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Defoliation
Reefaboi
started grow question 6y ago
Hey guys was wondering if it was a good idea to defo all the big leaves on her to promote the lower nodes ?? She's auto
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Week 4
Techniques. Defoliation
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GMSgrows
answered grow question 6y ago
I would say no. Plants need the leaves to supply energy for your girl. When you have a lot of leaves you can remove one blocking some light but for now if you want another spot to have more light, just tuck that leaf down. Cheers
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I'm now 1st wk pre/flower. What pruning should I consider in next 3-4 weeks? I have super dense/ dark, crowded areas on top & sunniest sides, some squares have 5+ colas, most have less. Inner is thinned, should I defoliate a bit or prune redundant top shoots & if so when? thx!
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Week 10
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BruceBlack
Defoliation needed?
Hey all! Would you recommend some defoliation at this point? I was kinda scared I've just removed some bottom leaves couple of weeks ago If it's needed how and when is best time to do it I guess you can see how it's right now in the last video I posted Thanks in advance
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jollychap
I understand that by placing less clay balls my roots will reach the reservoir quicker, but then wouldn't sunlight seep through the remaining exposed net pot?
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Defoliate or not ?
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Doraemon
Should I defoliate?
Do you think i should defoliate? There are really a lot of leaves for being 21 days old, and 3-4 of them are the size of a man's hand. She did not stretch too much till now, so there's a huge amount of leaves in a small space. I made LST these last 2 days, not going to top. Thx
Week 4
Techniques. Defoliation
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Should I move my 4AM closer to the light? She’s about 18-20 inches from the light atm.
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Should I have waited longer to add a diluted nutrient mixture? The seeds popped in the 15th of Aug and I watered with nutrients on the 30th.
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7y ago
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What next? Scrog for a week and take off a lot of the lower plant. Scrog without too much trimming. Or flip in the next few days
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TheLonerStoner
At what point could I start LST ? This lady is growing quite big and maybe I’m rushing but I feel like she is getting big enough of not already there
Week 2
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7y ago
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DrNickerbaucker
Defoliate more?
Should I defoliate anymore? I was thinking of water only the rest of the way but??? Do I have to many leaves?
Week 6
Techniques. Defoliation
5y ago
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Chaos85
i am very seriously wondering about this canuk auto does anyone know of any auto to wait this long before preflower not very experienced with autos any help is greatly appreciated
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