Nutes after defoliation

[Gingerbeard]

After an early flower stage defoliation, is it a good idea or nonconsequential to give a shot of veg nutes?

[Going2fast]

Dunno but I can guarantee you it's non denominational.

[Gingerbeard]

I wasn't looking to be dominated, wacko!

[TOKABIGONE]

Early flower girls get hungry, feed them something!

[Gingerbeard]

Oh, sure. I've got some good flowering stuff ready. I guess there isn't much recovery N would be useful for. Flowering nutes it is TOBone! You better be right, comrade.

[TOKABIGONE]

I'm always right jinger, you know that!

[dilvish]

yup...early flower should be lower on the nitrogen and higher on the P & K...defoliating won't change how she takes in nutrients unless you are feeding via foliar spray

[Gingerbeard]

I know defoliation isn't about taking more nutes. I always figure recovery time after I do any sort of trimming and wondered if N would be helpful. As you people are helping me think, I'm over it.

[Ckbrew]

Never tried it, just fed regular bloom schedule. Why would you want to?

[Gingerbeard]

Please see post #5.1, CKB.

[billyboy]

I think it is a good question. I am a soil grower and usually follow a feed-feed-water pattern and I always feed on the day I defoliate even on a water day.. Not sure if it is superstition or science but I always feed when I cut them back and so far it seems like the plants respond really well.

[Gingerbeard]

Thanks billyboy . When I mention recovery, I'm talking about all the open wounds after defoliation. Get me? Maybe an extra dose of N with flowering P-K? First nutes after defoliation, only?

[billyboy]

I just moved to adding Cha Ching (once a week after Beasite Bloomz in very early flower) and it is 9 - 50 - 10. Not specifically for defoliation but generally to get N better represented in the nute package during flower because I thought there was premature yellowing and I wanted to let the flowers have a longer bloom to get more amber. I never thought specifically about pushing N as a way to heal better from defoliation - I just guessed that if they were fed and healthy, they'd take care of themselves. Maybe Super Glue is the way to go - ? But I never saw any issues/need because they always seem to take off after a good trim

[TOKABIGONE]

Has anyone ever tried super glue to seal cuts or when a split node happens? It works on a cut on your hand. I may try it in a couple days when I chop; just for giggles. I wonder if it would transfer toxins to the plant? Hmmm...

[TOKABIGONE]

Just answered my question with Google. The answer is yes! People are doing it with all kinds of plants. Find a way to brace or hold the wound together for a week and it should be good as new. Ha, a new form of training...Stress with Gorilla Glue! LMAO!

[Gingerbeard]

In school, we had something called Zap. It's a Superglue accelerant. The moisture in the stem might interfere with slower glue curing? In school, I mean architecture. We bought X-Acto knives by the pound for model making. Bottles of SG were all over the studios.

[TOKABIGONE]

IDK, maybe that's why they say a week. Super glue is usually bullet proof in 24 hrs.

[Gingerbeard]

TOKABIGONE If I brace and hold a wound together, without SG, it will heal in a week.

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[TOKABIGONE]

Yup yer right! Done it a couple times myself. It was just a curiosity thing so I looked and as I expected it is used often on larger branches like fruit trees when they split from weight.

[bboyfromwayback]

Even in flower, I give a small amount of veg nutes until weeks 4-5 of flower to help keep the leaves green as long as possible