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Can i defoliate during flower? pics inside
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Snook
Still Learning
"day 7 of week 4" ?? what dat mean?
You are entering the defoliate vs no defoliate conundrum.
I say yes, defoliate. If youre ina fix for space, yes, take those big leaves off.. even into bloom further.. I've taken clones in the 4th week of bloom with no 'issues'. GL, they look very good.
S
sourpuss
Id suggest only taking whats needed to open up your buds to light if needed. Also try bending and twisting those fans vs removing. Less shock and still opens it up.
Skunkman defoliates the whole plant 1 week from harvest.
Skunkman defoliates the whole plant 1 week from harvest.
RustyShcklfrd
Member
Hey there, Im a big fan (no pun intended) of defoliating in flower. Usually im pretty much done by week 4 but every week till then, once a week, I go through and take of all the large fans growing off the main branching that are blocking buds except for to top two, maybe three per branch. Secondary branches usually need less work. But Id say yeah go for it, its a weed, give those buds light, yoy can also compromise by tying sime of the branch down to the container to widen your structure a bit.
St. Phatty
Active member
It might generally be considered bad practice - but you can still get good or great results in grows where fan leaves are removed.
I understand the incentive, you have an internode/ bud site that is shielded by a big leaf.
It took the plant a LOT of energy to make that leaf, and that leaf contains energy for the plant.
I think you can remove a small amount with near-zero effect.
e.g. removing 5% of the leaves.
Sort of like the plant had 20 apples worth of energy. You remove 5% of the fan leaves, it only has 19 apples worth of energy.
But it can grow more and if there are new bud sites that are now getting light, well if nothing else it can make the grower feel good.
I understand the incentive, you have an internode/ bud site that is shielded by a big leaf.
It took the plant a LOT of energy to make that leaf, and that leaf contains energy for the plant.
I think you can remove a small amount with near-zero effect.
e.g. removing 5% of the leaves.
Sort of like the plant had 20 apples worth of energy. You remove 5% of the fan leaves, it only has 19 apples worth of energy.
But it can grow more and if there are new bud sites that are now getting light, well if nothing else it can make the grower feel good.
RustyShcklfrd
Member
St. Phatty, have you ever done a side by side, or a run with and a run without defoliating the same variety? In my experiences Ive seen only positives from defoliating, what negatives have you noticed?
There are lots of threads on here where there was side by sides done and even though it looked like the leaf removed plants were doing better then result was Yield and it lost in that category
Removal of lower leafs or in other terms pruning is good practice what i mean is sucker buds there what takes away the energy
In nature its common for pests to on average damage 30 percent of plants leaf mass so
one could remove 20 percent of lower leafs and with out so much stress remember them leafs are storing sugars and starches for plant so best to take little use the Tuck technique if leafs are covering a bud site
Removal of lower leafs or in other terms pruning is good practice what i mean is sucker buds there what takes away the energy
In nature its common for pests to on average damage 30 percent of plants leaf mass so
one could remove 20 percent of lower leafs and with out so much stress remember them leafs are storing sugars and starches for plant so best to take little use the Tuck technique if leafs are covering a bud site
RustyShcklfrd
Member
Slipnot, nice post, im sure its variety dependent. I'll only speak for the stuff in my garden. Your right on tucking and bending are great techniques.
St. Phatty
Active member
I haven't done a side by side.
The only negative I've noticed is, it can be time consuming.
