Blue dream, need opinion .

[Cunjo420]

Hello everyone 👋🏻

I got this 2 girls feminized blue dream.
They growing in different pot and in different soil
Sadly one in smaller pot grows way faster than the other. I started using jungle juice grow few days ago.
But what I really need to ask is about all the small leaves. Should I defoliate or not. Like both plants are topped twice and it's getting bushy, so small leaves in middle just make me nervous, should I defoliate for better airflow
Thanks

[Bluey]

I'd leave it be for a while and let it go and grow big, really big!

Then I'd remove all the garbage at the bottom, sort of like lollipopping it, and thin it out by removing everything not getting light.

When it's around the transition time I'd remove all branches/stems/stalks that won't produce decent colas and clean the bottom up again and from time to time pluck problem leaves.

[Cunjo420]

Thanks alot that's what I thought I should do. But since I have like a month of veg left I don't want to stress her or stun her growth. I gotta get 110% in this month that's left.

[ZiroOne]

Does the one growing faster receive more sunshine? Generally the more sunshine a plant receives the faster it grows.

You should not take leaves for two big reasons. You are growing in soil and you are growing outdoor with the #SUN. Plant trainings like removing leaves or cutting the tip of the plant stem and branches can be good strategies for hydroponically grown plants with artificial lights not outdoor with sun and soil. These two methods of growing are completely different and they need different approaches.

We cut off plants grown with artificial light because, according to Inverse Square Law, the shape of the plant matters with artificial light but not with the sun. We are allowed to take leaves of hydroponically grown plants because of high nutrient availability which allow us to remove leaves for better light distribution; leaves are nutrient reservoirs for plants and soils are slow releaser of nutrients.

[Cunjo420]

Wow, I never heard something like this tbh. People usually said in videos that foliar Feeding should be light.

[ZiroOne]

Light is not a number. Like Pythagoreans always ask about numbers and amounts and the reasons behind them

[Cunjo420]

I see 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[dirtymike]

Edited, let grow a little.

[Cunjo420]

Ye ik man but one on right is short because she is topped few times . I have liken 30,35 days left of veg.

[Bluey]

They need transplanting soon. Those pots are way too small for a decent outdoor grow.

In my outdoor grows I sometimes topped but spread out the branches to get light. I'd also leave on as much foliage as I could but removed the bottom ones because of pests and access to the soil around the root zone

As much sun as you can give them once transplanted and recovered

[Cunjo420]

Nah pots are actually quite big

[Bluey]

What size?

[Cunjo420]

White one 70liter. Other one is smaller like 40( when I went to check them today, I actually started agreeing on transplant). I might transplant one in smaller pot since she grows so much it's unbelievable, don't want roots to make knots

[dirtymike]

If i were growing Blue Dream outside i would put Her in the biggest pot i could afford or have. Easy one to grow outside. Easy on the nutes till the end.

[Cunjo420]

Ye, I know what you saying, but .. big but ... I don't want plants over 150 cm that is reason I planted them late in smaller containers . blue dream can go to 4,5m If not more