Hey, I should defoliate again, I'm on day 28 ...

chuligan88
chuligan88started grow question 3mo ago
Hey, I should defoliate again, I'm on day 28 of flowering.
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Nocone_Purple
Nocone_Purpleanswered grow question 3mo ago
Day 28 of flowering is usually a bit late for heavy defoliation. At this stage the stretch is mostly over and the plant is focusing on bud development. You can still remove a few large fan leaves that block light or restrict airflow, but avoid doing a big defoliation to prevent stressing the plant. Light leaf thinning is fine if the canopy is very dense.
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Caertner
Caertneranswered grow question 3mo ago
Sure can do! Some of the top leafs to propagate sunshine to all buds and the bottom leads in the shade. If done at once you might stress the plant. I would try to clip 3-4 leafs a day till its done.
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Stasiu
Stasiuanswered grow question 3mo ago
Wyj not 😉
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KakalakaKid
KakalakaKidanswered grow question 3mo ago
I shoot for day zero bottom 2/3rds day 21 fans lower than the top 3 pair Day 42 all fans day I always give them some mono silica to reduce the shock of it all.
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SundancerS
SundancerSanswered grow question 3mo ago
sure
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3mo ago
Just leave it. As 0011 said, apical dominance dictates where growth is directed, not light hitting buds. Tucking leaves is a far better option than removing (energy producing) leaves.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 3mo ago
seems alright.. any condensation occuring from leaves touching? if not it's fine. You don't ever have to defoliate if you simply avoid over-crowding the canopy in future. It's a needless thing of no value. light hitting leaves further away is not as optimal as hitting something closer, fwiw... just losing more photons. The products of photosynthesis go where they are used and highly mobile. Apical dominance determines if a bud is larfy or not and not so much if light hits it directly. sex organs are for reproduction. leaves are for absorbing light. your balls don't store adipose tissue, correct? cell differentiation is a thing.
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Domenik
Domenikanswered grow question 3mo ago
Hey, in my opinion you can defo a bit yes. But not too much, don‘t make them naked. Just that the light can penetrade more through the plants :)
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squalino
squalinoanswered grow question 3mo ago
salut. si tu dois defolier comme cela sur la foto on pourrait pas te dire. tu dois aller a l'instinct. le but d'une défoliation c'est de remettre de la lumière sur les parties ou se trouve des têtes ou sites potentiel cacher. alors si tu estime que quelques une sont encore cacher je te le conseille ou enfonce tes feuilles en-dessous. chaque feuille sera des nutriments en plus pour ta plante lors de la phase final. bonne soirée
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