
But occasionally flushing to remove salt build up during flower, or if you have signs of lockout, that's good.
Important not to confuse those, I wish there was a different term.

ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ said:

I think most people have finally came to a consensus on that, that flushing to "remove nutes" at the end is bro science.
But occasionally flushing to remove salt build up during flower, or if you have signs of lockout, that's good.
Important not to confuse those, I wish there was a different term.

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I 100% agree with this.

drsaltzman said:

I'm curious, because your point is taken for some plants/trees?
Do you just let your vine tomatoes grow wild, or do you prune the suckers?
While no one would remove all of the fan leaves off a cannabis plant unless they wanted to stunt/kill it, selective pruning is viable and works.

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Hi. sorry I only just seen this. scrog and any sort of training including cutting is not required (except when i top in veg) for my purpose. It might be ok for what they want but I don't grow like that and i'm in no position to comment. I certainly trim the tomatoes because they never know when to stop growing when they are fruiting. I was making the analogy because I don't like to see fan leaves being chopped in the belief that would benefit a bud site because its in the way. I used to do that because I was told you should but I have seen it does more overall harm to the plant than just leaving it.

Only time I might defoliate is because of pm problems, if theres no pm Ieave it alone and give all the insides to the poor

I personally think getting rid of the weak side branches gives better results than mass defoliation.