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Extreme Defoliation Questions

PaganRich

PaganRich

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Greetings one and all.....This post is only for those who believe in extreme defoliating. I am a lazy gardener as well as a happy camper (Thanks to Father Jack for that one) and I like less leaves on my 12/12`s as any who have seen pics of my grows will know but I include one of a Chronic I`ve just trimmed-before and after-to illustrate. So, here are my questions:
1) From Veg upto post majority of stretch, if you have less fans (As you would in the wild with all those munching stonehead cows), lots of light, right nutes and good airflow, will the time taken for the plant to re-grow leaves as well as growing in general result in less growth between the nodes due to dispersion of finite resources the plant has available? I have amply seen that heavily defoliated plants do not give up if you know roughly what you`re up to and so I am not including a stunted or poorly plant here but a trained one
2) Around a third into flower when leaf production is on the wane, do people defol more in keeping with say an Auto than a 12/12 ie; much less or do people still remove like Keef Treez?
3) Has anyone got access to more articles by this Keef Treez by any chance?
Thank you folks and all the very best :)
 

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Leaves are a natural occurrence...I take leaves all the way through whole grow...I strip them clean before the flip and after the stretch....keep all bud sites open...

I will leave bigger leaves on the outside of canopy where they are covering no bud sites..

The leaves I leave today..I will cut when they get bigger only when one smaller is waiting to take its place...keep them well feed and they will do what they do...grow big buds...


Ps...hope you were not expecting a big turn out on responses....Not too many people here are extreme on defo......I hope I qualify enough to answer

Any more questions...ask away..
 
Take all leaves covering buds. I noticed if your only taking a few leaves , the plant replaces them in 24 hrs. You take a whole shit ton of leaves, and in a week you won't be able to tell. So extreme defo only last a week unless you defo every couple of days like green. Every time I tried to practice extreme defo plant came back stronger.
 
Green....stripping away leaves...have you noticed nodes being closer together or still the same...what I mean here is, extreme trimming, is it a counter to leggy growth do you think, or assist in better bud closeness/ formation? Yeah...not everyone`s cup of tea but is worth exploring :)
 
It`s a question of node distance....can it be reduced to a big strong tight cola further by defoliation?
 
Just to a certain point. Genetics have more to do with structure and grow patterns. And be sure stripping all the leaves has more impact that just the node distance. Check out GA3 (gobberelic acid) supressors. This are the real node tighters. By the way I think nobody answered cause the question was confusing
 
Well damn. You've got me sold on extreme defoliation Green. I'm going to give it a go on my next grow. Thanks for the pics :)
 
Absolutely beautiful the whole lot Green, seriously beautiful...have copied to remind me of good grows mate...beautiful....number 2 is very interesting....what strain is it?
 
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