Autoflower richtig entlauben?

OrionGrowgul
OrionGrowgulstarted grow question 1y ago
Hello, I'm currently in week 7 with my Lemon Cherry Cookies. I'd like to defoliate her properly so that more light/air can get through. How much or what can I take away?
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Leaves. Too many
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Growhome_90
Growhome_90answered grow question 1y ago
Basically, it's enough to remove leaves that cover the buds. This way, they get more light. Since your buds are nicely in the light, you DON'T have to remove anything. Personally, I look at which leaves are providing too much shade. Additionally, I check how dense it is in the middle of the plant; I also remove leaves that overlap in a way that moisture builds up (often when leaves press against each other). However, I do like to defoliate and do some lollipopping, so I often remove more leaves than I should, OOPS :D
Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1y ago
Nothing! There is no need to defoliate! More leaves = more energy being made = more potential!
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
No need. they look good. if you got some overlap in central most shielded areas, sure, remove one to prevent any constant condensation forming on a leaf. Products of photosynthesis get pulled where they are needed (concentration gradients). Apical dominance is how the plant distributes growth. Where the light hits is th eleast of your concerns. Total light captured is far more important and creating holes in your canopy is almost certainly a net negative, so avoid that at all costs. leaves further away also absorb quite a bit less light, so it's leff effective solar panel by comparison sq inch to sq inch. This is a bro science thing. Defoliation does not improve yields. your lower buds won't be significantly improved by doing it... yield is dictated far more by DLI. leaves do a lot more than absorb light. CO2 intake is more of a rising tide than anything dealing with where the light hits the plant. Removing leaves reduces co2 intake. a far more important factor for growth. plus, all the nutrients stored in pruned leaves is just throwing your money and time into the trash bin. Leave are room for error in regard to fertilizing choices. bottom line -- leaves are important. don't removing them for bro science reasons. it's an untested hypothesis because its absurd and no self-respecting researcher would bother :P
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1y ago
Plant not big enough to have any parts that "air" or "light" cannot penetrate. If you want to defoliate wait until ripening time and take 1 leaf per cola per day for last week or so if you are hell bent on it. Doing so any earlier would result in unneccesary drop in final yield. Don't be afraid to gently pull the cola wider stretch them out a little to fill the space, this will open the canopy.more naturally without a loss of efficiency.
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Still_Smoq
Still_Smoqanswered grow question 1y ago
For the size and health of your plant, I think cutting leaves would not give you the desired outcome you’re looking for. It would take away from the needed photosynthesis to produce the energy required to finish growing out the buds. I’d leave it alone, nice work.
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Organic_G
Organic_Ganswered grow question 1y ago
Don't just don't… Just trust, leave it as it is, you don't have enough leaves to need to defoliate anyway… You're taking the plant's lungs, the leaves that it uses for photosynthesis, gas exchange, and light absorption… The fewer leaves, the slower the growth and the less flower formation… It only makes sense if it's very densely grown, but in your case, you have more than enough space on all sides; if there's just one fan circulating the air, that's absolutely sufficient… I made the same mistakes at the beginning, check out my grow to get a bit of understanding that even in dense growth, defoliation isn't even necessary… You actually don't need to defoliate automatics since they stay relatively small and compact anyway.
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Brujo_grdn
Brujo_grdnanswered grow question 1y ago
Hello 👋 Why clean the leaves now, why cut them? If you still have free space in boxing. Use this space to stretch your bush width and give light over the entire area of ​​the plant. Leaves need to be cut when you have no empty space at all. And I see that you can just tie up, make a LST, stretch, the top and all the cola are tilted - and the whole bush will receive light evenly. Look at the example of my diary now a variety - Kees Old School Haze - is just in this state, stretched. Cutting the leaves you lose a lot of useful things! So many! Try to never cut the leaves until you learn how to do it literally professionally. To be a rope, brew tea and after 20-30 minutes of pleasant work in your garden you will have 100%+ good result if you save the existing leaves and just pump the bush. If you cut something, lose in the quantity and quality of the final crop. You should succeed, it's not difficult. Be careful and do not rot too much so as not to break the branches. Good growth and crop🙌
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John_Kramer
John_Krameranswered grow question 1y ago
None, dont hurt it. If u wanna air flow, put the fan on the bottom and direct it on the underneath of the leaves, the flow should go from bottom to top. Ur fine don,t ruin it
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MaltaHerbman
MaltaHerbmananswered grow question 1y ago
Remove the leaves that make shade and you will do nothing wrong to stress the plant by removing leaves at this point of grow is good to stress her a bit
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