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Should I defoliate during flowering outdoors?

Dmeshstarted grow question 2y ago

(Autoflower) Should I defoliate? I made the rookie mistake of doing NO defoliating or lst during vegging, cuz they were skinny then. Did minor defol during flowering.It’s in full flower with 2-3 weeks left and we have about 7 straight days of rain. Worried about wpm and bud rot.

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nonick123answered grow question 2y ago

Hola Dmesh Nunca defolies una Auto en floracion Le provocarás estrés. La planta dedicará energía a recuperarse y disminuirá tu cosecha Tienes miedo de la humedad alta? No debes preocuparte a no ser que los cogollos se mojen directamente con la lluvia Como evitarlo? Mi consejo: construye un techado o refugio para evitar que la planta se moje directamente. Con ello, no debes tener problemas Como la tienes en exterior, clava cuatro palos en suelo alrededor y más altos que la planta y coloca un trozo de policarbonato de invernadero o Plástico de polietileno de invernadero Cualquier cosa más no dudes en preguntar!

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Dmeshanswered grow question 2y ago

Thanks for the info everyone! 😁👍 Gonna do that today. Took a Big Bang auto inside because it just needed a few days to a week to fully ripen. Doing lst on all my newer plants. Gotta make diaries for those

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MisterAeroponicsanswered grow question 2y ago

Also cover them from the rain it will protect the trichomes too and the rot you get will be from the water penetrating the buds deep. You could probably deal with the humidity. Even a trash bag just throw something over them when it rains 🤙🏻

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MisterAeroponicsanswered grow question 2y ago

You should lst them away from sun a little before they switch over to flower. Like week 3 or 4

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