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Yo what's up everyone?
This week the plant grew slower, 1cm a day when it was 2cm a day last week. I guess she is starting to focus on the bud sites. The white pistils really appeared this week and make some little balls now, pretty cool to see the birth of what I'm gonna smoke later on. Nothing much to say about it, it just kept growing nicely and I just tried to organize the bigger leaves under the budsites to promote the later ones.
As planned, I did this hardcore defoliation schwazzing technique. To be honest I have no idea what to expect from it, if it's gonna stunt the plant or really be beneficial. I guess she is gonna be ok (at least I hope so). She had 6 weeks of vegetative stage so she is somewhat old enough and she is in a 40 litres pot so she should have a pretty solid root system to rely on. I have to admit it looks a bit scary to cut so many leaves at once and she looks pretty bare now. The humidity dropped from 65% to 45% after the defoliation. I'm not here for the week end so I'll check on Monday when I'm back if the humidity is still at 45% or around. That would be nice as until now it was more around 65-70% and I would rather have it around 50% for the flowering stage.
I gave her 5 litres with nutes after the defoliation.
I actually never do this 20% run-off that I keep reading everywhere (I'm in soil, biobizz), I still don't understand why I should waste those nutes that are going out. Currently I'm watering her with 5 litres every 5-7 days with no run-off. I'm even planning on giving her 2.5 litres with nutes (following the biobizz's nutrients schedule) every 3 days. I suppose the plant would use the nutrients more efficiently then (that's what the nutrients schedule sheet from biobizz suggest anyway).
Let's see the coming weeks if this schwazzing stuff was a good idea or if I just fucked it all up 😉
Have a nice week everyone and see you later 👊
@Frenchie, last two very important pence . Those actions in flower should be done in intervals offered by pioneers of defoliation.
Week 3 , when you take down leaves, plant gives all his power to restoring lost capacity, bud should be formed at this time already, so he gets part of that power, future fan leaves are straight under or even in it if its higher colas.
Week 5-6 , depending on how long you will go. Again, forces plants to take actions, just this time he gives all power straight to bud, trying to create next generations. Both waves are risky with weak genetics, could force to go hermie as last resort to finish plants purpose - create bigger buds with more seeds.
With RQS Cookies i had hermie part, its unfun at all.
@AsNoriu, thanks for the advices. I'll see how it looks during week 5 and 6 of flowering and see if further actions seem necessary. I'll have a look at the guys you mentioned too 👌
@Frenchie, wrote a comment and deleted it ;))
So. I liked your plant and you do similar actions to my grows, thats why i am here .
I do heavy lst on week 3 of veg, till week 5 i don't take more than one leave away(my lst forces me to cut one leave 90% of time), but on week 5 i clear them a lot, then 5 days before flower more leaves fall.
In flower again week 3 is heaviest damage ever : my target is what you did, and later on week 5-6 of flower i take down badly formed lower buds and defoliate them for last time.
Green Genes Garden , Miami Mango, Grand Master Level and Shwazzing was my main teachers , now i try to go further and adapt what they noticed in smaller range, where you pay attention to every plant personally, not mass actions.
@horsemouth, glad to hear that man, I was really surprised too. The first place, the guy definitely put some effort to it but the third... 😅 The jury was definitely high 😂
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