I do that myself so you can see the light pentration - that's a very good way and it makes sense. didn't think anyone else did this (stand over the plant in the center and look down then you will see the leaves that are not getting light, generally one end's up defoing a few leaves here and there) More Light = Bigger Buds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Each strain is different when it comes to defoliation Indica's can get very big fan leaves some sativa's grow with little or no defoliation (you find this with "true" landrance strains) (100% sativa's)_
Since leaves provide nutrients to the plant, my advice is to defoliate only leaves that shade too much of the growing tips, or look like they are crowding out other plants in the tent. BTW, don't toss them out. Dry them and grind them up for cooking herbs. I cut off the stems (petioles?), as they are too fibrous. Waste not, want not.As you can see in the picture below my plants are just starting to recover from a N toxicity. They had the claw. When would it be safe to defoliate? I would like to take off where my finger is and down. Those leaves don’t seem to be getting any light down there. And I ordered another light should be here sat.
My leaves been having a N toxicity for almost a month now they are clawing. Is there any way to fix this. I’ve been trying to ride it out but no luck.
The clawing from N tox is at the tip of the leaf, so I'm not seeing that.
Maybe it is just stress though. I raised the light again I just want them to be healthy when I flip to flower
ok it was worse last week. I just saw the leave tips folding down and shiny leaves and thought it was N toxicity. Maybe the lights were just too close. Idk if this helps but they look better in the morning once the lights turn on and at the end of the day they get worse. My lights are two Mars hydro Tsw 2000 at 24”
