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Last Defoliation
SuperGreenGoblinstarted grow question 6 months ago
Hey Grow Community,
My Autos are now 7 weeks old and from other diaries I saw people Defoliating extremely in the last weeks to the point when theres almost only the buds with some smaller and sugar leaves. My question is, should I do one last defoliation, and if yes, when?
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Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 6 months ago
Late defoliation is mainly to either: eliminate moisture pockets that could contribute to bud rot in the last weeks or during the last week more of a total strip down in prep for harvest. A lot of people confuse the harvest prep for a general defoliation, don't strip a plant naked unless you're about to chop. If you have several weeks left, leave some foliage. Harvest prep defols are just to save you some time trimming later. The plants will dry faster with fewer leaves, depending on conditions in your dry space that could be good or bad.
m0useanswered grow question 6 months ago
Big difference on the plants right of the light, thy are so stretchy and tall with no density.
Leaves make energy, energy grows the plant. no leaves mean no growth. its a neg negative to strip em with no reason.
doing something for the sake of doing it because others did with no plan or reason on why to do it is asking for issues. its ok to leave em be.
Increase your airflow and it will be fine.
Good Luck!
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LSchnabelanswered grow question 6 months ago
At this point I would just leave the majority of them on to finish out strong.
Typically when you go to harvest, that is when you take all the big fan leaves off. Some people say to leave everything on and some say to remove the fan leaves. Personally I just hate when the fan leaf dries up covering the bud during the dry process. I think it will lead to mold issues.
I hope this helps.
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