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GreenGrows
GreenGrowsstarted grow question 4 years ago
How to go about defoliation during flowering? I am wondering if I should be removing leaves slowly over the weeks, or if I should do a major defoliation now before the plants start budding. some leaves are crowded, not out of control. It is the start of week 2 of flower.
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Mr_Motalovah
Mr_Motalovahanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey! General rules for defoliation are taking away the biggest fan leaves with the long stems, the ones that give the most shade. Then you can take out all the under growth on the bottom that simply won't amount to anything. You want to take a good 20% off, enough to give more light penetration but where its still a bit hard to see through you plants. This is done when you switch to 12/12.. Three weeks in to flower you do another defoliation. applying the same rules. After that they can normally go untouched except for plucking a fan leaf here or there thats blocking major bud sites. If you want visual, I recently posted a bunch of photos and videos of before and after defoliation on my diaries. Will be posting the 3 weeks before and after defoliation this week. If you want an in depth tutorial check this out. https://www.growweedeasy.com/defoliation Hope this helped. Good luck and happy growing!
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Mr_Weeds_Autos
Mr_Weeds_Autosanswered grow question 4 years ago
Defoliation in flowering stage: Remove all the big leaves you reach with your scissors, and leave the smaller ones. In about 3 days you'll see how these re-grow again, and after 7-10 days you'll have dense foliage again.Hopefully, I answered your question and remember Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time.
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Viridios
Viridiosanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi there. You should do you last defoliation latest 3rd week of flower, the plant will not grow more fan leaves after that so be careful what you take off,open the bud sites for light penetration. The more fan leaves you take off the slower the growth and stretch of the nodes. Hope that helps. 😁
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BraveheartGenetics
BraveheartGeneticsanswered grow question 4 years ago
I would do it now in one sitting. Defoliation isn't a great idea during flowering as the plant doesn't have the energy to recover properly and will limit bud production. Do it before buds start to show. Happy growing ✌️
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