Flowering.... trimming fan leaves off....leaving fan leaves on

vapedg13 · Dec 17, 2012

growing 30 plants of pre98 bubba....6 have had alot of fan leaves removed.... the rest we have left all the fan leaves on.

This is a side by side to see if there is a noticeable difference in bud size, density, or final product.

Here is the pre98 with all leaves still on with 3 weeks left of flower

Heres the pre98 all trimmed with alot less leaf.. trimmed at onset

.................Heres side by side

sLai*kRoLa · Dec 21, 2012

Nice.
So... what's your conclusion?

Green81 · Dec 21, 2012

wildgrow · Dec 21, 2012

This is great! Im sure theyre out there, but a side-by-side like this is awesome to see.

Are they clones or from seed? Because thatll make a difference.

Thanks for posting this experiment.

Avinash.miles · Dec 21, 2012

nice work vapedg13, glad see your trial, looks pretty similar to me, hope you follow up w harvest pics wet weight and dry weight of each plant.

vapedg13 · Dec 22, 2012

sLai*kRoLa said:
Nice.
So... what's your conclusion?

so far the buds look the same size... harvesting around the 5th

wildgrow said:
This is great! Im sure theyre out there, but a side-by-side like this is awesome to see.

Are they clones or from seed? Because thatll make a difference.

Thanks for posting this experiment.

These are clones... Ive been growin the pre98 bubba for years...

Feel free to post pictures if anyone has more ....

Avinash.miles said:
nice work vapedg13, glad see your trial, looks pretty similar to me, hope you follow up w harvest pics wet weight and dry weight of each plant.

thanks....im going to grab 6 healthy plants with leaves to compair bud size and total wieght against the 6 without

Green_science · Dec 27, 2012

you know anything green on the plant is capable of photosynthesis right?

coloradcannabis · Dec 29, 2012

bump, one with fan leaves looks like more weight but the final tally will tell!

EShred · Dec 29, 2012

Cool side by side. I've been wondering about this lately

FunkBomb · Jan 1, 2013

It's hard to tell in those pictures. The scale will answer this great question.

-Funk

groovee · Jan 1, 2013

Just pulling the fans is not the trick, you must supplement various nutes in your feed to accommodate the stored nutes that were in the leaves.

There are lots of variables to consider when doing this, I personally did not have great success with bubba and stripping.

The plants should be very healthy also, if not, you will see compounded problems that were already present, which in turn will hurt over all quality/yield in the end.

A lot of people have tried this method and failed because they were not properly experienced. you MUST know the strain, and what it needs before you just pull the fans off.

Just my 2 cents, good luck!

usda101 · Jan 1, 2013

GRRRR Fuck ! Nice side by side .

the gnome · Jan 1, 2013

very nice comparison vaped,
this ones been needed,

way overdue imo :smoke:

guy fawkes · Jan 1, 2013

my moneys on the trimmed plant, nice thread

though tbh i dont trim as much just the lower and a few from round the middle to let the light in.. maybe add a semi trimmed next time??

sallyforthDeleted member 75382 · Jan 1, 2013

Good work on this side by side. Waiting for the scales to see whats what. Nice grow btw.

OLDproLg · Jan 1, 2013

Lets really see?

Finish this,lots of folks are watching...
Way more pics are needed please?
Good start anyway!

Jbonez · Jan 1, 2013

Great thread, I jumped on the defoliation bandwagon and havent looked back yet.. My chemD is ballin out from all the new sites created in veg by pullin leaves..

Really wanna start pulling them after the stretch so the light penetrates through for the swell..

yesum · Jan 1, 2013

Did you pluck em after the stretch was done? I always wait a couple weeks after flip before taking any.

Docteur · Jan 1, 2013

Pulling leaves is against the plant evolution.

My money is on the normal plant.

the gnome · Jan 1, 2013

Docteur said:
Pulling leaves is against the plant evolution.

My money is on the normal plant.

the genetics and evolution provides for survival and perpetuation of the species, losing fans doesn't go against this imo

i defoliate and do quite well, of course and again, strain dependent is key
whatever the outcome of this side by side isn't a norm for all other strains
some benefit
others won't
and some may have negative effects from a heavy defo

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