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Please tell a newbie what to defoil / lolipop here?

pupa420lupa
pupa420lupastarted grow question 7 months ago
Plant is 5 weeks old, have pre flowers already. Should I defoil now to increase light and ail penetration to canopies? Which leaves are first to cut?
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Techniques. Defoliation
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 7 months ago
you've got a couple weeks of vege or more remaining... maybe some heavily shielded stuff at bottom that will never see much light is fine to remove. if you have overlapping leaves resting on each other, that's another ok reason to remove some foliage. this causes standing water on the lower leaf and that increases risk of infection. take off as little as you can. it's an autoflower, so not a huge need to lollipop much. leaves power growth and everything else... the top ones absosrb the most light. Light from a single source spreads out in accordance with inverse square law, which means a short distance can drastically reduce potential light absorbed. it should be tough to rationalize removing leaves. have a good reason.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 7 months ago
Tuck, bend , lst , but till flower stretch is almost over - do not heavily harm. Later some bottom clearing, lolipoping will be beneficial. Selective leaf defoliation too, just take one leaf or two max every few days. Choose who will open canopy most and take it off if you cant redirect it to empty space. With autos and smaller plants big harm dont work. All the Best !!!
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CULTIVATORFROG
CULTIVATORFROGanswered grow question 7 months ago
Puede sacar una cantidad de hojas mínimas 3 o 4 en forma estratégica,no me gustaría estresar una automática y perder producción, son muy sensibles.
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Stork
Storkanswered grow question 7 months ago
I would say next week you can start doing lollipops 🍭 to do that I am citing everything under 4-5 nodes but make sure you are doing it slowly don't stress her too much and after the fourth week of flowering do not touch the plant 🍻
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