New Grower What do leaves do?

[Epic Genetics]

Those leaves when green have a lot of chemistry going on. Rosenthal's book has an understandable description of all the processes.

This article may be of interest. http://www.hightimes.com/read/key-points-harvest-time Just posted elsewhere. So many conflicting opinions, methods and techniques etc. As a consequence, I normally yield to the top resources like Rosenthal and HT.

Don't think it will cause contention. Just so many thoughts on what to do with leaves as conditions change.

In fact, Rosenthal shows by demonstration how removing "green and healthy" fan leaves prior to maturity effects yield. He even challenges the reader to try it. Rosey says leave them, unless, yellow or heavily necrotic.

Cheers

that article is "By Crazy Composer & Nico Escondido"

i was expecting something from rosey lol

but anyway , even they say take the leaves that are "yellow" or used up , same as i said earlier , if the leaf has any green to it leave it alone

peace

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that's a good question. a bit ago I came home to find that my son had MAJORLY trimmed a plant that was 2 weeks from going into the flowering tent and I thought it was ruined. much to my surprise it ended up being the most productive of the 4, but then again it wasn't an auto.if you have more then 1 plant why not just try it on one and see how t goes? i would just pull the big fan leaves tho .

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that's a good question. a bit ago I came home to find that my son had MAJORLY trimmed a plant that was 2 weeks from going into the flowering tent and I thought it was ruined. much to my surprise it ended up being the most productive of the 4, but then again it wasn't an auto.if you have more then 1 plant why not just try it on one and see how t goes? i would just pull the big fan leaves tho .

man o man that poor dead horse

do you not think its been done to death ?

i wouldnt hesitate to say that even if unconsciously/unknowingly you took extra care of that plant due to worrying etc that the damage had "ruined" the plant

meaning you improved in other areas to compensate

peace

 

[BobbyGrow]

damn right you want all that , when flushing "the soil" we know we have the leaves to rely on to keep us going

the internet helps a lot , but it also hurts a lot

we have a bazillion new/newer growers spouting off crap they hear/read , crap they "think" is good info , then all these newer growers pass around all this piss poor info like a bunch of clucking hens

mjc your entire post is a step backwards in the development of growing , you and others are taking us back decades to a time before the info you posted was PROVEN to be wrong/bad

im sorry if my post comes off as rude , i dont intend it to be , i just dont know how to have people understand when there are soo many inexperienced people passing around poor info as if it is some new advanced technique , when in fact its a step backwards

im not saying "you" are inexperienced , but the info is very poor

without all that goodness you claim isnt wanted to go into the buds you will NOT get buds that explode in growth/weight , that explosion i said most people never see , the 2 biggest reasons for not seeing it are the info you posted and taking plants too soon

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ive been growing og kush for 4+ years COMERCIALLY ! and unless you want to wait an EXTRA 4+ weeks defoliation is NOT good

at the end of the year i will have yielded far more from the 12 crops i did compaired to the 8 you do , im saying you just as an example

defoliation is a step back decades and proven to be bad , by them ppl with degrees and also long time growers , not some internet growing god with 10 years or less worth of growing experience

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http://www.hightimes.com/read/30-mo...Feed:+HIGHTIMESMagazine+(HIGH+TIMES+Magazine)

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http://www.hightimes.com/read/30-mo...Feed:+HIGHTIMESMagazine+(HIGH+TIMES+Magazine)

 

[Epic Genetics]

Congratulations? Its been proven OG KUSH REACTS WELL TO DEFOLIATION. Man are you that thick to come on here and say 100% one way is better then the other. I don't give a damn wether you grow commercially or your a thirteen yr old girl, your not coming across like a very experienced grower. How about specifically providing info, links and other viable info to support your BS. their are many ways to skin a cat, don't say one is better then the other, that's just ignorant.

it has NOT been proven , only shown by people who do NOT know any better , from the sound of it YOU are one of those people

my bs ? provide links ? there are TONS , stop looking on forums where people with a god complex because they grew a few plants are posting as all you are doing is helping bring growers back to the stone age

nuff said

p.s. i didnt bother looking at the hightimes links as ANYONE who knows anything is fully aware they can not be trusted , they will publish ANYTHING if you pay them

shows your inexperience

 

[Dark Matter]

Guys its time to chill out...

If you have 2 homes both with 50 solar panels and you get one home to remove 20 panels...which do you think will be more efficient?

Peace

 

[BobbyGrow]

http://www.hightimes.com/read/30-mo...Feed:+HIGHTIMESMagazine+(HIGH+TIMES+Magazine)

 

[BobbyGrow]

http://www.hightimes.com/read/30-mo...Feed:+HIGHTIMESMagazine+(HIGH+TIMES+Magazine)

 

[Epic Genetics]

http://www.hightimes.com/read/30-mo...Feed:+HIGHTIMESMagazine+(HIGH+TIMES+Magazine)

why do you continue spamming that bullsh!t link ?

your ignorance and inexperience is shouting at us

 

[Dark Matter]

Bobby I have read that articl. It mentions about light blocking fans leave... not defoliation... 2 different things man.

Its OK to pluck 1 or 2 big fan leaves that may be blocking light... but I wouldn't go plucking any old leaves just because slit says its cool in writing...anyone can write an article...I once read that scrunched up cigarette butts produce more bud.... I read it...doesn't mean its true

 

[BobbyGrow]

Didn't mean to double post. Here read this. Your a small time auto grower on a website crying when a multi million dollar corporation is telling you point blank their information collected by proffesionals. Really. Stop talking. And read.

With OG Kush crops, after about four weeks into the bud cycle, the growers almost completely defoliated the big, beautiful leafy plants. Seeing the before and after, I was a little shocked (“what are these guys smoking?”): Big, healthy bushes stripped to sticks with just a few fan leaves, but with all of the budding sites intact.

Yet, when they showed me a section that had been treated this way and was now ready to harvest, it became clear that there was a method to what appears as madness.

Not all strains will respond favorably to this method, but all of the tested Kush strains and indica-dominant strains responded very well, sometimes giving up to 30% more yield.

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NO. IM RIGHT YOUR WRONG. WAHHHHHH. Alright ill get out of this one while I can I don't have the experience to back up any more of what I have to say. Good luck to you Bobs bitchin. Your, an interestin character.

 

[Epic Genetics]

Didn't mean to double post. Here read this. Your a small time auto grower on a website crying when a multi million dollar corporation is telling you point blank their information collected by proffesionals. Really. Stop talking. And read.

With OG Kush crops, after about four weeks into the bud cycle, the growers almost completely defoliated the big, beautiful leafy plants. Seeing the before and after, I was a little shocked (“what are these guys smoking?”): Big, healthy bushes stripped to sticks with just a few fan leaves, but with all of the budding sites intact.

Yet, when they showed me a section that had been treated this way and was now ready to harvest, it became clear that there was a method to what appears as madness.

Not all strains will respond favorably to this method, but all of the tested Kush strains and indica-dominant strains responded very well, sometimes giving up to 30% more yield.

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NO. IM RIGHT YOUR WRONG. WAHHHHHH. Alright ill get out of this one while I can I don't have the experience to back up any more of what I have to say. Good luck to you Bobs bitchin. Your, an interestin character.

autos are a hobby , dont ASSume anything

the link and info is bullsh!t as is any info you are giving