Hydro grow using 420autoflower method

[DOA]

You want to get everything nice and flat and take away 60% of the leaves, you'll be good to go then for another couple of weeks before you need to defoliate again.

 

[Whosweetlou]

Day 56 just switched to bloom nutes a few days ago

 

[Whosweetlou]

This was 5 days ago when i defoled it. I cant believe how quick it all grew in

 

[Whosweetlou]

63 days old now. Did a little plucking this morning

 

[Sandor]

Very nice, I think she'll fill in beautifully

Just one thing - personally, I would get rid of a lot more leaves. Like, any that touch - in between those, you'll find actual visible wetness (not necessarily between all but often enough to be a concern). And anything blocking light really.

Reason 1, you'll increase your yield because you'll get better and more even light penetration throughout the whole plant.

Reason 2, if you don't do it... I don't mean to be negative but there will be a medium to extremely high chance of mold/bud rot etc., of course depending mostly on your RH - if you're <= 45% it might be ok but yeah, dangerous gamble to take IMHO.

The plant really doesn't need all those leaves, especially in the middle and lower down, they'll just make it very wet. And the ones at the top block light to them and any lower bud sites.

For reference see 420autoflower's grows and/or the Lemon Kix I posted, there you can see the process and results all on one page because nobody is reading or commenting on the thread, consider it a feature

 

[Whosweetlou]

Very nice, I think she'll fill in beautifully

Just one thing - personally, I would get rid of a lot more leaves. Like, any that touch - in between those, you'll find actual visible wetness (not necessarily between all but often enough to be a concern). And anything blocking light really.

Reason 1, you'll increase your yield because you'll get better and more even light penetration throughout the whole plant.

Reason 2, if you don't do it... I don't mean to be negative but there will be a medium to extremely high chance of mold/bud rot etc., of course depending mostly on your RH - if you're <= 45% it might be ok but yeah, dangerous gamble to take IMHO.

The plant really doesn't need all those leaves, especially in the middle and lower down, they'll just make it very wet. And the ones at the top block light to them and any lower bud sites.

For reference see 420autoflower's grows and/or the Lemon Kix I posted, there you can see the process and results all on one page because nobody is reading or commenting on the thread, consider it a feature

Ok thanks, my damn back was killing me so i did about an hour and a half of plucking and quit for the day saturday, will do some more tomorow probably

 

[KingRatt]

Ok thanks, my damn back was killing me so i did about an hour and a half of plucking and quit for the day saturday, will do some more tomorow probably

My 2’x2’ tent takes about two hours of defol and general maintenance just about every other day or two. Scrogging definitely takes the most work, and if you do let it go too far your yields will be severely impacted and you run a very high chance of developing molds and other pathogens. It is a terrible thing to see so much work go down the drains. If its too much for your back try maybe a SOG grow with no nets where you can pull the plants out and work on them at a comfortable height.