When and if I should defoliate a little?
TooMedicatedToThinkOfOnestarted grow question 5y ago
So i am going into week 5 here soon on my auto flower and its getting pretty bushy, i'm starting to see signs of sex with calyx producing pistils, can i defoliate to make sure she gets all the light she can or would that stunt her at this point??
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Papa_Tanswered grow question 5y ago
Removing a few fan leaves to let light in won’t stunt growth all that much. It’s topping and some other high stress techniques that really delivers the pain to the plant.
I mean don’t go crazy and remove all the fan leaves but look at your plant and strategically remove the leaves that hide bud sites from getting nice light. I also remove the jankiest looking leaves first when I defoliate. That’s if you have janky looking leaves.
Hope that answers your question.
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