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420af: here’s a candidate for schwazzing. Do you think the time is right? Thx
with auto they have a set time frame for harvest - with photo's you can extend grow time's in veg, ect - with autos too short of time for the plant to "adjust"
15 days later... All i see is a leafy-er bud
Your plant looks great brother but I think just a simple defoliation is all that is needed.
A good read! I may try this, but my variables are:
‘Custom Organic’ Dry Inputs = *Amended* FoxFarm HF/OF blend..(not ‘salts’)
Regular beans.. (nuthing agsinst autos, just been on the rego-path for this section of my journey)
So, based on the gist im picking up.. in theory: when its time to flip - i can give her a dry feed, and in the next 7-10D hit the ’swz-tech’ and hope the nutes are available when they start bouncung back and uptaking nutes aggressively to fix the shock of the heavy defol?
And then potentially in week 3-4 (21-28 days in) of flower repeat the dry feed 7-10D ’swz-tech’ a final time?
im in 1 Gallon fabrics btw..
after smushing the tent past capacity last run: I can see this as a great way to increase my flower density (yes yield) depending obv on plant/flower structure.. and etc…
but am fishing for an answer from an ‘organic amended’ soil grower who schwazzys…and loves it.
‘Custom Organic’ Dry Inputs = *Amended* FoxFarm HF/OF blend..(not ‘salts’)
Regular beans.. (nuthing agsinst autos, just been on the rego-path for this section of my journey)
So, based on the gist im picking up.. in theory: when its time to flip - i can give her a dry feed, and in the next 7-10D hit the ’swz-tech’ and hope the nutes are available when they start bouncung back and uptaking nutes aggressively to fix the shock of the heavy defol?
And then potentially in week 3-4 (21-28 days in) of flower repeat the dry feed 7-10D ’swz-tech’ a final time?
im in 1 Gallon fabrics btw..
after smushing the tent past capacity last run: I can see this as a great way to increase my flower density (yes yield) depending obv on plant/flower structure.. and etc…
but am fishing for an answer from an ‘organic amended’ soil grower who schwazzys…and loves it.
I just tried this tech for the first time on two of my plants. So limited but recent experience. I run 10 gallon no till soil pots that were on their 2nd run. I top dressed vermicompost with dry nutrients. I did the first top dress the day I did the first big defol ( around 35 days, when the bud sites are pushing nice clumps of pistils). I repeated the top dress routine once a week until about two weeks before harvest. If your applying dry amendments without a good live carrier like compost or castings, I would do the first top dress a week or more earlier, because it will take longer for the microbes to start breaking down the dry ferts.
This is the same schedule I use regardless of defoliation style or tech. Ie, I didn’t do anything different when trying the Schwazze tech and I had great results. The thing I liked was using the Schwazzed tech required 10x less time than what I usually spend doing defoliation and extra fussing.
BTW thank you to all the contributors here! It was really fun and very educational trying the techs from this thread.
hth
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Thanks Organic Sinse.
I do a top dress mix wk or so before I send to flower. I probably could have done the swaz last time i defol’ed but i was just getting some big fan leaves for better light penetration and what not.. last grow was not a run for weight. This time i am trying for some stash. In theory this swaz should be a perfect fit for my developing cultivation toolkit.
I am planning to train the current seedling girls a little heavier once the time comes. So hopefully i can get these girls on the training for cross fit games shape. Other than that i should be okay i would think. depends on if the extra training equates to them chewing my soil battery faster as a result (if i notice deficiency of some sort) .. that will determine any swzy tech i do next run…
oh and your recent and limited exp is two rungs higher up the ladder than I am: cause i sure am here asking lol! And I totally agree, the roots (peeps) and nutes (vast 411) in this ‘AFN-soil’ is greatly enriching! Cheers!
I do a top dress mix wk or so before I send to flower. I probably could have done the swaz last time i defol’ed but i was just getting some big fan leaves for better light penetration and what not.. last grow was not a run for weight. This time i am trying for some stash. In theory this swaz should be a perfect fit for my developing cultivation toolkit.
I am planning to train the current seedling girls a little heavier once the time comes. So hopefully i can get these girls on the training for cross fit games shape. Other than that i should be okay i would think. depends on if the extra training equates to them chewing my soil battery faster as a result (if i notice deficiency of some sort) .. that will determine any swzy tech i do next run…
oh and your recent and limited exp is two rungs higher up the ladder than I am: cause i sure am here asking lol! And I totally agree, the roots (peeps) and nutes (vast 411) in this ‘AFN-soil’ is greatly enriching! Cheers!
So, is this technique considered a good idea for outdoor plants?
I have four autos growing on my deck and to avoid offending the neighbors I try to keep them short and spread out. But the Purple Kush 1:1 is getting pretty leafy now (day 37). I’m going to do some defol anyway just for the sake of good airflow (Midwest summers can get humid) but now I’m wondering if I should just go for broke on it.
Thoughts?
I have four autos growing on my deck and to avoid offending the neighbors I try to keep them short and spread out. But the Purple Kush 1:1 is getting pretty leafy now (day 37). I’m going to do some defol anyway just for the sake of good airflow (Midwest summers can get humid) but now I’m wondering if I should just go for broke on it.
Thoughts?
@Feo
my thoughts: if u have more than one plant, and more importantly if this is NOT your first run or second maybe, then you can test ONE out and see if the ‘Mega-Air’ defol aka Swazzy Swaz is worth your time in the future.
As for me, in my current run. i went more for training canopy and pinning or tucking leaves for this run’s ‘cross fit games’. ( in part due to a podcast feat Jeff Loenfiels (sp?) his theory is dont cut ANYTHING cause the more ’solar panel’ surface, the more energy can get into/through the plant(s).. the better it can uptake and ‘move’ nutes and other ‘energys’..was what i got out if it. Because in theory the plant will use (X%) energy to heal and grow back leafs… that ‘theoretically missing’ energy could be going to flower power production..which would result in better product. At least i think that Koolaid was tasty enough to try out. Ill post if it was good in my blog entries eventally.
I have an F1 that is kinda leafy that is a good Swazz candidate, but im done training and am satisfied with the canopies i trained up. Lab is getting good-stinky and I think my stretch phase will be done nxt week.. then they just need to put some weight on.
Im sure I will try it eventually but im in need of headstash before i get into runs for extras for S’s n G’s (or extractions)…
my thoughts: if u have more than one plant, and more importantly if this is NOT your first run or second maybe, then you can test ONE out and see if the ‘Mega-Air’ defol aka Swazzy Swaz is worth your time in the future.
As for me, in my current run. i went more for training canopy and pinning or tucking leaves for this run’s ‘cross fit games’. ( in part due to a podcast feat Jeff Loenfiels (sp?) his theory is dont cut ANYTHING cause the more ’solar panel’ surface, the more energy can get into/through the plant(s).. the better it can uptake and ‘move’ nutes and other ‘energys’..was what i got out if it. Because in theory the plant will use (X%) energy to heal and grow back leafs… that ‘theoretically missing’ energy could be going to flower power production..which would result in better product. At least i think that Koolaid was tasty enough to try out. Ill post if it was good in my blog entries eventally.
I have an F1 that is kinda leafy that is a good Swazz candidate, but im done training and am satisfied with the canopies i trained up. Lab is getting good-stinky and I think my stretch phase will be done nxt week.. then they just need to put some weight on.
Im sure I will try it eventually but im in need of headstash before i get into runs for extras for S’s n G’s (or extractions)…
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