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To defoliate or not to defoliate (now)

yokotasan
yokotasanstarted grow question a year ago
Yo! It is 21th day. They are very bushy. Speed auto + Should i remove a little now or later?
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Techniques. Defoliation
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question a year ago
they look great for 21 days... i wouldn't overthink removing stuff... are any leaves causing standing water to be present? (from overlapping) ... if not i'd retain as many leaves as you can. they power growth. if node spacing is too tight, try reducing light slightly -- either dim slightly, raise it slightly or a combo of both. If you can work out a guesstimate of DLI fom your ight specs, it can help here.
Terp1
Terp1answered grow question a year ago
Ergänzend: Ich habe bei meiner aktuellen Auto während der gesamten Veg und Blüte Phase entlaubt um Licht und Platz zu schaffen. Aber immer nur wenig auf einmal. Dann 1-2 Tage warten und dann das nächste, was gestört hat. Meine Pflanze stand nie unter Schock und hat sich hervorragend und prächtig entwickelt. Das Ergebnis spricht denk ich für sich. Ein Freund von mir hat seine Autoflower Pflanze irgendwie in Woche 1 stunned. Die stand dann 2 Wochen lang in diesem winzigen Zustand am Fenster und hat sich nicht weiterentwickelt. Nach diesen 2 Wochen hat er sie umgetopft und mit ins Zelt gestellt. Die hat dann einfach da weitergemacht, wo sie aufgehört hat und ihm am Ende noch 70g Buds beschert. Die war aber noch ein Seedling und nicht in der VEG-Phase als sie stunned wurde.
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Terp1
Terp1answered grow question a year ago
Wenn man viel Blätter auf einmal wegnehmen will, sollte man bei Autoflower in der letzten VEG Woche entlauben. Also Woche 3-4. Wenn man pro Tag immer nur 1 Blatt wegnimmt, kann man das auch eigentlich die ganze Wachstums und Blütezeit über machen. Viel Erfolg und eine gute Ernte, Bro
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question a year ago
First and foremost - DO NOT TOP AN AUTOFLOWER!!! That requires exceedingly precise timing and if you've never grown this particular strain of auto before, you don't know what HER timing is and therefore can't figure out when its safe to top and when doing so will destroy the grow... Defoliation. I wouldn't do it quite yet. Yeah, she's wonderfully busy - but in the veg state, she needs those leaves to get to her maximum potential. When she goes into flower, you can consider some selective defoliation to get more light to lower bud sites... or to make sure the air flow is getting through the plant efficiently to prevent fungus/bud rot... Personally, I'd just let her chug along - she's looking really, really good. That being said, if there are any leaves that are touching the soil, you COULD remove those - probably good to do... but otherwise, let her be... Consider some LST (this is the ONLY technique you should use on an auto!) so light is getting to the lower nodes... Good luck!
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Aldo90
Aldo90answered grow question a year ago
Still in veg mate. Try topping them or snapping some branches which will give you much better results than a defoil.
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Sheriff
Sheriffanswered grow question a year ago
In this case is acceptable to remove few leaves in the middle of a plant. Try to select 5-6 leaves max that will not get direct light in any circumstances. Cut them 1-2 per day. In general your major task - LST to increase amount of light on a plant.
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Stork
Storkanswered grow question a year ago
I do not know where you see bushy but nvm 😅 I think will be better if u do LST Defoliation is up to you u can do it if u want just don't do to much cut 1-2 leaves per day to make sure no to give stress, its okay to do it during flowering 2-3 week buy only before stretch is over
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