Rawtton Grow

[SommerVirelli]

Here you can see before and after pics of each plant. In the before pics you can really only see a few different flower sites. In the after pics you can see how many bud sites were hiding under the leaves. They would have still flowered, but the flowers growing under shadow would be stunted and small. Now that they are exposed to full light, they will develop into full fat buds.

The [EXAMPLE A] pic shows exactly what kind of growth happens when there is no light. These will grow into large bud sites now that the fan leaves have been removed.

[SommerVirelli]

It’s the middle of week 7 of Veg. On Thursday the girls were given a heavy defoliation. This will give them a few days to recover right before the flip to 12/12.

I put together some before and after photos to showcase the importance of heavy defoliation in scrog style grows. Fan leaves are a important part of growth but also a hindrance for anything trying to grow beneath them. Removing all the fan leaves before flowering will expose every possible bud site to light for maximum yield and little to no popcorn buds. It also improves airflow to decrease the chance of mold.

I’m going to post in a few different sections, so wait until I comment “DONE” before posting.

In the pics here you can see your average vegetative growth. It’s healthy and bushy and won’t hurt anything to leave it alone. I choose to do heavy leaf removal to increase yields. You will see the dramatic difference it makes. I will usually do 2 of these defoliations during vegetation, one of these during the last week of Veg growth. I will do it a third time in the third week of flower as well.

[SommerVirelli]

Week 6 Veg

Where to begin? This week has been stressful, but only due to my part. I’ve been far too rough with my babies. So far I have managed to break 6 of the main branches at the knuckle, as well as 1 side branch. I mended them all. They were all saved except for one main branch. The side branch was immediately put into a clone solution.

I was waiting on plugs to arrive to take a lot of clones, but I had a couple rock wool cubes left. So the one broken side branch was put into a cube and into the mother tent ahead of time. This upcoming week I plan to take a couple cutting from each plant to see if there will be any phenos I really want to keep.

I was also asked to do “before and after” pics the next time I defoliate. Since this next week will be the last week of Veg, I will do a mini defoliation tutorial for this journal. So look for that next week if it’s something you’d enjoy!

[SommerVirelli]

Absolutely. I’ll do a tutorial style update with before and after pics just before I switch to flower.

[golfnrl]

If you would be so kind to post some pics after you defoliate it would be most appreciated.

[SommerVirelli]

@SommerVirelli nice grow you have going. Could you elaborate a little on why you removed leaves when you topped the plants? Defoliation is a challenge for me. I'm having a hard time understanding the how's and why's.

Adding to what 9fingerleafs said, it’s also beneficial towards the start of the flower cycle. Keep the fan leaves to a minimum to create more room for light to penetrate into the flower areas. It gets crazy bushy during flower which means any flowers covered in shadow from the fan leaves will be stunted and small. I will defoliate again right before the switch to flower, and a final time in week 3 of flower.

[9fingerleafs]

The general benefit is that SOME strains are just too leafy but even when they are not, most strains (not the finicky ones) show a loss of apical dominance due to the need to produce leaves, meaning the plant responds similar to topping where The lower branches grow more, it's not always the case and it's has its downs like stunning the plant and slow growth rate

[golfnrl]

@SommerVirelli nice grow you have going. Could you elaborate a little on why you removed leaves when you topped the plants? Defoliation is a challenge for me. I'm having a hard time understanding the how's and why's.

[SommerVirelli]

Week 5 Veg

I’ve decided to update the week at the end instead of the beginning. That way I won’t have to edit and add pictures. Anyway, the girls look awesome. They seemed to had a growth spurt right after the defoliation last week. Hopefully they keep it up. Nutes are in full effect and I’ll be adding and taking away as needed.

Also, our guest female (pictured in the smaller pot in the center) is no longer a guest. The guy it belonged to decided to pop some autos instead of getting it back 😂. That’s okay except I don’t know what strain it is and neither does he. But I was the one who gave him all the beans he’s been poppin, so I will know exactly what it is when it starts flowering. I will continue to keep it in mind but it will be separate from this grow journal.

[growell]

keep us updated mate like to follow u done scrog before or sea of green

[SommerVirelli]

Update for Week 4 Veg

Today the girls were topped just past their 6th node. All other growth was removed, leaving just the first two nodes. This has made it a “4-way” grow style.

[growell]

Looking good mate

[SoOrbudgal]

Good catch and being observant to your plants. They sure look good from my angle

[SommerVirelli]

Week 4 Veg

Okay this last week we had a problem. There was some obvious deficiency going on with the two girls on the right side of the tent. I did some slurry tests and got ppm readings for all of them. The two on the right were literally starving. They were given a heavy feeding. This makes sense because the soil in those two pots were just used growing green beans and all the nutrients were probably used up from the soil. I didn’t have time to recharge or recycle. They should be on the right track now. I will continue monitoring ppm levels until it is corrected.

[SoOrbudgal]

Really nice looking grow and they look very healthy growing fast. Looked at those seeds and Ethos man how things have changed with breeding.