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803AutoGrower
803AutoGrowerstarted grow question 1mo ago
So I need help with this scrog technique. Should I defoliate these big fan leaves to expose the other bud sites or not? Her branches at so rigid that they don’t bend easily without snapping. Please help me
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1mo ago
Well, if the stems have gotten too rigid, you waited too long. Do the training earlier next time. Not much you can do about that without a time machine. You can still shape them as they grow vertically. Get some garden wire and start bending and tying down to the scrog... that can help keep it spreading out as it goes. No, do not remove leaves for whimsical reasoning. "Defofliation," or mass removal of leaves, is bro science nonsense. Removing "a" leaf in a selective way can be fine. This should be minimal. If you find a need to do it often, try changing methods to avoid it -- this is mostly self-inflicted stuff. If you don't overcrowd a canopy and have a basic plan for canopy management, you should have little to no need to remove leaves. If condensation is regularly forming and you cannot otherwise avoid it by other means, removing a leaf is fine. If an area is so congested, leaves are contorting and mottling, that's another reason to remove a leaf or two. Do not create empty gaps in canopy where light completely misses the plant. that's gauranteed to be a net-negative effect. Light does not have to directly hit bud sites. That's another completely bro-science thing of no relevance. Products of photosynthesis are highly mobile and they get to where they are used most regardless. If the canopy is not overcrowded, you don't need to do anything extra to ensure good airflow and decent light penetration. Light spreads out fast.. therefore, lower leaves get less light, all other factors reamining the same. Why maximize light absorption where it is less intense? Capturing the most light is the goal and not where it hits the plant, necessarily.
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Sundancers
Sundancersanswered grow question 24d ago
Hi 803AutoGrower Ja, ich würde einige große Blätter entfernen. Es könnte sonst passieren, das die Pflanze das schwitzen anfängt und sich Schimmel bilden kann. Ich versucher immer alle Blüten freizulegen, die wachsen sollen. So bekommen diese mehr Licht und einen extra Schub. :-)
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Sundancers
Sundancersanswered grow question 1mo ago
Hi, i think you shoud wait for one week ore a few days more. Than you kann lollipop 90% of the leaves under ste Scrog. Let the big Leafes for a few more days. She will grow better. 😍
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 1mo ago
Set the net a little bit higher, so when you enter flowering stretch you can manipulate the plants bud sites into a hole.
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JonnyTerpen
JonnyTerpenanswered grow question 1mo ago
Hey buddy, so I would just leave the leaves on because young plants need the leaves for photosynthesis. Just push the plant down a bit and let the shoots grow through the net that comes everywhere evenly and you repeat the whole thing every few days. The young shoots are also not softer and you can incorporate them well into the net. Let it grow my friend! 💚💚💚 I think defoliating earliest on flower Day1 ! 🤓
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 1mo ago
Yeah higher the net and grow up to and out into it. Growing horizontal at that point
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 1mo ago
Your SCROG should be placed higher and when she grows into it, that's when you move the branches and thread them into the net. Its LST in short with a net, and the goal is to maximize the lights surface area of the tents foot print using the plant. Bigger spread out and flat canopy = better utilization of the light and less waste. Give it a bit more time and you'll get their.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1mo ago
You will have 2-3 layers of photo absorption of the red and blue wavelengths. The leaves underneath that are not photosyntheticly active will perform cellular respiration. EVEN DURING LIGHTS ON!. PHOTOSYNTHESIS is responsible for the capture of the carbon but not the bulk processing of thay carbon. Photosynthesis only taps into 10% of the energetic total of "atp". The key to big plants is by facilitating the power conversion not crippling it. Cellular respiration is where the carbon conversion process happens and the other 90% of energy is released for use across the plant. Cellular respiration mainly happens at night. High levels of RH and anything 65% or above will severely hinder respiration and reduce it to almost 0 not to mention create eventual problems with moisture retention in most grows. Indoor growers are told religiously to use vpd but there is never any explanation as to why it's a terrible idea to keep that same high rh overnight. If you defoliate every possible leaf that is capable of cellular respiration (daytime) mea ing every lead is performing photosynthesis then there will be 0 cellular respiration taking place, So with our bare plants only having access to 10% energy during the day from defoliation for no reason along with high levels of rh crippling cellular respiration at night. Then the plant barely ever scratches the surface of its potential. Bottlcapping 10-20% efficiency. How big your plant grows and how much budsites are created is dictated by available "energy" each cycle. The notion that you need to strip your plant to barebones so get light to budsites on a plant that smalli s complete baloney sandwiches. Defoliation to guide growth is one thing, but if you are ever unsure as to why you are even thinking about defokiation then don't do it. Imo it's detrimental in 90% of cases. Give people the feel good factor though, always nice to stroke the ego and pretend you are Edward scissor hands with his bonsai tree. Yeah it's nonsensical bs mostly.
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