thanks for dropping some good knowledge on us here mushroom,
convinced to try out defoliating on my current run as its gonna be fairly packed just like yours. Well not just like yours haha... Can you tell me exactly when you defoliate and how much each time, and whatever else in regards to your methods? I know people say once after stretch and then again maybe at week 5, and feed a little bit more heavy after or at least something with a little nitrogen. Do you remove all fan leaves are do you have a selective process ? I know its also all strain dependant too. Im gonna try it out on my agent orange as she is super dense, bushy,and leafy, so even if i removed every single fan leave she would have tonnes of leaf left over. On my current run it seems everything below 10" from canopy top is just larf. hoping to dense things up further down this run.
cheers
Day 21. So they still have a little stretch left in them.
They MUST be really healthy.
On every lead leave only the 3 smallest fans at the top. Everything else goes.
Again at 6 wks
Afterwards:-
I dose Cal Mag as it has N.
And blast them with P&K. Notice the tip burn on that budshot a lil while back? I slam my plants with an extra 300-400ppms. Recovery feeding is more like 6-20-20 with Mag.
And they react by exploding flowers top to bottom. My 5ft canopy has no larf. Rock hard evrywhere. Awesome!
My trimmers love coming here. Most other growers have 8ft trees under gavitas. So so sad. Take those trees outside boys.
You have some amazing looking plants mushroombrew. If you give LEDs a shot I have to suggest you try out a Fluence SpydrX Plus light. They're Perfect for a 4x4 space and the production is heavy to say the least. Keep up the good work.
-Funk