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SCHWAZZING AUTOFLOWER
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Here is one from my last grow , I took a lot of leaf's off as the grow progressed , lower branches and fan leaf's . Right up to the last 2 weeks . Yes it works but timing is the thing .
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…question for everyone on the subject at hand; I go seed-to-harvest in soil/water only, and always have RH issues in flowering, so this schwazzing of plants interests me. However, because I don’t feed, it is my understanding that the consumption of fans (towards end-of-life/harvest) is for nutrients the plant needs, but is no longer able to get in my grows due to using <5 gallons of soil. Don’t really care about yield, I already am trying to keep plants small, but this would help a lot with my environmental issues, if it is not at the expense of potency (for me)…?
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I grow in water only organic no till pots. I have played with the schwazze tech a few times. What I have found works the best for me is to spread out the defol over several days to a week, instead of removing everything in a single session. I feel like this helps the plant switch gears smoothly when running water only grows. As opposed to other styles where you can adjust your feed every day. But the biggest factor for me, I think, is trying to nail the timing of the schwazze just perfect, and knowing what to leave alone. This is simething that has to be learned thru doing, and I’m still pretty new at the schwazze tech. Spreading it out seems to be both more forgiving, and more intuitive as I watch things during the several days to a week I spread out the defol. In the end, I’m in the same place as using the legit schwazze tech, it just takes more time to get there.Okay, I read through this entire thread today…love you folks
…question for everyone on the subject at hand; I go seed-to-harvest in soil/water only, and always have RH issues in flowering, so this schwazzing of plants interests me. However, because I don’t feed, it is my understanding that the consumption of fans (towards end-of-life/harvest) is for nutrients the plant needs, but is no longer able to get in my grows due to using <5 gallons of soil. Don’t really care about yield, I already am trying to keep plants small, but this would help a lot with my environmental issues, if it is not at the expense of potency (for me)…?
As far as leaves being food/nutes for the plant to consume, do you get lots of fade and fall colors on your fan leaves? If not, then you arent using whats stored in the leaves anyway, which is pretty common for water only soil grows. They tend to finish pretty green and vibrant without any leaves to pull nutes from.
As others have said, top dressing vermicompost can make a 5 gal work like a 7 or 10 gal.
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If you got high RH and are feeding with amendments then removing a load of ignorent light blocking leaves will do you wonders,Okay, I read through this entire thread today…love you folks
…question for everyone on the subject at hand; I go seed-to-harvest in soil/water only, and always have RH issues in flowering, so this schwazzing of plants interests me. However, because I don’t feed, it is my understanding that the consumption of fans (towards end-of-life/harvest) is for nutrients the plant needs, but is no longer able to get in my grows due to using <5 gallons of soil. Don’t really care about yield, I already am trying to keep plants small, but this would help a lot with my environmental issues, if it is not at the expense of potency (for me)…?
High RH is my bane; but I do not feed.
I do prune for airflow a lot these days:
Generally, yes:
Okay, I read through this entire thread today…love you folks
…question for everyone on the subject at hand; I go seed-to-harvest in soil/water only, and always have RH issues in flowering, so this schwazzing of plants interests me. However, because I don’t feed, it is my understanding that the consumption of fans (towards end-of-life/harvest) is for nutrients the plant needs, but is no longer able to get in my grows due to using <5 gallons of soil. Don’t really care about yield, I already am trying to keep plants small, but this would help a lot with my environmental issues, if it is not at the expense of potency (for me)…?
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1st thought is seems like the perfect thing for your needs… i would pull the trigger. Especially since yields aren’t necessarily the tippity top of your goals. I run organic soil blend: with autos i feel like they dont eat as much as when i have done photos that i vegged a LONG time that got top dressing boosters.
I would top dress a week(10ish) ish days -read the plants disclaimer- prior to the sawz…that way *if they need extra nutrition* it is available or will (*should* is possibly more appropriate) be in the next week to ten on the back end.
2nd thought is if you run more than one seed/cutting at a time: -and dont scrog- then split them and conduct some anecdotes for your grow and compare w/swaz’n and w/out and keep good notes for future ‘gut’ guidance.
if you are one to defoliate autos, then i dont see why they wouldnt respond honestly. They are tough little buggers. I dont have synth to compare to but food is food, if they have issues you may need to adjust some things, and the plants will tell ya if that is the deal IME
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