Bushy plants
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No. Those are beautiful looking plants and you don't have so many leaves that they're causing any issues.
One of the primary functions of the vegetative state is to maximize the size of the canopy so that it can capture more light. The more light a plant can capture, the more it can use (photosynthesis) to generate glucose which it uses for growth.
You're giving your plant a good amount of light (huzzah! since most growers don't) and they're responding (the leaves are horizontal, rather than drooping slightly). The color is uniform (though might be a tad dark) and no sign of nutrient imbalance. I would just leave them alone and get them to at least 600µmol (they're 4-5 weeks?)
I use a veg light (LED) to produce plants that are short, compact, and have a lot of leaves. By day 21, when I top my plants, the foliage is so thick that it's hard to get into the canopy to find the fourth node. It's a little frustrating and, I do have to defoliate when I flip, but as the plant grows vertically in late veg and in flower, the plant "outgrows" all of that foliage//the foliage thins out.
One of the primary functions of the vegetative state is to maximize the size of the canopy so that it can capture more light. The more light a plant can capture, the more it can use (photosynthesis) to generate glucose which it uses for growth.
You're giving your plant a good amount of light (huzzah! since most growers don't) and they're responding (the leaves are horizontal, rather than drooping slightly). The color is uniform (though might be a tad dark) and no sign of nutrient imbalance. I would just leave them alone and get them to at least 600µmol (they're 4-5 weeks?)
I use a veg light (LED) to produce plants that are short, compact, and have a lot of leaves. By day 21, when I top my plants, the foliage is so thick that it's hard to get into the canopy to find the fourth node. It's a little frustrating and, I do have to defoliate when I flip, but as the plant grows vertically in late veg and in flower, the plant "outgrows" all of that foliage//the foliage thins out.
Preciate it, was just wondering because it’s getting harder and harder to tuck fan leaves that’s covering the new growth tips
MickFoster
Well-Known Member
No.
Understood. I can sorta see the point of leaf tucking but removing healthy plant tissue? Not so much.
I haven't been keen on "removing leaves to expose bud sites" but after recent "conversations" with chatGPT, I'm more inclined to go in that direction. I see the value in removing leaves that are damaged, that are blocking air flow (I use fans instead of cutting off leaves), that are senesced or leaves that are very old (they lose their photosynthetic efficiency). I also remove "larf makers" which, for me, are stems that are smaller than a lead pencil. My rationale for that is that I only use flowers and, in a well lighted grow, there's so much weed that the underbrush his just a pain in the ass.
Day 52, day 13 of flower. I've cut off all the smaller branches. The rest of the leaves aren't photosynthetically active but they funtion to help cool the plant via transpiration. Those are USB fans on the top of the res.
By week 5, cannabis has matured its ability to process light. That's been my experience but chatGPT says week 4. Cannabis
Day 34.
Light values for the two plants.
