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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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UpInSmoke420
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My White Widow auto is showing signs of preflowering and is growing large white pistols already and it’s inky the end of week three. Is this normal? Beyond I feel it’s no where near ready for that
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Howzit, So I am going to attempt to graft an arm onto my one plant, seeing that I mainlined two great stems and like an inattentive fool broke one off. My question: Anyone done this before and have any pointers for me? Not sure what the likeliness of this working is.
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I'm thinking about topping my Dr. Grinspoon in order to keep her in a short height from 60cm. But im worrying about the time she needs to recover from topping, which is important time for her very long flowering period. What would you recommend? Topping or any tips on better LST?
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Left a sock open halfway on my tent by accident, therefore causing a light leak for about ten hours in darkness .. should I be worried ?
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I’m doing DWC buckets. I’m 5 weeks into veg and need to top up the water occasionally. Should I be pumping the old water out every so often and putting new solution in, or do you guys just keep topping with ph’d nute water? If you do swap out the water, what’s your procedure?
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SirPsyche
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