Doing a comparison with two of the same clones rooted then vegged about three weeks put into flower under 600 watt hps. Week 4 starts tomorrow so.I trimmed all fan leaves on one This one I will not trim at all Side by side before And after I feed them botanicare pure blend and Nirvana every other two days while the nestle in happy frog soil
The defoliated one is up close she's praying like a whore in church the back one is the controlled back right is the big sister she's kind of a bully in the tent
Im interested to see resultsas i too have been debating if i should trim on my next run, ive been reading alot of growers saying not to trim at all, LST or,SCROG instead they say. George Cervantes forbids trimming of any kind in one of his books....
The main Cola is the only considerable difference I see the trimmed one has the bigger one but also space is a factor the control plant has leaves all over to receive light and works to make food the trimmed one just sits and baths but is loving the opportunity to enlarge it's higher regions
Personally if I don't trim, I don't smoke. And I like smoking. Pick a few leaves, slow cure in the microwave then roll a big Bob Marley sized joint. I'm barely into flowering and these girls are already getting me fucked up. Sent from my fucking phone.
The trimmed one is puny and thin the control plumped right up entering the last few weeks now maybe she'll swell up. Ill pat pictures later but I forgot to water this morning so they might be Dad and droopy
The red tape is the bigger one of the two the other is the trimmed she's starting to plump but the control is just clearly better yet doesn't seem to be as sexy
Glad to find a trial run of this. I'm have to make a trimming decision soon. I hope someone helps. First let me show you where I'm at. This is today; day 10 of flowering What you're looking at is 4 plants in a tent, in a square, 2 x 2. They're all ladies don't worry. Now my question is whether or not I should cut off those nodes underneath the canopy. And to be specific, here as an example. These branches won't be getting much light so I'm not sure if they'd be better off chopped. Here's a close up to help show where the plants are just about arriving to in their development. All the shoots have developed white hairs all over. If you need any more details I'd love to provide them but if not then To Trim or Not To Trim?! http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314811-My-First-Indoor-Grow-And-Journal I'll sell my inventions so everyone can be a hero, everyone can be super. And when everyone's super.. No one will be.
If I may Below are before and current pics of a reveg Basically the same as a heavily trimmed plant It does take a few weeks of not much, before all hell breaks loose Now a proper light has a lot to do with it Updates in my thread
Trim leaves if you don't trim you have a higher chance of getting bugs, powdery mildew, and your room will rise in temperature. Plus the leaves you do trim all that will just be more focused on growing the buds Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
So what was the final result? Was one better smoke? Did one produce more? Sent from my XT1032 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Obviously trimming resulted in stress which retarded flowering time and yield potential. She doesn't produce new water leaves to produce flowers. She has to grow bigger, yes, to produce more small leaves and extend sugar leaves to create that lost energy to feed her flowers. She will appear to be yielding more when she actually doesn't, she'll have more to trim in the end, less potent buds, and you end up with more wasted time and effort. Trim your pubs and it'll make your dick longer. Oh wait... Only look longer. Sorry kids. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum to try and help fucking idiots
I personally believe defoliating is just like adding another factor such as the right nutes. It all has to be done at the right time. I, myself wait until mid way through flowering and I let my girl use as much of those fan factories as possible then i trim,trim,trim and wallah a week later i have bottom popcorn buds that turned into grapes the size of my thumb, main cola starts growing new pistils like it's no ones business. Just use common sense and don't strip her when she's using/growing fan leaves.