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Hazamb36
Hazamb36started grow question 3 years ago
If someone could take a look at my pics, I’ve stopped with most nutrients but the flora bloom, micro, bit of cal mag, and blackstrap molasses. I also defoliate up til now, which isn’t recommended. The leafs curling on some plants, just any recommendations until i harvest, thnx.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
Sorry, I can't see much wrong with the leaves, I wouldn't stress about it, just continue with your current routine until harvest and all should be well enough. You don't want to be starting anything radical at this late stage. I personally would stop all treatments with molasses, I have a belief that it is an "old wives tale" as there isn't any scientific proof that molasses produces any tangible benefit to the plant, but may provide carbs to soil fungi, but fulvic acid is more readily available to the soil microbes/fungi and will not cause any problems. Molasses in too large amounts may even cause toxic root conditions. People wrongly believe that giving sugar (molasses) to the plant will make the plant produce more sugar (trichomes). For a start, molasses is water soluable, trichomes are resins that are oil based. Apart from providing optimal growing conditions and nutrients, there is nothing you can do to make a plant produce more THC than what it is genetically programmed to do. I have never seen bags of sugar lying around in nature with the worlds best cannabis plants growing around the bag, why should it be any different in your grow tent? Thankfully you have realised defoliation is not good, as removing healthy leaves will starve your plants of its capacity to produce energy, energy that is needed to grow flowers. Removing healthy leaves can result in smaller flowers due to the lack/reduction of energy being produced. Leaves should only be removed when yellow/yellowing. As the leaves go yellow, the plant will recycle various elements stored in the leaves to use for flower growth. If the leaves are not there, the plant must produce these elements from scratch, which robs the plant of vital energy, energy that could be going into growing flowers. Each leaf is a "solar panel" that produces magical energy for the plant to grow. Removing healthy leaves causes a dip in energy production, thereby slowing growth. Plants "channelling" energy into flower growth by removing leaves is the biggest MYTH in the cannabis cultivation world. How can a plant channel energy if the energy factories (leaves) have been removed? Besides, plants do not channel energy. This magical energy is spread equally through the entire plant, one cell at a time. There is no energy highway or switches in the plant or a brain deciding "where should I direct this energy" today. The energy gets divided equally and everywhere it is needed. There are no traffic conductors channelling energy. Also, with 35+ years growing this wonderful plant, I am yet to see a healthy plant that will drop its own healthy leaves during flowering, or at any other time in its life. If better flowers were produced by leaf removal and some sort of magical energy channelling, the cannabis plant would have evolved 1000s of years ago to adapt this feature. Seeing as how it has not, and considering "Mother Nature knows best", I encourage everyone reading this to leave the leaves on their plants and only remove them when/if they go yellow. Your flowers will probably be bigger and certainly healthier due to not being starved of energy. You have nothing to lose by trying something different and if your flowers are bigger and healthier as a result, there are no drawbacks to trying a more natural methods. Sorry for the rant, but I do feel better now! Hope this helps... Organoman.
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