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HowHighAreYoustarted grow question 3 years ago
When do you think it's the best time to defoliate the autoflowers?
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ChitownCannaChicaanswered grow question 3 years ago
Best time is week 3— before the flower. You are past that, so now would be fine, but only a very light defoliation.
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 3 years ago
Never. Every healthy fan leaf you remove is taking away that surface area of energy that plant could be using to bulk up your buds even more I would only remove dead or dying leaves with auto flowers any stress in the early flower can cause big problems going forward in my experience anyway even my photo periods i will not defoliate until the first 25 days of flower cause i think the plant is already going through quite a large change adding more stress on top of that i just dont think is worth it for the result though thats just my opinion your plant you do what you want lol
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BostonGirlGrowsanswered grow question 3 years ago
I try to only remove a few fan leaves, by looking down from above and looking for opportunity’s to build bigger colas. Most of my grows the plants have begun yellowing or dropping leaves early-so I pull those off too just before they get gross. 🌱
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