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Siriuz
Siriuzstarted grow question 3 years ago
Should I defoliate her more or leave it like that what would you recommend guys thanks for the support BTW I started adding molasses and tea twice a week, and I've been watering her 3 times a week she's under 600 watts 24/7 so she gets thirsty taking around 2lts every 2/3 days
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Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Techniques. Defoliation
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
This is what I think - Each and every healthy green leaf you remove will reduce your plants capacity to produce energy, thereby slowing growth and potentially leading to smaller growth due to the reduction in capacity to make energy. Just remember - maximum amount of healthy green leaves = maximum energy production = maximum growth and maximum health. Going to 18/6 will be much better for your plant, nothing on this earth is designed to be in a constant state of "awake". Plants actually need a normal grow/sleep/grow/sleep rhythm, just like humans. Cannabis of any type can only grow so much in any 24 hour period and this growth tops out at about 18 hours, meaning that running your lights any longer than 18 hours is basically a waste of electricity. 18/6 has been derived at through 80+ years of research into cannabis and is not a random number, but a scientific fact. Your plant will grow just fine at 18/6, probably better than now, once she is given a normal day/night natural routine. Continuing at constant 24 hour light will stress your plant no end and is only recommended by people who do not understand basic plant biology or care about plant well being and a holistic health outlook. Sleep deprivation is a well known torture technique, something no doubt your plant is now undergoing. For your best harvest potential, leave every healthy green leaf in place to let them do their job of making the energy your plant needs to grow her biggest and best flowers. Be kind to her by allowing her to undergo a normal and natural grow/sleep cycle and she will reward you with kind flowers. Continue torturing her with 24 hour light will result in unhappy flowers produced by an over worked and exhausted unhappy plant. Hope this helps,....... Organoman. BTW - molasses is BS, give her some amino, fulvic or humic acids and this will actually do something beneficial for your plant. Molasses was a joke perpetuated by hippies 50 years ago and should have died a quiet death 49 years ago. The idea of giving sugar to make sugar (trichomes) is scientifically impossible. Molasses may help some soil microbes slightly, but amino acid or fulvic acid or humic acid will do 1000 more times better for them. At this stage, there are a lot of people getting rich selling expensive sugar water, the "snake oil" of modern cannabis cultivation. Just my 2 cents worth!
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Siriuz
Siriuzanswered grow question 3 years ago
I am going to switch to 20/4 and give them some good rest to see if they become greater, plus will add some humus liquid not solid to achieve what you are mentioning before, thanks for the support i appreciate your response happy growing!!!
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