Check the winners The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
Start My Diary
Start My Diary
Log In
Start My Diary
Home
Diaries
Strains
Shorts
Questions
Contests
Growers
Seeds
Breeders
Nutrients
Equipment
Blog
English
Log In
Sign Up
Following
Follow
Brands
&
Growers
to get updates
Back to Grow Questions
Will the green cups i'm using be enough to pr...
CRiSPrGrow
started grow question 7y ago
Will the green cups i'm using be enough to prevent light from reaching the roots?
Solved
Week 2
Techniques. Defoliation
likes
DILLIGAF
answered grow question 7y ago
Maybe but if you are uncertain you can wrap in black tape or put in a can cooler as Silky suggested
1 like
Complain
Selected By The Grower
Similar Grow Questions
Solved
Zappdoggy
Wet or Dry Defoliation
When is the best time to top or defoliate when growing in soil? Before watering? After watering? Or does it really matter? Also would timing defoliation with nute feeding either before or after matter?
Week 7
Feeding. Schedule
Techniques. Defoliation
3y ago
8
7
Solved
Tom6667
Should I remove some of the dense foliage as I start LST, or wait? Other suggestions appreciated!
The Durban Poison and Jack 47 are very dense, with tight nodes. I’m beginning LST this week to get more light to more of the branches, but should I prune some of the excess foliage? If so, how do I decide what to remove? Thanks in advance for your help!
Week 6
Techniques. LST
Techniques. FIMing
Techniques. Defoliation
5y ago
2
2
Solved
Nicoweed
what can i do more to introduce them in flower stage the best i can ?
Week 4
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
1
2
Solved
Phylox
do i have a hermaphrodite 😧 (as shown in pictures)? and if so what do i do with it besides removing it from the rest?
Week 7
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
1
Solved
TheOneWhoKnocks
Is peat moss good to use as a replacement for Coco coir or regular potting mix? I plan to add nutrients or amending my own soil if you will, but will peat moss work in a pinch?
Week 1
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
2
1
Solved
Deelytleful
What else should I be doing to my girl before harvest?
Week 13
Techniques. Defoliation
8y ago
3
2
Solved
SharonBuds
Hi all! My plant has been looking good and im almost at week 10. On paper the plant should be finished by now? Its like its frozen its growth and hasnt shown many changes. Used final flush yesterday.. should i use again before harvest?
Week 9
Techniques. Defoliation
8y ago
3
2
Solved
CBDreamer
Defoliation every 3 days during flowering
I heard about defoliation every 3 days during the first 3 weeks of flowering. My sweet critical CBD is almost ending her first week, I already defoliate once, but I think I have to work on it more to let branches grow. What do you think about it? Thank you all!
Week 8
Techniques. LST
Techniques. Defoliation
4y ago
6
5
Solved
Crazydaver
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?
Week 5
Techniques. Defoliation
8y ago
4
Solved
Heavier
What do you all think of Musk smoking a spliff/blunt with Joe Rogan?
Week 10
Techniques. Defoliation
8y ago
2
Solved
millerman543
Defoliation (no horizontal room in my tent and a lot of vertical room)
This may seem like a dumb question but is cutting these small lower branches off going to promote vertical growth in my plants? I will be doing it later on anyways to eliminate larf but would it be more beneficial now or is it worth to keep to take in light energy for now
Techniques. Defoliation
2y ago
1
2
Solved
Echevarriaf
So what do you guys think? You think I can do to better with my plant? The autoflowering is late af not happy lol but shes growing lol growing out of space. Any suggestion? I pruned a lot but barely noticing bud blooming sights
Week 7
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
3
3
Solved
Elysian_gardens710
In the last 2 pics from this week you can see #1 leaves "tacoing" I've read this indicates heat stress, but the lights are over a foot above, great airflow and surface temp is only 78°. What's the deal? @hso do these girls like cool climates??
Week 6
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
4
4
Solved
julian22
Should I defoliate at this stage?
Dear growers, since it's my first growth, I'm unsure if I defoliate to make more "branches", but don't know exactly how and when to do it. Information on internet are very contradictory, and I cannot ask any friend. What do you think? The plant to me looks healty
Week 4
Techniques. Defoliation
6y ago
2
3
Solved
Mahalo
Has anyone seen purple ish/black buds on a non-purple strain? I can't wrap my head around it 🤯
Week 9
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
10
8
Solved
timber03
How much defoliation should I do?
This gnome automatics “forge” is really starting to grow. I think I should get more airflow going in there but am not sure how to do it right. Is there some sort of rule of thumb about what to leave and how much? Thanks in advance for your help, it always proves invaluable.
Week 12
Techniques. Defoliation
4y ago
4
7
Solved
amazongrow
Should I defoliate? Why and when? Please, give a reference from a respected grower or paper/article. Thank you!
Week 7
Techniques. Defoliation
6y ago
10
4
Solved
Blackadder
Hello fellow growers ! Thanks for taking the time. 1. I’ve been using 5g pots so far for autoflowering, can I get away with less and produce similar yields ? 2. New too LED what wattage do you reccom for 1m2 and 4 plants ? Any auto indica/hybrid reccom ? No cheese thanks again
Week 4
Techniques. Defoliation
8y ago
2
2
Solved
brutal_bub
Alright - I need to know, is it time to harvest or close to? I have some photos in my diary that show some dark amber trichomes, a fair bit I'd say.
Week 10
Techniques. Defoliation
7y ago
1
2
Solved
RegadorDeCactus
Corte apical
Necesito diferentes consejos de cortes apical o FIM . Para exterior nunca eh hecho cortes
Week 5
Techniques. FIMing
Techniques. Defoliation
Techniques. Other
4y ago
3
3