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Extreme Defoliation Questions

This topic got me going today
 

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I do the same_ defoliate fairly heavily about a week before the flip to 12/12, then about three weeks after that.I haven't yet had the "balls" to defoliate as much as Green 75 but he gets some awesome results so I'm gonna try and take even more next time. For the rest of the grow I just take fan leaves that are shading buds. Works well. Usually I use about 1/2 to 3/4 strength nutrients, but after defoliation I used full strength nutes to help development keep pace since the photosynthetic process slows down with fewer leaves. They will come back pretty quickly after the veg and in the flowering defoliation it opens up more bud sites so they get more light. By that time most of the other leaf growth is slowing down, so the small leaves around the buds become more important and bud growth is enhanced. At the end_about 5 days before harvest I take all the larger leaves off the colas as well. to really open them up. I haven't been able to determine if defoliation increases the nodal length or not.
 
I'm gonna have to look into that gobberelic acid suppressor myself_ see if it is in any of the Advanced Nutrients for flowering (coco) I used this time.
Only one of my 6 plants developed significantly more internal space than the others which stayed pretty tight. Genetics certainly seems like the base factor though for sure.
 
Looks kinda like one of the S.A.D. autos I just grew, only a little over a foot tall but lots of branches reaching out far and wide and almost as tall as the main cola with minimal LST. The other S.A.D.'s were a bit taller_ more like the third photo of the plant on the stool in a fabric pot.
 
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I am a part of tge extreme defo team! Here's a girl i stripped down to the bone and now shes falling over with heavy buds!
 

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Platinum Kush! I'm harvesting tonight she's been flowering 10 weeks and still getting fatter!
 
Got Amber fellas! Maybe I'll snap a still. The inner trichs have tails deep inside the calyx no lie i was geeking looking at them!
 
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Couldn't get a shot of the Amber but they are def there she smells like candy!
 

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