Flush ? Defoliate ? Both ?

well do you?

  • I flush

    Votes: 5 11.4%

  • I defloiate

    Votes: 4 9.1%

  • I do both

    Votes: 8 18.2%

  • I just grow and smoke no foolishness

    Votes: 32 72.7%
  • Total voters
    44
Mr.Marijuana420

Mr.Marijuana420

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chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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Nothing special, Sorry you feel the need to posts pics of your ordinary plants in hopes to impress someone. Sorry you got took for growing lessons. Sorry you think you flush with a high P/k snakeoil and then think you can wash it out real fast with a watering.sorry ok, just sorry.
 
Squidbilly

Squidbilly

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~Dankster~420 said:
So who's doing the defoliating if I may ask :confused:
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Defoliate, no. I do selectively remove leaves that are in the way. Try LST with 9 plants in a 4x4 area and not removing any fan leaves. To pack as many colas as possible in an area indoors one must remove some leaves. I'd rather have a cola every 6" then a bunch of leaves in my tent. This is more of an issue when space is an issue. I try to get as much bud as I can in the smallest area I can.

This is where side by sides on the matter are misleading. If you take two plants form the same mother and defoliate one but not the other, the one that was defoliated probably won't yeild as much. However, how many of those defoliated plants can you fit in a certain size area-I bet way more then if you didn't defoliate. So, it may decrease your yeild on a plant to plant basis, but if you can squeeze more plants in an area it more then makes up for it.
 
Squidbilly

Squidbilly

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So defoliation decreases yeild per plant, but more plants can be squeezed into the same size area. I've done it both ways over the years and when space is an issue removing some fan leaves allows you to grow more plants in the same size area, greatly increasing yeild.

I would bet the farm that 20 plants COMPLETELY defoliated(i don't do that or recommend it) would yeild more then 10 that weren't in the same size area.
 
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henryy

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Personal preference, I personally defoliate as much as possible, even in flower.. I aim for 3-2 weeks flush, never less than 2 weeks (this is not personal preference). I'm also colorado professional grower.
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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henryy said:
Personal preference, I personally defoliate as much as possible, even in flower.. I aim for 3-2 weeks flush, never less than 2 weeks (this is not personal preference). I'm also colorado professional grower.
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What qualifies you as "professional"?
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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henryy said:
I grow 2600 plants in a warehouse for a dispensary, this is what i do for my legit job, taxed and all.
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cool, Well i guess if you grow in colorado and sell to one of the few dispensaries they have there, that would make you a "professional.
 
Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

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Well Commander, I DO hope you are pleased ? :) I think we've exceeded expectations here.

....I gotta admit, I love Mr Derp !
 
BenFranklin

BenFranklin

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I have a novelty plant right now that I grew and budded in soil, I purposely did not feed it nutes just to see a few "theories" in practise, I also put it into budding when it was still a seedling, so it's been in budding for about 3 and a 1/2 months. IT is only about 20 inches tall, it's leaves have all yellowed, but they are still standing up straight and true, though the kola has remained skinny... It never fattened up.

I noticed right off that leaves do not "Store" nutrients, defoliating does nothing(I did not defoliate, there was no need, the planet never produced fan leaves large enough to make a difference), and flushing does even less...

In about another week I intend on harvesting, I will take some pics.

The variety is some sort of indica that I received from a friend as a seed, it ended up being a mother and I've cloned it.
 
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