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Flipping, more defoliate?

Mekster
Meksterstarted grow question 9 months ago
Flipping today. Should I take more leaves off now or strip after flipping.
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Leaves. Too many
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 9 months ago
I'd wait until you start 12/12 and wait a week then remove some. You may find in that 1st weeks stretch you might not need to remove half the amount of leaves that you was thinking you would need to remove.
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Stork
Storkanswered grow question 9 months ago
First we of flipping do no touch the plant second week you can start to with defoliation
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SkunkleDamo
SkunkleDamoanswered grow question 9 months ago
I'd have to agree. Do some lollypopping defoliation and pruning. Then drop your scrog net down as low as it will go spreading the canopy out. After the defoliation she will quickly fill out again. When the net is horizontally 75% full flip your light. Defoliate below the net. Then again no later than 21 days. For the first 14 days weave plant into net and your golden
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Sirdukevonwalter
Sirdukevonwalteranswered grow question 9 months ago
Beautiful plant. If your wanting to lightly defoliate, I would take every fan leaf that points inward as it will shadow bud sites. This shadowing increases humidity and lack of light makes those lower site turn into short shoots growing inward and upward and then become their own branch instead of staying on the main cola. Problem is that if you flip without defoliation, that branch will be weak and produce larfy buds vs if it had formed on the main. Some people who grow trees will say don't trim a thing as leaves are the solar panels..yes and no but not going to get into that atm...but the trees branches will weigh down with bud, spread out, reducing humidity and allow the light in..short plants will not unless for some environmental reason they stretch out..but that's a problem in itself. Also, take every fan leaf that covers a bud site.. Unless using the schwazzing technique, I personally would veg another 3-6 days after the light defoliation and flip. Check out my journal and see what 6 extra days can do. If you have access, I'd suggest watch kyle kushman, in a short video on defoliation. It's a safe proven method of selecting what to trim and knowing when to stop. Check out my journal if you would consider the schwazzing technique. Looks like you have quite a few solid grows under your belt, so I'm you could handle it. Happy growing
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