Liberty Haze-Extreme Defoliation Grow Experiment In Pics

[PaganRich]

ZigZag...my advice mate, walk away from that idea. I seriously screwed 4 auto`s up when I tried it. Complete stop and truly awful yields. Nearly finished me as a grower in truth due to being soooooooo disheartened. General advice I`ve seen is tuck downs and very minimal LST with no topping though if it happens accidentally (Did that...sigh...bad grow ) they can recover. General advice from auto lads is they don`t like it which I have to say, follows my experience. I circular them and get very good results. I usually now aim for a min of 2 ounces per auto and can get upto 4+ but the time frame is almost as long as for normals. Also, genetics can be problematic. However, if you can get a good handle on growing they really make other growing much easier. I learnt on auto`s. They`re hard work to get right and I would probably recommend https://www.gorilla-cannabis-seeds.c...oter-auto.html ....probably my favourite ever grow and a very nice smoke.....but as I said, whilst others don`t give them respect the new strains coming out are as equal, if not sometimes superior to other strains....check out the work I`m currently doing on Black Choc auto`s with safety pins in a circular pattern. Love auto`s. Any help I can give please shout...mellow

[ZigZag]

Pagan, yes please keep posting pics, I've been thinking of trying this on my next grow too. I'd like to try it with an auto plant to see how it reacts, if it recovers without messing everything up the flowering. I'm going to pick a 70-80 day strain which should give me a week or two more to recover before it starts to flower.
Anyone try this with an auto?
Is your Liberty Haze auto by any chance?

[Green75]

Safety pins for what?
To tie down? No,yes I guess but no.

What are you using now?

[PaganRich]

As you can see it has only been just two days since the fairly lightish trim in hindsight and yet this lass has responded well. I`ve got younger plants just starting out so I`m going to really let her Veg and see how dense I can get those stems. Also, whether the safety pins can be of any assistance.

[PaganRich]

Also, I`m a lad not in America so some words get lost on me especially slang sometimes

[insomniaczzz]

Ok Carlsoti, you cleared that up a little bit. I think I understand what you are saying.

[insomniaczzz]

Sorry...means nothing to mean

Don't feel bad. I have no idea what those terms mean either. My strain terminology consists of sativa, indica and hybrid.

[PaganRich]

Sorry...means nothing to mean

[steve]

Sorry Dr. Gridspoon is a "heirloom" strain not a "lance" strain

[PaganRich]

What is a `lance` strain please?

[insomniaczzz]

Oh yes, I see. That makes sense.

[steve]

Yea - Barney's has very good genetics , they also have a "lance" strain "Dr. Gridspoon" (100% sativa) believe 22% thc

[PaganRich]

Insomniaczzz - It`s not new growth mate. It`s my camera-phone picture thingy...the leaves have just risen to the light whereas on the other pic they were flat due to going from vertical to horizontal and then later re-adjusting to vertical. If she was not responding well to defoliation and was stressed I would imagine there would remain a lack of response.

[PaganRich]

Yes...got it as a freebie so pleased with results so far

[steve]

It is from Barney's Seeds ? (Liberty Haze