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Defoliating and topping

MowerGrowerstarted grow question 2y ago

Debating about topping my plants, and defoliating all lowers only keeping the the top two fan leaf’s. Has anyone done this?

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deepsheebaanswered grow question 2y ago

Hi topping is almost mandatory in indoor growing. I suggest to dont cut the leaves, because of the readily available energy they stored. Instead i highly suggest to cut the growing TIPS that you dont need. The lower ones won't get enough light and they steal resources aimed to the top colas. that's my suggestion

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MowerGroweranswered grow question 2y ago

So I guess I was looking for people who “mainline” where you remove everything but two fan leaf’s and the start of two tops and then continue to do the same and get about 8 or more main bud sights.

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NewLevelHydroponicanswered grow question 2y ago

I wouldn't take that much I would go to about the third nod from the top and leave a couple fan leaves that's what gets all the energy to the plant and topping is fine unless it's a auto then don't won't do you any good just stunts the growth

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Organomananswered grow question 2y ago

Why? What for? Just remember............ less leaves = less energy production = less growth.

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JUNGLE_B4RNSanswered grow question 2y ago

Check my actual diary. There’s every steps week by week to do it correctly. You must top after the 3rd node and wait for the 2 tops shoots to grow a bit, then you can plug off the fan leaves from the main stem at each internodes.

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AutoflowersSucKanswered grow question 2y ago

I don't cut anything until i have 7 nodes. Then i will cut the top off down to the 4th or 5th node. And i certainly don't defoliate anything at that tender young age. You'll have plenty of opportunity to fuck up your plant down the road so why start at such a young age? lol

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Robertsanswered grow question 2y ago

I would wait to do anything. When I top I cut 4th node off, and remove 1st node. No need to defoliate as the leaves are not covering anything. You need the leaves to produce energy

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