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guest2012y

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One point is that if you remove a lower fan leaf to provide light to a lower flower, you are detracting from the energy which feeds the whole of the plant in general but likely your main cola/bunch of flowers. To the best of my knowledge flowers or buds as they are mistakenly labelled do not photosynthesize.

I would only worry about the larger flowers...the lower ones can have the leaves. Then again if you have a big plant with lots of leaves it won't miss a couple. I wouldn't come close to defoiliate like some of these fools do though.

Interesting about the idea that buds don't photosynthesize. They have leaves....and the calyxs are green....that means chlorophyll...right? I'm sure those tiny bud leaves do at least.....?? Many times I've taken the fan leaves away from flowers that were hidden behind them via neglect and once they got some light started to grow again.
 
take of ten fans, lay them on the ground and look at the 2ft of sqaure light u just libberated to your canopy, without light stuff dont grow, cannabis has more then enough fans even on the buds, want bigger buds take of fans. i actually will pic of just one finger of a leaf to free up available light to just one bud site, my room has every inch as manicured as need be and its night n day in my results.

as long as the light is being used, I'm happy. Any green that is casting a shadow = light being used. If it's being absorbed by a leaf it's either going to a cola or a lower bud. I LST for a fairly even canopy of colas with as thick a layer of fan leaves as I can create beneath that. Any buds below that aren't getting light get clipped early in flower. No popcorn, larf, whatever you want to call it...no "wasted" energy. That's at least how I like to look at it. I could be wrong, but the most efficient grows gram per what are those that catch as much light as possible with budsites galore.
 

mad librettist

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as long as the light is being used, I'm happy. Any green that is casting a shadow = light being used. If it's being absorbed by a leaf it's either going to a cola or a lower bud. I LST for a fairly even canopy of colas with as thick a layer of fan leaves as I can create beneath that. Any buds below that aren't getting light get clipped early in flower. No popcorn, larf, whatever you want to call it...no "wasted" energy. That's at least how I like to look at it. I could be wrong, but the most efficient grows gram per what are those that catch as much light as possible with budsites galore.

ya but the question remains - do you actually catch more light if your canopy is flat?

I mean, I already try to let the buds on the edges grow taller than the ones closer to the bulb. The screen is flat but I am trying to make a v shape.
 
ya but the question remains - do you actually catch more light if your canopy is flat?

I mean, I already try to let the buds on the edges grow taller than the ones closer to the bulb. The screen is flat but I am trying to make a v shape.

I do the same if I can but it doesn't usually work out as well as I plan. I try to grow the side buds next to my cool tub on either side. 150 so it's cool to the touch.
 
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According to real experts in Molalla, Oregon the best thing to use for flushing are Fizzies' tablets.

Take a couple of hits and chop it up. You'll probably want a mirror and a heavy-duty razor blade - memories of the 1970's should come rushing at you like the wet kiss at the end of a hot fist!

Take the powder and top-dress the container's soil. Water in - the effervescence once the powder is activated with water (de-chlorinated of course!) is amazing. The foam pours out of the top of the soil for several minutes resulting in complete inoculation.

Couple this fun fact with the flavor options and you could be well on your way to produce the world's very first 'Root Beer - Lemon Kush'

I'm all verklempt and sh*t...........

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