HELP! Leaf issue close to harvest

[YYCannabis]

I could just do it for overnight. Let it have both a light and dark cycle then check in the morning.

 

[YYCannabis]

Or I could just let it go it’s course. The spots seem to have stopped on one of them. Haven’t looked at the Jenny-come-lately sister to see if her spots are holding or growing.

 

[Farmall]

Great start for sure...if there is a change for the better, you’re in a greater position than leaving it to somehow flounder on it’s own since you’re trying to maintain bud quality. Nice to hear the it is receding on another plant

 

[FarmerJoe]

I would defoliate most of those leaves so the Buds can breathe better, Get a sense of Fall & focus all her Energy to the Buds. I’ve seen similar problems in the past and found that Adding or changing nutrients just make it worse. Overthinking it. she's ready to produce her fruit.Water and Air. Just my opinion but if it was mine that's what I do.

 

[YYCannabis]

Interesting. If it might help accelerate the buds that could be a good thing. The hairs on these girls are still mostly white with only a small % turning brown.
Since I have two identical plants doing the same thing, I’m going to try the defoliation on one and a root flush on the other then see what happens.

When you do your defoliation, do you remove all fan leaves or keep some of them? Seems like there is a lot of conflicting ideas regarding defoliation.

 

[Farmall]

YYCannabis those remaining leaves are the solar panels collecting light for food so I may not pick too many. The ‘conundrum’ is too little does little and too much, well...you get the idea

 

[Tersky]

In DWC there should be no reason to flush until harvest. There is no medium to flush. The only way nutes get locked out is because of ph issues or root issues. The water is the medium, so if you are doing consistent res changes there should be no reason to flush.

 

[FarmerJoe]

Depending on the plant, usually I take all the fan leaves And more if the buds seem to need it. Allowing plenty of air Helps the buds fatten up, Knowing they have little time left. Each plant is different but it's amazing how much growth They can achieve in their last days.

Nebula Haze says“Some plants are procrastinators “ I've seen plants I had practically given up on, produce Awesome trophy buds in the last week before the cold weather.

Since you have two similar plants, It’ll be interesting seeing the final results using different methods.

I find defoliating Results in dense fat top shelf Buds compared to more leafy homegrown ish looking buds.

A lot of different opinions and controversy about defoliation. I grew my first sensimilla plant by accident in 1980. Ever since I've used this method Always been happy with the results. I hope this helps, Happy growing.

 

[YYCannabis]

So one lady got a trim today. The other had a fresh water root bath overnight.

I forgot to take pics. But anyways...the root bath was for 12 hrs. Basically 6 hours of dark then 6 hours light by 9AM. At first she looked unfazed. So I decided to put her back into a fresh bucket of nutes. After a few more hours she was looking a little perkier. I’ll keep a close watch on her to see if the bath helped.

 

[FarmerJoe]

YYCannabis Sounds good, you got it under control . I appreciate the update & look forward to seeing your final results. Thanks for sharing

 

[Farmall]

YYCannabis well, a prudent approach to that. I hope 6 hours was enough for each cycle. I ve read on a few locations that feeding is best done in the morning and they mean feeding or watering. I have done both many times after 9 hours of light leaving only 3 hours for the metabolizing process in "daylight". I am always wondering what kind on quantitative measurments might be possible under those procedures but ususally anything along those lines would be long term effects regarding growth in any form and not something I may discover in a 24 hour period other than extremes.

Would like to see a few pictures a few days from now to see how their looking. They surely look good in the other photos youve posted. Always the best of luck to you

 

[YYCannabis]

UPDATE

Just finished trimming and jarring the twin that was not defoliated, but only had the root bath. She yielded 110 grams. Her sister that got a good trimming will be jarred and weighed later this week.