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Defoliate
Cookie_monster12
started grow question 5y ago
Can i defoliate some of the bigger fan leaves on an auto in veg? They are stopping lower branches from reaching up
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OutlawzExotics
answered grow question 5y ago
Hello! You shouldnt be doing that, will most likely stunt her since she grows by catching sun Light. Better do some lst!
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Q. I see lots of new small popcorn buds on the base of the plant. I don't know if I should cut them off. What dou you guys think?
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Think I might have a few male plants. If anyone can tell me that would be great.
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Removing Lower branches in flower
On my quick one plant on the ksdt photo (I can't upload here for some reason) but should I removed branches like this that are underneath? They don't get much light and I can't viably train the plant so they get light. Thanks.
Week 7
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Silverback_Guerilla
Apart from saving money on the electric bill or as a method of mitigating higher temperatures. what good reason is there to not grow autoflowering varieties on a 24 hour light cycle? With a limited time to get them finished up, why not be growing them on overdrive the whole time?
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Skill_Murray
When I checked the run off from this weeks watering - PH was 7.6 and TDS was reading 1975ppm. I had added Dolomite Lime to the soil as some had recommended. Could this cause the high PH levels? Any suggestions on how to bring it down? Worried about nutrient lockout. Thanks!
Week 3
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8y ago
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Ricker7588
whats the total length of an autoflower life?
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Techniques. Defoliation
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RedEyedRenegade
I attempted topping on both my Northern Lights, and My Girl Scout Cookies. The Northern Lights went just fine, but when topping the GSC I nicked one of the Lateral Branches. What should I do to fix it?
Week 5
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"First grow" unknown strain. She was veggied for 7 weeks and is 1 day from 28 days flowering. What are your opinions based on looks? What could have been done better? Your thoughts? She smells of skunk and looks very nice in person. Buds are beginning to fatten!
Week 12
Techniques. Defoliation
6y ago
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420_Little_Green_Fingerz
Defoliation of all large fan leaves
When defoliating is it ok to remove all of the large fan leaves? I have read conflicting reports in some cases stating that it will stress the plants and even reduce yeild rather than increase? Any links that include pics would be appreciated. Thanks to all of you
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BarrieGrower
The question is do I defoliate the outdoor plants? I figure outdoor should be the same as indoor and it should work. I also know the sun is extremely hot and maybe keeping the fan leaves is better. I have a plant starting budding and wonder if I should Any help is appreciated
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How do you save/deal with a plant going Hermie? Week 1/2 Pistils going brown, on research its pollination and I've cut all stems with browned pistils and small sacs formed. Only one plant for now but small tent. š š°
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Has anybody heard of regular feminized seeds giving you autoflower? I'm confused about the way two of mine look, I haven't switched from 18/6 and everything's been good. My other four are fine. Picture is dosidos week 5
Week 8
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7y ago
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jimmminycricket
Sucks being new
Kinda freaking out. Defoliated two of my largest fan laces blocking bud sites 2weeks into flowering. How bad did I screw up. The leaves in the middle I removed in the picture
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dutdut
Bigger stardawg hermed so I took the male bananas and put them in a bag because I know they contain pollen. What would be the best actions to take to just play around. If I backcross the pollen to the same strain will I create S1 seeds?
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7y ago
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What is the risk to apply HS training(Topping Defoliation) to the strain for which LST/SCRoG is recommended?
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