Testing the old "Defoliation" Argument

Sativied said:

So you remove leaves at the end of the stretch, that is the end of the transition from veg to flowering...., and then after that the rest of the branches "get up"?

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that's a really good point i missed that

ya .. what I do is.. before stretch.. I remove a few here and there that are blocking branches that can potentially be nice big colas.. so Ill take like 10-20 off each plant before even throwing the lights to 12/12.. then after the stretch is done.. and buds are starting to form.. ill hit them with there last dose o f veg nutes with a hint of flower nutes.. and a pk boost... and then pull fans that are blocking lots.. and causing airflow to become restricted.. then after swell is done.. and the plant is just maturing trichomes and putting on the terpene profile hard.. I raise my lights to the ceilings.. and start flushing.. this saves ur mono terps from being released nearly as much. .. gotta remember a lot of these terpenes only smell because there being released.. the more heat.. the more is released.. so for the flush.. I raise my lights.. and also turn my temps down 5 degrees during lights on and off.. .and the same day I raise lights and turn temps down.. I will go threw.. and pull of every single fan leaf that doesn't have trichomes on them.. so I don't have to separate my trim.. and I leave on a decent amount of smaller leaves just so it doesn't dry too fast..

remember.. u wana dry slow slow slow.. to retain the best smell and taste.. and smooth smoking white ash is a good flush and dry and cure..

that's why a lot of bud looks great.. but smokes like crap.. or tastes harsh and makes ur throat feel fucked..

but hey do what you wana do.. if I was you.. be skeptical . try it on 1 or 2 strains..

there are a few strains I wont do this to defol wise.. any plant that doesn't stretch at all.. I will pull of some fans.. but not all of them.. ive noticed some genetics hate it .. but most do amazing..

and this has been over 8 years in the making of finding wat works and wat doesn't..

just make sure that ur soil or hydro nutes are in check.. if ur plants not healthy then defol wont increase much.. and could actually fuck it up.


the thing people don't understand is.. growing perfect plants means perfect nute regimen.. perfect environment.. including temps.. humidity.. perfect light intensity.. I mean not everyones grow room will show good results from most of the shit people do.. that's why a clone grown in my room .. could be 100% different in yours.. that's including smell taste and bud structure
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if u don't believe it works.. go talk to vertical growers.. because if it didn't work they would have a huge problem with LARF instead of having a huge problem with COLAS AND OVER YIELDING HORIZONTAL LIGHTS ALL DAY EVERYDAY.

oo ya.. and now .. finally im a apart of the GG#4 Family.. ya buddy.. 4 clones.. 3 deff surviving.. 1 wilting a little.. but we shall see what gets rooted.. finally getting to grow some GLUE