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Fission 300W Fluorescent/250W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/400W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/250W
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Indoor
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Grow medium
13 L
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Week 1. Flowering
6 years ago
27.94 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
Weak
16 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
Everything is just humming along. Switched to flower on the 11th. Plants had about 7 weeks veg. And are 11inch tall from soil.
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Week 2. Flowering
6 years ago
50.8 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
Weak
16 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
had To move them into tents. Purring along still.
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Week 3. Flowering
6 years ago
76.2 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
Weak
16 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
had To move them into tents. Purring along still.
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Week 4. Flowering
6 years ago
83.82 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
Normal
16 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
Good week. Heaps of stretch. Leaf stripped all and now will just float to the end with minimal leaf pruning.
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Grow Questions
BongEd
BongEdstarted grow question 6 years ago
Are you a defoliation grower? What are your experiences with it?
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Leaves. Too many
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GreenHouseLab
GreenHouseLabanswered grow question 6 years ago
It depend on the plant itself. Let say it's a bushy plant in general then defoliation is a must unless you like popcorn buds and higher probability of issues like bud rot etc. more common outdoors but still. You will definitely get better results with a defoliation at week 3 of flower when space is requires and better air circulation is a must.
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 6 years ago
Any basic Gardner knows that pruning and defoliation is essentialto a plants health and the yield. Yes there are plants that don't like it and plants that absolutely need it. It also depends on the environment too. But I take leaves off as I see need it and little by little, I also take a few smaller , Lower bud sites off but they are obviously taking energy away from the bigger "fruits "
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Stick
Stickanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hi @BongEd! Some plants won't let you no other choice. Leafy plants with big indica-style shaped leaves will create a lot of shades onto lower bud sites. Defoliation is awesome when done correctly, but it could be a nightmare if done too much or at the wrong time. Before removing a leaf, I always ask myself: is this leaf really blocking the light? For how many nodes / bud sites? How close are the next leaves? How healthy is this leaf? You should make your own experiments and see how it goes. Keep us up-to-date, happy growing! 👊
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Week 5. Flowering
6 years ago
83.82 cm
12 hrs
22 °C
Normal
12 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
getting all frosty.
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Week 6. Flowering
6 years ago
83.82 cm
12 hrs
22 °C
Normal
12 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
Getting fat
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Week 7. Flowering
6 years ago
83.82 cm
12 hrs
22 °C
Normal
12 °C
13 L
1 L
40.64 cm
Going into flush this week. Looking good. Took some lower popcorn and was fucken baked out.
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Week 8. Harvest
6 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Spent 50 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
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Positive effects
Happy
Positive effects
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Dry eyes, Dry mouth
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Taste
Berries, Cheese, Earthy
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
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Night air temperature
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Lamp distance
Got a good bit of colour to finish :)
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Fibro_Witch
Fibro_Witchcommentedweek 86 years ago
Beautiful color at finish! Nice work💪
DILLIGAF
DILLIGAFcommentedweek 76 years ago
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDD Stretch 😆 on those girls Looks like a tasty smoke tho
Oldmansterdam
Oldmansterdamcommentedweek 86 years ago
Fuzzy finger fan leaves!!! Superb job 👍🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Waters
Waterscommentedweek 86 years ago
Should enter some shots of those buds in the fastbuds photo comp running at the moment.
Waters
Waterscommentedweek 76 years ago
That one on the white bucket has a nice big fat cola.
Waters
Waterscommentedweek 56 years ago
Looking good there BongEd
Stick
Stickcommentedweek 56 years ago
Hi @BongEd! Some plants won't let you no other choice. Leafy plants with big indica-style shaped leaves will create a lot of shades onto lower bud sites. Defoliation is awesome when done correctly, but it could be a nightmare if done too much or at the wrong time. Before removing a leaf, I always ask myself: is this leaf really blocking the light? For how many nodes / bud sites? How close are the next leaves? How healthy is this leaf? You should make your own experiments and see how it goes. Keep us up-to-date, happy growing! 👊
Waters
Waterscommentedweek 46 years ago
How’s the stretch on em!
Athos
Athoscommentedweek 46 years ago
To answer your question: This is a very controversial topic. you will get a lot of different answers. The best advice would be to try it yourself and form your own opinion. On my experience, yield wise, defoliating achieved no better results than a non defoliated plant, but it took longer while the plant recovered from the lack of foliage.
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 46 years ago
yeah like athos said, this is a very good question ! Hope I answered it correctly, anything else comes up just shoot me a message ! 🚀
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