Increasing yield with defoliation indoors: What's it mean? How to do it?

[bckush]

If you read the first posts and look at the pretty pictures, you might just see your answer.

Smart ass.....I can't say that...I don't know you...but what a way to make a new grower feel welcome......no wonder people leave this site and go elsewhere.

 

[Dbrow]

Before

after

does this look correct ? This lst an defoliation is new to me. If I screw up I'd rather do it on my bag seeds but gotta break a few eggs in order to make an omlet


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[Weaselcracker]

Ahh the good old defoliation topic, splitting up friends and families and causing trouble wherever it appears. Just ask the Vietnamese how well their leaves grew back....

 

[Pastorman]

Ahh the good old defoliation topic, splitting up friends and families and causing trouble wherever it appears. Just ask the Vietnamese how well their leaves grew back....

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[irish420uk]

I topped this girl a lot and lst her. I think iv like 31 bud site's from one plant . She is 4 weeks into flower now . What do all you guys think .

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[Weaselcracker]

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[Hash Hound]

My $.02

I have done it a few times and for the most part with positive results.

The times it didn't work as well was probably due to flipping to 12/12 to soon and not let the new shoots develop 3-5 nodes
like here where all the inner buds are just small and hugging the main stem and it did'nt turn in to the bush I had anticipated.
(ignore the yellowing, that's another issue)

 

[dlchobbes]

Bassman59, so no pinching the top bud AND defoliating?

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[gr865]

So Monday was day 21 of 12/12 and defo day.

WW
Before day 20

After dat 21

Super Citrus Haze
Before day 20

After day 21, when this pic was taken this plant had gone without water/nutes for over 20 hrs and had water and heat stress. New drip setup and timer died.

Same plant day 22, she recovered nicely, supercropped 5 cola

The WW has recovered nicely from the defo but the SCH after defo and the Super Cropping is recovering a bit slower but looking good.

WW day 24

SCH day 24

GR

 

[IndoorMang]

Thanks for the great explanation and knowledge share on this topic. I have finally finished reading from the front to the back, whew, I think I learned more in the past hour than in the past few years getting my hand dirty. I think I am going to give this a shot. You laid out the steps quite well and did a great job at setting a realistic expectation.

One thought I had that I wanted to throw out there. Since this process is somewhat dependent on the strain of the plant would it be worth while setting up a spread sheet to track the results of the various strains? Maybe a new thread where the OP could collect results posted by folks and list them on the first post? Just a thought.

Thanks again for sharing the info, one of the best reads I have seen to date. one week till the clippers come out (day 21). Wish me luck.

 

[Kabbal]

After almost 6 hours of reading I am finally done from page 1 -49 lol Man that was crazy. There are a lot of people who talk on here that haven't even tried things. That is crazy... A bunch of you guys talk about science this and that but haven't even ran a complete experiment to test results. I haven't grown in 6 years but I would use this method almost every time. (Indoor in soil). My current grow has Chernobyl 3 identical cuts from the same mother all grown in exact same conditions and training programs and nutes and watering schedules. I have defoliated 2 out 3 plants. Side by side comparisons in the weeks to come. Plant one was defoliated during veg and flower. Plant 2 was lollipopped and lightly defoliated in veg then completely removed in flower week 3.5 and plant 3 is as is with nothing but a basic lollipop. Here are before and after photos. I will get better shots in my journal. This method would be no good for someone who was having issues with their veg or flower stage. I have messed up some plants in the past because I did full hair cuts after they were sick. I am doing this with backbuilding as well to see what happens.
Before:

After:

Thanks for this great thread Bassman59! Results will be in the month to come on my signature.

 

[Pastorman]

Great Thread Bassman59, I am really enjoying the read, learning loads and now am ready to defo!

Has anyone here experience with using this method on a 90% sativa strain?

Thanks .


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[Release420]

I dig the way you train your plants brother. They take on a nice thick jungle look! Sick bro! Im always trying new training techniques; topping, pinching, fim, tying dow, Scrog…. its endless and I love to experiment!

 

[Hgrk17]

I can relate my strawberry kush is all lucious and short. Aka jungle haha

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[Hash Hound]

here is my own cross Widow x Querkle at 56 days

63 days

10 minutes later

 

[Hash Hound]

8 days later

10 minutes later

 

[Hash Hound]

2 more getting a trim

WQC (White Widow x Querkle) x Cheese

White Widow 25th generation

 

[Hash Hound]

this is only 4 days after the last trim

10 minutes laater

I may top all 5 branches and have a ton of shoots for a scrog, not sure yet

 

[Bassman59]

Looks great HH

 

[dlchobbes]

I thought you said don't defoliation and pinch, bassman59